rml2345 Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Could that be described as success?Bit too short a video to be conclusive but it didn't sound too bad.It was indeed a success and another test run up the lane confirmed it. LightBulbFun, Shirley Knott, Tickman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Huzzah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Ah, the incessant ping of the reed relay that serves as both the indicator and seatbelt lights. I am immensely grateful for how much quieter it is in the 850. rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I AM REPORTING LIVE FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN PAISLEY. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk The Moog, Ghosty, aldo135 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Is there slight precipitation, Andrew? (Silly bloody question... it's Renfrewshire in January...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Testing times. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk oldcars, chodweaver, Shep Shepherd and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Huzzah! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Tickman, 3VOM, GrumpiusMaximus and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Brilliant, look forward to seeing if in the metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Yuuuusssssss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Huzzah!!! Huzzah!!! Huzzah!!! Worth three of these, I think... Now get that a/c charged up and roll on summer... rml2345 and davidfowler2000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Result .... Literally! rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Hurrah! Helpfully I've got four days off coming up with which to collect this now that it's tested.Can't bloody wait! Mrs6C, Shirley Knott and Tickman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Would love one of thease beautiful car well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 Collection time! Again!Now that's it's legal it's time to put this on the road where it belongs. So it's off to SVM HQ with the assistance of FATHA_RML. Tickman, danthecapriman, Shirley Knott and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 OHAI M8 Plan is to go home for dinner and a small amount of tinkering. Shirley Knott, 320touring, jumpingjehovahs and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 And home. Trip home was uneventful and the speedo even worked! Unfortunately both the cheese cog in this and my spare instrument pod have bitten the dust do I've ordered one up to do a repair.Obviously I wasted no time getting stuck in. And now all the interior bulbs have been replaced with the correct blue ones and the broken centre air vent has been mended. Tomorrow's job is the thermostat which will take all of five minutes to do. I bloody love 740s. Amishtat, aldo135, Tickman and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Great to see all those little jobs getting done! Have you got the A/C working yet? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Not yet! I've got an update to put together on this actually. LightBulbFun, Mrs6C and danthecapriman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 So did tomorrow's job get done tomorrow?No.Mainly because I had to go to work in it. When it did come around though the thermostat was just as easy as suggested and did take all of five minutes to do. Which is handy as it looked like this: Yagged by Adrian Cains, on FlickrWhich isn't the ideal condition for a functioning thermostat. I reckon the housing was probably keeping it together and it appeared to be full of clay which can't have been helping things. Unfortunately a much needed coolant flush had to be put off because I had to go to work in it and didn't have the requisite 7 litres of antifreeze. At least the heater is now hot enough to melt your face a bit.So having successfully put off something easy and useful it was time to do one of my favourite* repairs with added complications. The speedometer had always been intermittent at best and on the way up eh road the odometer died completely thanks to the infamous Volvo odometer cog of cheese, a well known affliction of cars with VDO instrument packs. Cog of Cheese by Adrian Cains, on FlickrFrom reading a bit about these, the grease they were packed with 25+ years ago seeps into the plastic of the small drive cog, turning it both yellow and a bit mushy until one of the gear teeth breaks off, killing the odometer. Often it's resetting them on the move that produces the fatal blow but in this case it was just too far gone and died of it's own accord. Nothing else to do but strip the unit down and replace it. Dash Pod Repairs by Adrian Cains, on FlickrBut how to fix the intermittent speedometer itself? Another favourite of the aged Volvo is cracked soldering, often on the extremely fragile PCB at the back of the instrument cluster but generally anywhere they stuck bits to circuits which makes fault finding when you have the electrical skills of a turnip quite frustrating. After trying bits of equally (but differently) broken speedometer from my spare instrument pod I found a loose doodad and carefully (badly) soldered it back on and put it all together again.Reassembled by Adrian Cains, on FlickrQuite pleased as it only took two evenings of continuous swearing to achieve a mostly working instrument pod. The fuel gauge is still senile but with a working odometer and trip it doesn't matter too much. Certainly an improvement over filling it up every few days because I had absolutely no idea how much was in it or how far I'd gone. Incidentally it's doing about 20mpg on town journeys which is bloody awful but about as expected.Then I had to go to work in it. Next time was an attempt to fit some more of the ignition bits from earlier. It does start every time now but drops momentarily on to three cylinders before deciding that four really is best. Chances are it probably wants the distributor oil seal replacing to stop it filling the cap with oil but since I haven't got one of those it's another job filed under "Later". First up was another look at the coil but the NGK one that ECP sold me doesn't seem a great fit on either the king lead or the car so back in the box it went. Disappointed with that, I decided to change the spark plugs and see if that made any difference to the car. Plugs by Adrian Cains, on FlickrIf it has I've not noticed. On the plus side they were all the same colour and looked in generally good order but the plug wells seemed a bit oily so that will need to be closely monitored. I think the rocker cover is leaking and it probably wants the crankcase PCV doing as well so it could be pissing out of there. No blue smoke on start up and it doesn't seem to burn oil but like many redblocks it wazzes a fair bit out about the place. Whilst checking other bits I noticed the Bosch air intake thing at the bottom on the inlet side needs a mount so one of those was ordered up and I'll do the PCV when it's all off as access is a pain in the arse. So that's it for now. Recently it's started weeping from the water pump so one of those is next on the agenda along with the much delayed coolant flush and all four auxiliary belts, so lots of fun still to be had on the mechanical side of things. In the meantime I'm still using it as my only car since the 850 is now in the hands of Woman_RML. Two Car Family by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Tickman, aldo135, Amishtat and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Wow