Here we grow again! 1994 940

[Chris_R]

Went to Asheville, NC last weekend and met Patrick (blacknite3). Patrick is one AWESOME turbo-bricker. He had a need and so did I... we each had what the other wanted. He needed to make a hole in the driveway and I needed a car for my daughter. (OK so I needed a car for her that should would want to drive - she doesn't like my silver 754TI for some reason and I'd rather she not drive that car anyway - it's MINE!)

Enter one 1994 940 Turbo
See thread here:
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=122356

After a wee bit of aggravation (and a WHOLE lot of thankfullness that we brought the Escalade) the car is now resting comfortably at my in-law's place and will be undergoing a host of procedures in the near future.
Head gasket
Seals
Oil pump
Water pump
Battery
Tires
Clean-up
Timing belt
Turbo replacement - 15g sitting on the shelf unless I can find a good stocker for cheap... or maybe rebuild this one?

Of course I'll clean the head and piston tops while it's apart. Maybe throw some Somender grooves in there and gasket-match port the intake/exhaust. Pretty much everything that my Silver car got.
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showpost.php?p=1382586&postcount=5
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showpost.php?p=1319831&postcount=12

I've already taken her to the car wash to clean under the hood. Sprayed a full can of Engine Brite under there and used the high pressure to get some gunk off.

This is showroom so I will provide a pic to appease the TTIWWOP gods:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/94940042.jpg

Much thanks to Patrick and his family for all that they did (or 'put up with' in the case of Patrick's wife and child).
And thanks to my Lovely wife and super kids for being REALLY cool about everything too!

This thread will be updated as progress is made.

[Canuckvolvo]

Wow man, that's a hell of a pretty stable of wagons you have.

[VolvoPunch]

Yeah this is really becoming a problem. Even a Volvo guy like me knows when enough is enough. So you have a total of 7 vehicles? One for each day of the week? Where do you park all of these?

[Chris_R]

Meh, everyone's limits are different I guess. Plus, I'm working from a plan.

The 850 has been for sale for a while. The price just goes up the more I do to it. It will be done/completed/gone by Summer at the latest.
I had planned to give the burgundy car to my daughter, but the Wife seems to like it too much to let it go.
Red is my DD, Silver is my love, Escalade is our weekend/fun/tow vehicle.
Storm I'm saving... not exactly sure why. If gas keeps climbing I'll drop a new battery in and start driving it again.

My in-laws have about 10 acres and they live 2 miles away. No worries on storage. ;-)

[VolvoPunch]

I think its time for you to drop the kids leave the wife to run away to Sweden. :-P I am glad to see someone saving old Volvos and keeping them no the road.

[Justin922]

Jesus Chris are you hoarding Volvo wagons for some reason, is that your stock market crash savings plan?

[Chris_R]

Yes.

I was really wanting this to be a sedan, but I couldn't argue with the price. :badboy:

[sweetswede]

wagons=space for moar junk-in-the-trunk:-D

[sweetswede]

Yes.

I was really wanting this to be a sedan, but I couldn't argue with the price. :badboy:


wait, wait, you didn't argue with the price to begine with, your wife did. If your explanation was an attempt at a hicku (sp?), you suck.

[Chris_R]

Right... I couldn't argue with the price my wife decided on. Duh. :-P

[SquareD]

Are there 12 step programs for this sort of stuff? Congrats on the new ride.

[Chris_R]

Are there 12 step programs for this sort of stuff? Congrats on the new ride.

God, I hope not!!!!

[blacknite3]

Glad to see the wagon is going to get the royal treatment all Volvos deserve ;-) Always feels strange seeing one of them go but I have to do what's best for the Volvos in the world. When I bought my SE in November the wife made a new rule where any future Volvo purchases require that I get rid of 2 others. I understand Chris now has the same rule (at least I think that's what his wife said).

[Marvelous3]

Want to trade me one of your wagons for a 240 sedan :wink:

[Chris_R]

I might just need some pics/details on that one Marv... :badboy:

[impulse922]

wagons=space for moar junk-in-the-trunk:-D

but, hes a dad, and he's giving his daughter a wagon...:-P

[sweetswede]

Are there 12 step programs for this sort of stuff? Congrats on the new ride.

yes there is, he only has 5 of the steps so far...

