Volvo Maintenance Hints for 7xx/9xx - Bill Garland's Nuclear ...

Valve
body
separator
plate.
This goes
between
the lower
and upper
gaskets
as noted
in the
text.
24. Place the upper gasket on top of the separator plate and put one bolt into the
area of the upper front valve body to hold everything in position.
25. Position the upper rear valve body on the bench then grasp the lower valve
body, including separator plate and gaskets, pick it up and turn it over and place
it on top of the upper rear valve body. Put the bolts in and do them up finger
tight.
26. Turn the unit back over and put the top bolts in and do them up finger tight. The
reason you do them up only finger tight is to allow for some movement in the
gaskets and separator plates to line up the holes when putting the upper front
valve body in place.
27. Remove the bolt from the lower valve body that was put there to hold everything
in place. Position the upper front valve body and pick up the lower valve body
and turn it over onto the upper front valve body. Put in the bolts finger tight.
Turn over the whole unit and put it the upper bolts. Torque all bolts alternately to
3.5 - 4.5 ft lbs. (5 - 6 Nm). See pic below.