a working speedo, it worked most of the time when I got it and got worse as time went on. If fact there could be a queue of 740s outside your house waiting to get their speedos fixed and checked by the cat! rml2345 and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 To be fair his soldering is better than mine... Shirley Knott, Six-cylinder and Mrs6C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Any update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Nothing since March?! Yes, sorry about that. Things have been a bit crap here of late. Where had we got to? Ah yes, this. Leaky by Adrian Cains, on Flickr I'd noticed it weeping for a while so ordered up a replacement and waited for a day where it wasn't raining sideways to fit it. Fan Off by Adrian Cains, on Flickr As on most things 740, access was excellent and the old pump was soon off. Old Pump by Adrian Cains, on Flickr The pump itself didn't look that bad to my untrained eye but the gasket was definitely toast. Probably because someone had fitted or refitted it in the past using loads of silicone sealant wazz which is where it had been leaking from.New Pump by Adrian Cains, on Flickr The nice shiny new pump went on and there have been no further coolant leaks. Success! Less successful was the replacement of the auxiliary belts. The alternator belts were easy but the AC/Power steering side was a different matter. So far I've tried two power steering belts, including measuring the old one and still haven't got a suitable replacement for the old PAS belt. Since the AC one has to come off to fit it and is a right mare I've put that job on the "To do" list as the old belt still gives a modicum of assistance. So sod it, we'll worry about that later. The interior has had a bit of attention too. Since these things and the later 900 series cars are starting to get rarer, I've been keeping an eye on the websites for local breakers in the hope that one comes in. Handily, a 940 showed up at SCB in Newbridge with grey interior, albeit already pretty well cannibalised.P53 RBD by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Rather irritatingly some of the bits I needed were already missing but the trip out wasn't a total bust. Not like the centre console box, which looked like it had suffered a pretty severe impact in the past. Old and New by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Unfortunately the old one didn't come out without a fight but we got there in the end. As you can imagine, 29 years of detritus under the centre console wasn't pleasant. Fortunatley I took a picture so that you can share in the unpleasantness. Boggin by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Still, it was worth it in the end.Installed by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Sadly the original ashtray/infill panel with the illuminated red seat belt sign was also damaged so I'm having to make do with the 940 one for the moment. Will hunt down a replacement at some point though as it's one of those weird features that I miss. Not missed was the rather sad and very rotten set of horns, which have been replaced with ones off a Jaguar X-Type. Weirdly I could only get one or the other to sound when wiring them up but wiring both produced no sound at all. Will have to investigate that at some point too but in the meantime I've got the one wired in which is better than it was.Horn Replacement by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Also salvaged from the donor was a replacement driver's side door pocket. As anyone familiar with these cars knows, if you look at the door pockets in a certain way, they'll explode into a million shards of jaggy, brittle plastic. Door Repairs by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Fortunatley no one had done that to the replacement so I managed to fit it up and it's holding so far. New Door Bin by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Irritatingly I also discovered the cause of the droop in the OSF window and resultant wind noise/getting soaked was due to a worn window regulator and, weirdly, a fair bit of distortion to the actual inner door skin, where the runner for the window mechanism is. Door Inside by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Seen above on the right hand side of the door, covered in grease. A bit of gently prying it with some big pliers and a replacement window regulator have since stopped me getting wet but there's still a fair bit of wind noise so more work to be done yet. Apart from one or two tiny odds and sods, the last thing liberated from the 940 was the missing nearside wing trim. Unfortunate it's entirely the wrong colour but better than nothing.Replacement by Adrian Cains, on Flickr I also got round to cleaning out the flame trap which was actually not as utterly manky as I'd expected it to be. Still haven't got to the oil separator though as it lives in a silly place underneath the inlet manifold, next to the fuel distributor. Since I have to take that out to replace the mounts anyway I'll do the two things at once. Or get half way through one and then get utterly fucked on gin or something. Speaking of, whilst visiting CMS_206 at SVM Headquarters, it picked up another dent when someone reversed into it. Apparently they didn't see 15 feet of Volvo estate behind them...Dent Repair by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Fortunatley the ever talented CMS was on hand to learn panel beating whilst tapping out the worst of it, so it's not too bad now. Still quite annoying as it was fairly straight in the rear quarters. Harrumph. So that's everything up to now. In between mechanical jobs, I've been using it as my daily and (apart from the speedo becoming increasingly crap again) it hasn't missed a beat so far. Right now, I honestly can't think of a more ideal car. On Tour by Adrian Cains, on Flickr Shep Shepherd, Split_Pin, Amishtat and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Good to see this is still plodding along. Mainly due to it being looked after by you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Things are well with the world now rml2345 is 740d up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thanks chaps. I shall continue to plod on a with it as it's a good auld tub. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Great to know the old boy is still doing sterling service for you! rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Always love to see an update on this, looks like you've been busy! RE the oil separator, they look like a pain to get to and people make them seem that way but having done mine a few times I find the manifold doesn't get in the way too much. I can have them off for a blast through with brake cleaner in under 60 seconds now I recon! When you do it be sure to grab a new o-ring for the bottom where it joins the bottom of the block, otherwise they tend to leak down the side of the sump, or at least mine did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Two years since an update?! Jings. This is still here, I've seen it through three MOTs so far. It still looks like someone drove it through a house. Since the last update I've done absolutely loads with it as various consumable components (brakes, tyres, headgasket etc.) all wore out but so far it still provides reliable daily transport on an arduous 8 minute commute. I'll probably go into more detail in a couple of years. 320touring, Split_Pin, Shite Ron and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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