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I earlier described my diagnosis procedure that traced my no-start problem to the fuel pump:
http://www.brickboard.com/AWD/volvo/1360418/V70/help_start.html
I also described the problem I had sealing my new wires through the top of the sending unit:
http://www.brickboard.com/AWD/volvo/1361372/V70/awd_fuel_pump_sending_unit_sealing_around_wires.html
I never did get any pics of the rig-job I did to make a FWD pump fit in the AWD assembly but I'm just as happy because I'm not proud of it anyway. It works but I only did it because I was really stuck. It's hard only having one car in the family - I need to have the car working every weekday morning and evening...
Anyway I did get some pics of the access hole I cut in the floor. There was one pic I found of this online, but it didn't give any indication about where the hold was, just what it looked like.
So first to describe where the hole has to be cut. If you're sitting in the passenger's side rear seat, right behind the front pass seat, the hole goes directly behind you right heel. Probably the best way to locate it is the lower bracket for the lower seat because it's smack dab in the middle of the hole you need to cut.
There are three fuel system lines running right along the left side of the hole/pump assembly (left if you're looking at it - towards the passenger side as opposed to towards the center) that you need to be careful of, and I did end up chopping through one of mine. I think I have them figured out on my car this way:
closest to center : fuel to engine
center line : evap line
closest to pass side : fuel return
Anyway, you can patch them up if you cut them so it's not the end of the world if you do hit them but be careful because two of them will probably have fuel in them. Using a power tool can be dangerous in this situation. Using a torch would be downright stupid.
Because the lower bracket for the seat was pretty much right in the center of the piece I needed to remove, I decided to only cut three sides away. This way, I could just fold it away and work on the pump, and then fold it back and lock it in exactly the right spot when I was done. I didn't want to mess up the rear seat at all and this seemed like the easiest way to do it.
You can view the pictures on flickr here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeldunham/sets/72157621837695960/
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1998 V70 AWD Turbo 195k+
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