[Lord Tentacle]

but, hes a dad, and he's giving his daughter a wagon...:-P

makes the gigity gigity that much easier

[sweetswede]

^^the correct car for all teenage girls is a small displacement mid-engine two seater.

[Chris_R]

Like a Fiero or an MR2?

Do you OWN an insurance company? :wtf:

[sweetswede]

Yes, do you need coverage?

I'm interested in how you are going to -T that wagon.

[Chris_R]

-T? Why? I'm going to re-T it. Insurance on the turbo cars isn't that high - about the same as my old Dodge minivan.

[Tom Wiley]

but, hes a dad, and he's giving his daughter a wagon...:-P

Yeah, I have used that aspect of my car a few times. It works well.

[Chris_R]

Pulled the valve cover last night and proceeded to do the following... :bleh::freak::barf::run::help:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/94940Motor003.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/94940Motor001.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/94940Motor002.jpg

That's gonna take a LOT of scrubbin!

So let's add bearings and oil pump to the list and do this puppy right!

[Chris_R]

Cleaning and diassembly fun...

Dirty Girl:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3258.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3257.jpg
Mmmm... Crusty!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3262.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3260.jpg

After the first pass with the pressure washer:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3261.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3263.jpg

Pistons and head get cleaned this weekend. Debating whether I should port-match this one or not. I probably will just cuz I'll kick myself if I don't.

Oh yeah, someone likes the orange gasket-maker goop.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3265.jpg

Most of the sludge is now gone from the bay and the engine is ready to pull except for the tranny/block bolts and motor mounts.
She comes out this weekend.

[volvo940tuner]

damn that is a lot of sludge

[turbowagoneer940]

frequent short trips??? seen a motor sludged like that once, car was driven by an old lady and her trips were only to the grocery store, plus a few 2-3miles trips during the week.
that engine was totally gunked!!!

[mbaker]

so how do you clean all that? soap and water and alot of scrubing with some degreaser?

mike

[Chris_R]

So far the oil coming out of the oil pan is a lot less chunky than what was in the head. I'll clean it with wire brushes, degreaser, gasoline, acetone - whatever it takes!

No idea if there were short trips or what, but I found the chewed up remains of the ring off an oil bottle inside the head. I think that explains the plastic shavings pretty well.

Started cleaning the pistons with the wire brush in the drill. Those are coming out nicely!

[volvo940tuner]

So far the oil coming out of the oil pan is a lot less chunky than what was in the head. I'll clean it with wire brushes, degreaser, gasoline, acetone - whatever it takes!

No idea if there were short trips or what, but I found the chewed up remains of the ring off an oil bottle inside the head. I think that explains the plastic shavings pretty well.

Started cleaning the pistons with the wire brush in the drill. Those are coming out nicely!

acetone is great for cleaning up many different things.
i used it to make my leather seats nice and tacky and to take off residue/imperfections before i coated them and changed them to black.

[sweetswede]

You got your work cut out on that one. Better to do it all now than later down the road when your daughter is out in it. Nice work as always you've got started there.

[Chris_R]

Thanks!

It's honestly not as bad as the 88 745 was. The pistons and valves look WAY better on this one and have been a lot easier to clean thus far. Just sludgy up top.

I'm gonna be a little sad to turn this one over to her. :-(

[sweetswede]

Sooooo, don't. Tell her to buy her own car. I was never given a car, waited till I was almost 20 to buy mine.

[Chris_R]

Suuuure, let her buy her own POS so I can work on that all the time?

Look at it this way... I buy the car, I fix the car, I control the car.

The Chris giveth, the Chris taketh away. The Chris maketh the plush interior and the smooth running engine to carry his people in style and comfort. The Chris is good.

Besides, the Wife says so.

[sweetswede]

Besides, the Wife says so.

:rofl::rofl:

You really do have the perfect wife, and 5 wagons. WTF!?

