stupidity 1964 Volvo 122S - Amazonian rustforest. Ok. I'm sorry. I washed it.

[Supernaut]

OM606 time!

[Dyslexic Viking]

 

2 hours ago, Supernaut said:

OM606 time!

Agree.

 

But sad to see the engine fail after all the work.

[loserone]

8 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

 

Agree.

 

But sad to see the engine fail after all the work.

Herre gud!

[juular]

As much as I love the idea of an OM (nom nom) I'd like to repair the B18 as it's not too bad. A quick polish of the crank and some new bearings will see it good. It looks like the Conrod nut on #1 has wound itself off.

Longer term I think the 240 would make a better OM candidate. There's more room and it's more of a big comfy cruiser. That's if I don't push it into the canal before that point.

[juular]

Well I didn't expect this.

Either something has got into the oil or the effect of #1 disintegrating has fed swarf into the others.

Going to flush the engine before fitting new shells.

[jonathan_dyane]

Could the oil pump be suspect?

[juular]

3 hours ago, jonathan_dyane said:

Could the oil pump be suspect?

It could well be. I have it off to flush it and check it over. Never got any oil pressure warnings mind you, but it could well be pumping alright while simultaneously disintegrating.

[juular]

Crank is toast.

Plastigauged #1 and it was clearly out of round as the mark was tapered quite strongly.

Thankfully I have a spare crank.

[juular]

Account balance being calculated valued customer sir. Please await the waits.

Big ends gone.

Damaged Crankshaft

Leaking from bellhousing

Leaking radiator

Headlights not working

Indicators not working

Ignition barrel fucked

Gearbox mount split in two.

As mentioned the original plan was to take this to Rustival this weekend but to be honest I completely gave up because of the issues and I haven't been in a state of mind to sort it. The few times I'd had a go at tackling small things I ended up a mere bawhair from putting a sledgehammer through the windscreen and having it towed.

The furthest I'd got recently was unceremoniously dumping the engine. I didn't even have the mental wherewithal to stick the fingers up at it.

To cheer myself up I dug further.  Oil pump taken off, a hose shoved up the engine's oil arsehole and five litres of diesel pumped through to try and flush all the passages. Like a cold dino enema.

That needs a level of attention.

So I professionally recored my radiator.

Grudgingly, the engine.

I found the cause of the bellhousing leak. That was a brand new rear main seal conversion kit, I didn't even press it into the housing with my big dirty king chuck fingers. It just fucked up all by itself. Beautiful.

Let's check how well the spare crank matches up to the big ends with new bearings.

It's what it says in the book.

Not going back in here again for at least a week, so both the big ends and mains were replaced.

A generous squeeze of raspberry sauce to appease the god of ungrateful cars.

And the rest.

New seal for a guaranteed five minutes of reliability.

More sauce.

It hasn't exploded yet.

 

[Tickman]

7 minutes ago, juular said:

 

 

That is stunning

[loserone]

Fucking hell.   That is a level of productivity I don't think I could ever achieve.  Top work.  

 

I hope it rewards you for the work

[GrumpiusMaximus]

The hero we need, not the hero we deserve.

[LightBulbFun]

Amazing stuff,!  seriously I mean that! now take it to Rustival to show it who's boss!  

[juular]

Currently broken down with a flat battery.

 

[loserone]

1 hour ago, loserone said:

hope it rewards you for the work

Fucks sake, sorry man, my fault 

[juular]

1 minute ago, loserone said:

Fucks sake, sorry man, my fault 

I was going to get you to cross stitch and frame it, but perhaps MS paint would be more realistic in terms of time frames with this car.

[Back_For_More]

Battery or alternator not charging? 

Not just a loose aux belt or anything - amazing speed with sorting this out - top cracking on 

[loserone]

[Mrs6C]

Loose engine earth lead?

[juular]

1 minute ago, Mrs6C said:

Loose engine earth lead?

Got a load of tools in the car and just been diagnosing.

Battery is actually flat. It's possible the alternator is dead, or it's not getting a good earth through the block for some reason.

[juular]

At least it was considerate enough to let me have lunch.

[Supernaut]

Apologies for the reacts. I'm not laughing at you but with you (and the badly made memes).

[juular]

Looks like the alternator regulator is fried.

Did I mention it's a new alternator?

[juular]

Hold the god damn phone.

[juular]

False hope.

[loserone]

Did you at least get back ok, or are you still in Subway?

[juular]

Worse than that, I ended up in an industrial estate in Baillieston. The emotional rollercoaster continues. Did I mention we're meant to leave tomorrow morning?

 

[juular]

Moment of truth, as if we are leaving for rustival we are going today or not at all.

New alternator is charging at 13.7V so that's a good start. Just need to fix a couple of niggles and then force every tool I own into the boot just in case.

Mega thanks to @Lacquer Peel for digging me out of a hole last night.

Old new alternator can rest with the fishes at the bottom of the garden.

[captain_70s]

20 hours ago, juular said:

Looks like the alternator regulator is fried.

Did I mention it's a new alternator?

I fucking hate repo parts. Think the Dolly is on it's 3rd new alternator and 4th new starter in 10,000 miles/10 years.

I do think it tends to be that a repo part will either fail in short order or last for a decent period.

Fingers crossed.

[juular]

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