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S40 / V40 '96-'04 General Forum for the Volvo S40 and V40 (Classic) Series from 1995-2004. |
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Jun 5th, 2019, 21:42 | #1 |
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A warning
A warning to those of you who plan replacing the timing belt, water pump etc.
One of the steps before replacing anything is removing the front engine mount. I did, and after the timing belt job was done I discovered to my horror that the engine mount bolts only went in a few millimeters before getting stuck. What to do now,-I was 600 kilometres away from home and needed to get to work the next day. Luckily I had a 12/1.25 thread tap and die at hand so I could make new threads in both the holes and the bolts. So, beware . . . do not loosen those bolts without being able to re-thread. After many years those steel bolts may rip the threads off in these aluminium blocks. |
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Jun 5th, 2019, 23:13 | #2 |
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You're not alone mate, same thing happened to me...
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