[Chris_R]

5 wagons, an SUV and a hatchback. :rockon:

[sweetswede]

Sir, GET BACK TO WORK and shut the hell up.:grrr:

[Chris_R]

I would, but my stupid job keeps getting in the way of my work. :-P

[Chris_R]

Just adding the photos to this thread since it is 'the rebuild thread' for this car.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3347.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3348.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3349.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3352.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3353.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3354.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3359.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3358.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3360.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3362.jpg

[shellshock]

That is one GRIMY motor! Looks like someone neglected oil change intervals. haha

[Chris_R]

Engine is completely apart now. One of the squirters was clogged so bad I could barely blow thru it - even after squirting brakleen thru it! Ended up having to clean it out with some thin wire. Still have a TON of cleaning to do but there's time since I can't order the bearings and rings until payday anyway.

Good news is my first FCP Groton order arrives today. All the gaskets and some other essentials. :rockon:

Some yummy poly bushes and adjustable cam gear are en route from Dale (hopefully) and replacement taillights should be headed this way from schaff70.

Maybe we'll go ahead and drop the trans, clean/paint the block, work on the port-matching of the head, and take a look at the brakes before we get the bearings/rings...

So much to do and we're out of town this weekend. :-(

S'ok, going to get out of town for the weekend (going to Asheville, NC) and play in the snow!

[Chris_R]

Mike (over at Volvo of Gwinnett - GREAT guy, awesome service, and has one of the only 745s you'll ever see on bags and 20s) helped me pull the valves the other day. I hit them up on the wire wheel tonight.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/ValvesBeforeandAfter001.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/ValvesBeforeandAfter010.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/valvesBeforeandAfter003.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/ValvesBeforeandAfter007.jpg

Next up is the wheel treatment on the valve springs, etc.

Edit: Bearings should be in this week too... Gonna hit the bores with the dingleberry brush - hopefully get to work on it sometime this weekend.

Also, the head is nice and true - well within specs. :rockon:

[740ATL]

Awesome Chris.

How is Mike over at Gwinnet Volvo doing?

[Chris_R]

Busy as ever! Building the motor for his show wagon. The block and valve cover are the same green as the car. It's sexay!

You want I should tell him you said hi?

[740ATL]

Sure. He may remember me. I got his car working one night in the Gwinnet Volvo parking lot. Silly megasquirt stuff.

[B Mac66]

Damn Chris, this is coming along pretty nicely it seems! You're cleaning evvverrryyyytthhhinngggg hahah. Looks good man! Can't wait to hear the final result.

[Chris_R]

Sure. He may remember me. I got his car working one night in the Gwinnet Volvo parking lot. Silly megasquirt stuff.

Was that from this?
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=82084




Thanks for the compliment Ben - you know I'll post pics everywhere... it's what I do. :rofl:

[240T man]

Wow, that thing's gonna run like new.

I'm jealous.

[Chris_R]

Started the porting and gasket matching...
Start on the left, sand clean to reveal the right:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Portedhead001.jpg

Exhaust Before:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Portedhead006.jpg

Exhaust After:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Portedhead005.jpg

Intake side (sorry, forgot the 'before' pics - imagine the same thing but with smaller holes):
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Portedhead007.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Portedhead008.jpg

[sweetswede]

good progress. When can I drop off the SE? You can keep it for as long as you need.

[Chris_R]

How about calling that machine shop by you and asking how much to hot tank the head? I'm soaking it in Simple green, but I fear the crust is too much.

Then we can talk about the SE. ;-)

[sweetswede]

I'll give them a call tomorrow if I get a chance.

[Chris_R]

Block is all painted and pretty now. (EDIT: Paint is 500 degree ceramic caliper paint)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3703.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3704.jpg

Head is coming along nicely... especially when you consider that I've had to scrape nearly every inch of this thing to get the coked oil off.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3705.jpg

Breather box had something solid rattling around inside and it did NOT want to fall out of the hole. What to do?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3706.jpg

What indeed. :oogle:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_3707.jpg
The chop saw knew what to do!
All cleaned out now (pic is of it still dirty/crusty). I plan to put it together with ABS shavings and acetone. Probably fill it with some stainless steel wool first though.

EDIT: Used a 2 part epoxy to reasseble this thing. Used some ABS bits from an old stereo install kit to fill in the gaps as needed.

