Richard

I've spent the last hour of the decade trying and failing to find my Threads DVD. I know I'll get to see it for real this year, but it's not the same. 

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

I've spent the last hour of the decade trying and failing to find my Threads DVD. I know I'll get to see it for real this year, but it's not the same. 

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

That’s very funny.  However, what’s nearly as amusing is the ground clearance of the new Defender in that picture.

It was a slight leap of faith to start dismantling my car on the strength of some tracking information but I didn't want to be doing the job in the dark.

It all looked promising.


The 850 and V40 parts are similar but different enough to be a problem. I thought the boss at the bottom was going to stop the V40 part from fitting but it was actually the sender boss that caused a problem. As well as filing it down I had to use the V40 sender and I wasn't sure what the fairies in the ECU would make of that, if it hadn't been for that I'd have left the V40 part in.

The bottom bolt is actually much more accessible on the 850 version, and it all fits properly.

PAS pump back on.

All reassembled, ready to fill up. I took the opportunity to renew the coolant. I didn't really need to replace the top housing but I wanted something visible to show for all the time and money spent.
I got it properly warm on a test drive and I think all the air is out now. There are no bleed points on the Volvo so all you can do it give it a good thrashing.

This is what caused all the trouble in the first place.
 

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

It's not tax and MOT exempt, is it? It's only 35 years old and doesn't meet the criteria for a recovery vehicle as far as I can tell.
 

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

Drive out in car, load car onto Bedford, drive home in Bedford?

This could be fun...
 

 


Last moved (towed) one year ago, last drove possibly 2007 but we think a bit before that.  Starter motor or fly wheel playing up, not looking too clever, surprisingly* enough.

U-Pull-It's website was showing a 960 in stock, so I went along to see if I could bag anything from it. From the pictures it looked as if it might have the elusive black CD/cassette. I had one before but I let all the smoke out.
It did still have the stereo but the code wasn't written on it. I searched through the handbook pack and all over the car to see if it was written down anywhere but couldn't find it. On the way out I decided to have one more look and found the card in the glove box. I installed it before I left the car park and it all seemed to be working fine, except nearly all the bulbs had blown. Luckily I have a stock of spares, which would have been great if I could find them. Eventually I managed to find a whole set.

I should probably have cleaned it first.
 
The other useful part the 960 had was a remote fob. I've never had one for either of my 850s so I decided to grab it to see if it would work, even though I didn't think it was the right one for my car.

 
I tried the coding procedure (ignition off and on five times then push one of the fob buttons) that I've tried numerous times with other fobs and it only bloody worked!
 
Since I got the last 850 nearly six years ago I've had a niggling worry that the alarm and immobiliser will activate and I'll have no way to deactivate it, so it's a relief to have a fob at last. Now that I know what kind I need I've ordered another pair from eBay so that there's one for the spare key.

The 850 tonight. The phone has gone a bit radge with the exposure- all the dash and switch lighting should be dimmer and greener and it's made it look as if you can actually see by the useless alibaba street lights, which you very much can't.

No, they just said they did.

It looks like the conformal coating to me.
I'd probably start by replacing the two electrolytic capacitors, they are the only components that would degrade. Actually I'd start by reflowing the solder on all the plug pins, if that didn't work I'd move onto the capacitors.

The 850 tonight. The phone has gone a bit radge with the exposure- all the dash and switch lighting should be dimmer and greener and it's made it look as if you can actually see by the useless alibaba street lights, which you very much can't.

U-Pull-It's website was showing a 960 in stock, so I went along to see if I could bag anything from it. From the pictures it looked as if it might have the elusive black CD/cassette. I had one before but I let all the smoke out.
It did still have the stereo but the code wasn't written on it. I searched through the handbook pack and all over the car to see if it was written down anywhere but couldn't find it. On the way out I decided to have one more look and found the card in the glove box. I installed it before I left the car park and it all seemed to be working fine, except nearly all the bulbs had blown. Luckily I have a stock of spares, which would have been great if I could find them. Eventually I managed to find a whole set.

I should probably have cleaned it first.
 
The other useful part the 960 had was a remote fob. I've never had one for either of my 850s so I decided to grab it to see if it would work, even though I didn't think it was the right one for my car.

 
I tried the coding procedure (ignition off and on five times then push one of the fob buttons) that I've tried numerous times with other fobs and it only bloody worked!
 
Since I got the last 850 nearly six years ago I've had a niggling worry that the alarm and immobiliser will activate and I'll have no way to deactivate it, so it's a relief to have a fob at last. Now that I know what kind I need I've ordered another pair from eBay so that there's one for the spare key.

It was a slight leap of faith to start dismantling my car on the strength of some tracking information but I didn't want to be doing the job in the dark.

It all looked promising.


The 850 and V40 parts are similar but different enough to be a problem. I thought the boss at the bottom was going to stop the V40 part from fitting but it was actually the sender boss that caused a problem. As well as filing it down I had to use the V40 sender and I wasn't sure what the fairies in the ECU would make of that, if it hadn't been for that I'd have left the V40 part in.

The bottom bolt is actually much more accessible on the 850 version, and it all fits properly.

PAS pump back on.

All reassembled, ready to fill up. I took the opportunity to renew the coolant. I didn't really need to replace the top housing but I wanted something visible to show for all the time and money spent.
I got it properly warm on a test drive and I think all the air is out now. There are no bleed points on the Volvo so all you can do it give it a good thrashing.

This is what caused all the trouble in the first place.