PsychoWagon Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 So what you can charge him $100 for the same thingGenerally volvo dealerships up in Canada require techs to have a LICENSE. And from what I've heard from tech support (Does north america) Your volvo techs in the states are what some would call "retarded" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilled man Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Considering once a volvo tranny does start to slip theres nothihng you can do to save it . All your doing is sllightly extending the death of it nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1999_V70 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm having some hard upshifts. Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
--Aaron-- Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm having some hard upshifts. Any advice?how's the fluid looking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan A Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm having some hard upshifts. Any advice?I do. Start a new thread. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1999_V70 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 how's the fluid looking?Brand new Volvo 3309 fluid, as per the TSB for hard shifting.I do. Start a new thread. You're funny. Tell us another one...Last thread I started on this didn't get any replies. Since we have a tech responding in this one it's worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan A Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Last thread I started on this didn't get any replies. Since we have a tech responding in this one it's worth a shot.Oh, poor you. Ok I'll be nice now. How's your torque mount looking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBoy8 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hah AMD Auto...... my family almost bought an 850 Turbo from... I THINK the owner's son (or at least I think he was..... I remember that he was affiliated with them in some way)....... it was total LOL.This guy: look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoWagon Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Considering once a volvo tranny does start to slip theres nothihng you can do to save itNot completely true. I've had success doing 16L flushes on them, then doing a full adaptation drive. Car goes out, runs perfect after. If we;re talking about T6 Transmissions, yes, once they slip you're in the pooper.As for hard shifting, if you've done the flush, make sure the level is good (just at HOT when vehicle is at temp), and make sure it's running when checking. If it's still shifting hard, there are a couple things to look at. Make sure your mode selector switch isn't stuck on SPORT from coffee spills. Although will generally set a DTC, I have seen odder things happen. Secong thing you can do is check your mounts (Like Chilled Man mentioned) Also check your transmission torque mount (under car, connecting from trans to subframe). After all that, again, bring it somewhere to do an adaptation... Make sure they actually drive the vehicle and dont just "reset" it. They will be on a 45 minute road test, if they're 2 minutes, then they're yanking you. If all that doesn't fix it / all looks good, you CAN replace the valve body (not too bad of a job to do). Hard shifts are generally from a failing valve body, whereas slipping has moreso to do with the transmission. But even a new valve body may not fix it, but is a cheaper alternative. (For hard shifting, I'd say 80% success when doing valve bodies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilled man Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hmmmm very good info :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Valve body = $1200 (including solenoids) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoWagon Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Transmission $4000, used valve body ~$150. Used transmission with more labor = $600. Pick the lesser of 2 evils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 When have you seen a valve body go bad on these vehicles and how did it go bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan A Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Secong thing you can do is check your mounts (Like Chilled Man mentioned)Uh, actually that was me who mentioned it. Maybe it was because of the earlier sarcastic comments from me that you confused me with him. Hmmmm very good info Agreed, I have this thread bookmarked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoWagon Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 haha sorry Dan, you must have been on my mind :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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