[shellshock]

you can get new pcv boxes for über cheap on fcp. Thats what I picked up for mine.

Looking good!!

[Chris_R]

I know I'll sound like a tight-ass here... and that's ok. But FCP Lists that thing for 32 bucks plus shipping! :omg:

I haven't cut many corners on this build, but that's one I'll have to cut. Plus I can't stuff stainless steel wool in the new one without hacking it open.

[Justin922]

Looking good so far dude. I can't believe you didn't round up the posse for an assist. I'd be happy to help anytime.

[Chris_R]

Pistons:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/PistonsSide.jpg
What are those scratches in the wall all about?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/PistonTops.jpg

Mmmm... Clean parts:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MiscCleanParts.jpg

More clean parts with some poly-goodness:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MoreCleanParts.jpg

Oil Pan:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/OilPan.jpg
Dang that pic hurts my head - I'll have to take a better one.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/OilPanInside.jpg

Remember this guy?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/RehabbedOilPump.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/OilPickup.jpg
All clean now!

Crusty turbo:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/NastyTurbo2.jpg

Teeny tiny wastegate hole...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/WastegateHoleBefore.jpg
Me and my gang of Carbide friends will have something to say about that! :oogle:

Almost to the reconstruction phase - stay tuned!

EDIT: Skipped this turbo, ported the exhaust side of a 15g instead. :rockon:

[SquareD]

Man, you're putting a lot of work into this car, way to go. I recommend you put a brand new oil pump in it. Better safe than sorry.

Info about the scuffed or galled piston skirts:

http://www.contactmagazine.com/Issue54/EngineBasics.html

Many times you will see a piston that is scuffed at the "four corners". If you look at the bottom side of a piston you see the piston pin boss. If you look across each pin boss it's solid aluminum with no flexibility. It expands directly into the cylinder wall. However, the skirt of a piston is relatively flexible. If it gets hot, it can deflect. The crown of the piston is actually slightly smaller in diameter on purpose so it doesn't contact the cylinder walls. So if the piston soaks up a lot of heat, because of detonation for instance, the piston expands and drives the piston structure into the cylinder wall causing it to scuff in four places directly across each boss. It's another dead give-a-way sign of detonation. Many times detonation damage is just limited to this.

[240T man]

Damn that wastegate port is small. No wonder my 13C had boost creep issues.

[mrtomjones]

I had no idea some of you volvo guys were local. I'll have to checkout some of your rides sometime, i'm new to your platform (i'm a 3000gt, BMW guy) but probably going to build a little red for my lady, i live behind the gwinnett volvo on springdale..

Wonder if i've seen you guys before?

[Chris_R]

Thanks for the info SquareD - I'll bet that piston with the worst damage is the same one that had a clogged squirter.

mrtomjones - we have a big ATL group and it's just about time to start the meets again.

One of our guys happens to be one of the best mechanics in the area... and he works right there at Gwinnett Place.

[mrtomjones]

Cool, i work over at carmax on nights (been there for 4 years) i'm a production technician.

let me know when you get the meets goin, i'll have to come out and shoot the stuff with you guys!

[mikes02ls1]

Cool, i work over at carmax on nights (been there for 4 years) i'm a production technician.

let me know when you get the meets goin, i'll have to come out and shoot the stuff with you guys!
You must know Les in parts?? Your at Carmax off of Beaver Ruin right?

[Justin922]

Whatever happened to the Atl meet thread?

[Chris_R]

Hand lapped the valves today:
Before:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/ExhaustBefore.jpg

After:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/ExhaustAfter.jpg
Note the dull finish. :rockon:

Made the first grooves too:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/GrooveAbove.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/GrooveSide.jpg

Still unsure if there will be a second groove or where... But I like these so far.

[Chris_R]

If you look down the hole(s) in the pics above you may even notice where I smoothed the edges and removed a little material in the exhaust ports.

Daughter and I spent most of the afternoon pulling the interior - seats, carpets, center console. Pressure washed the carpets and vacuumed under everything. Found $1.20 in change. :oogle:

Still a lot of cleaning and reassembly to do. Like to see the motor built and ready to go in this weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

BTW, my daughter passed her driver's license test on Thursday. :omg:

[GrandmaSideways]

either give me a car, or give me your daughter.
hahaha

Everyone else can find a nice 940 wagon but me.

