Alright everyone, time for an update!
Yesterday the goal was to get the car up and driving and go for a test drive. In order to accomplish this, I needed to do 2 things:
1. Replace front drivers side caliper and bleed brakes
2. Re-install rear driveshaft
So, with those goals in mind I went to work. I was able to source a V70R specific front brake caliper and caliper bracket from Oreilly's up the street. Surprisingly enough they had one in stock in their warehouse and it was at the store the afternoon after I ordered it. To @Woody's point above, it was a re-man'd ATE caliper. I also picked up a front passengers side caliper and caliper bracket assembly for a 280mm specific car, and was able to swap the caliper brackets over and use the new caliper with my 302mm rotors, verifying that indeed the front calipers are the same between a 280mm rotor car and a 302mm rotor car.
After swapping the calipers I was able to bleed the braking system, and moved onto the rear driveshaft installation. Originally I took this out to allow me to dolly the car home behind the flex. When I was taking the driveshaft out I accidentally managed to knock the rear CV joint out of whack, so I had to spend a few minutes re-assembling that whole thing before putting it back in the car. A helpful tip to anyone doing this job in the future: They are bolted in with 6mm head Allen bolts, so if you have a long 6mm Allen bit for your impact gun, it makes the job go much quicker. Also, if you throw the trans in neutral while you are doing the job you can rotate the driveshaft which makes lining the bolts up with the flanges much easier.
After all that was done I put the wheels back on the car, checked the tire pressure, and took it out for a test drive! Drives pretty good for the most part, and is honestly way faster than it should be .
So, with a productive Saturday behind my belt, I got the motivation to do a deep cleaning on the interior and engine bay today. Started off with vacuuming the interior, and man it was disgusting in there... Found a couple really small mold spots, which prompted me to go full on seat-removed deep clean mode. Looked something like this (this was after the first round of vacuuming...):
Once I had the seats pulled out, I went at the carpet with the vacuum again, then deployed some tricks I learned by watching various YouTube videos. Basically I mixed up some chemical guys upholstery cleaner in a spray bottle, and wetted the carpets down. Then I used my drill with a drill brush attachment (white bristles seem to be the correct stiffness) and went to town on the carpets with that until most of the stains disappeared. After that, I took a microfiber cloth with water on it and wiped out most of the upholstery cleaner solution, and finished by vacuuming over the area again to suck out most of the remaining water. Once I was done I let the car air dry for about 3 hours with the doors and rear hatch open, and this is what it came out like:
Suffice it to say, I was pretty amazed at how well that method worked out! After that I turned my attention to the seats. I further diluted the upholstry cleaner solution and wiped them down, then re-installed them in the car. After installation, I turned my attention to the door cards and dash, and then finally finished up the seats with some leather conditioner. Final results:
I am in dis-belief at how well it came out. Wish I would have taken some better before pictures to better demonstrate how dirty it was before I started, but lets just say I'm very happy with the results. Also used some engine bay degreaser to clean up under the hood as well:
That's all for this weekend's update. Next things to come:
1. It's going in for a timing belt job at my local Volvo mechanic on Friday this week
2. Have a line on some 2000 V70R vented rear disks, calipers, and caliper brackets that will be going on shortly after