Yes, guys, wait until you start replacing the tail lights. The ones that my 01 blows most often require severe contortion, and the blood loss involved could lead to a visit to the local ER for a transfusion. I'd still rather replace all the light bulbs a couple of times than change one more 240 heater blower...
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01 V70 2.4 M5 and a Mini

....Loki Laufeyjarson (*) who is Volvo's Chief Engineer In Charge of Making You Ask: "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING when they did that????"

(Think design features like the only way to get the RF headlight wiper motor out of a "classic" V70 without removing the engine and transmission is with a Dremel!)

-BTC

'98 V70 T5 5-speed, 166k mi, front IPD stabilizer bar, rear factory HD bar, Bilstein HD, Volvo strut tower brace and skidplate, e-codes, V-1, Mobil-1 since new


(* Loki Laufeyjarson is the god of mischief in Norse mythology, a son of Fárbauti and Laufey. He is described as the "contriver of all fraud". Loki is in a sense both a god and a Jotun (comparable to the Titans and Gigantes of Greek mythology). He mixed freely with the gods for a long time, even becoming Odin's blood brother. The composer Richard Wagner presented Loki under an invented Germanized name Loge in his operas Das Rheingold and Die Walküre. -Wikipedia)

If the clip won't reclasp the bulb is not properly seated in the housing. Tab on bulb goes at 12:00. Try jiggling. When properly seated the clip is easy to close.