[Chris_R]

Nononono - we found a crusty 940 and made it nice(ish). :rockon:

[Chris_R]

Update:

Interior is all clean and back together (except the rear area, that's the parts staging area and will get cleaned last) - and it looks pretty awesome!
Still need a good condition peanut-butter driver's seat though.

Engine rebuild is kicking my ass now. Got the whole bottom end together, oil pan on, everything properly torqued down and then the crank wouldn't turn. :wtf:

A few calls to Mike, and a complete undoing of all I'd done, and we figured that my rod caps are binding once they get the final 90* turn.

Pretty sure the caps and rods got mismatched during the cleanup. :oops: It was getting late and I was tired of letting that f**ker kick my ass for one night. Back at it on Thursday I guess.

[magnum46]

Wow...that's an impressive job!

good luck with the crank..

[Chris_R]

Dilemma time...

I'm pretty close to having this car done. You've read the posts - or maybe you haven't. Go read them now. I'll wait.

Done? Ok... You've seen the pics and you all can appreciate the amount of work involved here thus far. My daughter, in the meantime, has been driving my Escalade (1999 4x4 - stock) and seems to do really well with being a little higher up.

Talking to my wife this weekend on our roadtrip (Big Red - the 90 745 - did GREAT, BTW) and she says, "Maybe we should finish that car and sell it to get Brittany a Jeep (not a CJ, although she wants one - but a Grand Cherokee or something)?"

OK, so I respect this line of thought - Jeeps seem to be good vehicles and sell cheaply enough, like Volvos. But I'm a little hot because of all the work I've done thus far. So I start thinking - what if I keep this 940 for me, sell Big Red and swap out the tan interior for the black interior that's in my silver wagon (which is really close to being parted out due to too many cars in the family) and have a nice black over black 940Turbo? It'll have a 15g, 3" exhaust, ipd sways, my stereo from Red and lowering goodies from Silver... fark - that's a lot of work, but the 940 seemed more refined than the 740s do.

What do y'all think?

[stylngle2003]

keep the 940

[tacogremlin]

keep the 940

and sell me back big red :-D

[Chris_R]

and sell me back big red :-D

Believe me - you would get first dibs. :nod:

[262 grand national]

[QUOTE=Chris_R;1642193]Mike (over at Volvo of Gwinnett - GREAT guy, awesome service, and has one of the only 745s you'll ever see on bags and 20s)
QUOTE]

You should get some pictures of that.. :)

[JB945t]

Are there 12 step programs for this sort of stuff? Congrats on the new ride.

My name is Jon and I'm a Volvoholic...........

[Chris_R]

Mike (over at Volvo of Gwinnett - GREAT guy, awesome service, and has one of the only 745s you'll ever see on bags and 20s)


You should get some pictures of that.. :)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MikesFront.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MikesSide.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MikesWagon.jpg

It's always on the lift or I'd get pics of the interior... all custom fiberglass dash, hyoooge stereo system.

Sorry about the crappy pics - they're from my 1.3MP cameraphone

[262 grand national]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MikesFront.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MikesSide.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/MikesWagon.jpg

It's always on the lift or I'd get pics of the interior... all custom fiberglass dash, hyoooge stereo system.

Sorry about the crappy pics - they're from my 1.3MP cameraphone

on the ground would be sweet!

[Marvelous3]

From some time ago...

http://k53.pbase.com/u30/recordt5r/upload/18982184.volvolowriderdash.JPG

http://k43.pbase.com/u30/recordt5r/upload/18982185.volvolowriderengine.JPG

http://i.pbase.com/u30/recordt5r/upload/18982187.volvolowriderinterior.JPG

http://i.pbase.com/u30/recordt5r/upload/18982188.volvolowriderlogo.JPG

http://i.pbase.com/u30/recordt5r/upload/18982189.volvolowridersymbol.JPG

http://i.pbase.com/u30/recordt5r/upload/18982191.volvolowridertanks2.JPG

[Marvelous3]

hmm...pbase pictures aren't loading.

