Continuing maintenance on the daily

Replaced the lower abs right side engine mounts today. The rust made it huge task. Also replaced the fuel filter but sure when or if this was ever replaced. It was a pain to get the connectors off that's for sure.

More maintenance on the Odyssey

The purge valve was making a ticking noise, the PCV valve is 12 yrs old and 145k miles and after reading about the problems with Honda and the VCM I decided to install the S-VCM delete kit. While under the hood cleaned all the plastic. 

PCV valve

Purge valve

Engine temp sensor need to install the VCM delete in-between the wire harness and the sensor

More maintenance on the daily

The top engine mount on my 05 XC70 was worn out. Didn't look like it's coming apart or anything but you can move the strut bar alot. I went with the polyurethane bushing and switched from square to round style for no other reason then it was on sale at FCP I also switched it the strut bar mounts and went with the solid units. Finally I replaced my cabin filter that was a simple but a pain of a job my fat butt had hard time getting under there to get the rear screws lined up.

Radio upgrade on the daily

I hate listening to the radio so much and the Bluetooth device gets feedback so a good excuse to upgrade the radio. I purchased the Atoto A6 performance after seeing many good reviews and the amazing price I got it for from Amazon on black Friday. The removal wasn't too bad, I hate seeing any wires so I hid the bluetooth microphone wire on the driver side knee bolster and up the a pillar, the connector for the phone is run under the shifter and into the cup holder, getting the radio to get in and line up right was a chore and the metra trim needed to be shaved a bit in the corner. 

This connector was a pain to remove

Can not get the radio to sit flush.....

I found the trick is all in the angle when sliding it in then up

Here is where I hid the wire for the phone

And all finished