[Chris_R]

Worked on the 940 today. Friggin thing pissed me off! I'd had a problem before where when I torqued the rod caps down then the crank wouldn't turn. Mike told me what to look for (numbers on the caps/rods) and voila! crank turns.

Today I got the bottom end put together and actually got it in the car! :cool: :spin:

Got everything bolted to the tranny bellhousing and went to turn the crank so I could install the torque converter bolts and the emmeneffin emmeneffer wouldn't turn again!!!
Pulled the motor back out (sidenote: getting pretty good at that!) and found that the flywheel is contacting the block. :grrr: OK, I think I got all that sorted and went to put the bottom end back in and :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud:

Yeah, bottom fell out and it was time to quit for the day... sumnabeech

[mikes02ls1]

Yeah it happens Chris... You know you have a garage, that could hold a 945 with ease....lol

[Chris_R]

um, if it wasn't loaded with another car and TONS of crap maybe. :rofl:

The 940 is at the in-laws house anyway... there was no room at the inn.

I knew it would be up on the air for way too long to leave at home. I plan/hope to drag the 850 over there too when it's ready for the motor-ectomy.

[mikes02ls1]

um, if it wasn't loaded with another car and TONS of crap maybe. :rofl:

The 940 is at the in-laws house anyway... there was no room at the inn.

I knew it would be up on the air for way too long to leave at home. I plan/hope to drag the 850 over there too when it's ready for the motor-ectomy.
Well you need to have a YARD SALE this will solve your problems.....lol

[Chris_R]

Getting ready to shake things up I think... ;-)

[mikes02ls1]

Getting ready to shake things up I think... ;-)
Don't shake to hard some of us have allergies you know!!



Jihad!!!

[Chris_R]

Worked on the 940 today. Friggin thing pissed me off! I'd had a problem before where when I torqued the rod caps down then the crank wouldn't turn. Mike told me what to look for (numbers on the caps/rods) and voila! crank turns.

Today I got the bottom end put together and actually got it in the car! :cool: :spin:

Got everything bolted to the tranny bellhousing and went to turn the crank so I could install the torque converter bolts and the emmeneffin emmeneffer wouldn't turn again!!!
Pulled the motor back out (sidenote: getting pretty good at that!) and found that the flywheel is contacting the block. :grrr: OK, I think I got all that sorted and went to put the bottom end back in and :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud: :raincloud:

Yeah, bottom fell out and it was time to quit for the day... sumnabeech

Figured it out - thanks to a tip from Adam (smurf244)... torque converter wasn't shoved in far enough. :oops: Bottom end is back in now. I hope to get back over there and button up the bottom end today, then install the head tomorrow.
With any luck it will be running by Sunday. :spin:

[shellshock]

Good to hear! video the start up!

[Chris_R]

Good news/Bad news

Good News: I'm getting really good at pulling the motor in 940s.

Bad News: I had to do it again today. I think it's been 4 times now on this car. :-(

Turns out you can't install the flywheel sensor onto the block with the motor installed. :grrr:

As it sits now, the motor is back in, accessories and head are installed. Cam is in, but not torqued down. Intake/exhaust manifold and hopefully the rest of it will be installed and ready this weekend.

Still need to pull the brakes apart and grease/reinstall them and a few other things... but I can see this getting done this weekend too.

WOOT! Is that a light??? Way down there at the end of that tunnel?

[mikes02ls1]

Good news/Bad news

Good News: I'm getting really good at pulling the motor in 940s.

Bad News: I had to do it again today. I think it's been 4 times now on this car. :-(

Turns out you can't install the flywheel sensor onto the block with the motor installed. :grrr:

As it sits now, the motor is back in, accessories and head are installed. Cam is in, but not torqued down. Intake/exhaust manifold and hopefully the rest of it will be installed and ready this weekend.

Still need to pull the brakes apart and grease/reinstall them and a few other things... but I can see this getting done this weekend too.

WOOT! Is that a light??? Way down there at the end of that tunnel?
Good thing you weren't a Volvo Tech cause you would have lost your ass on this one.....lol j/k

[Chris_R]

OK, got some work done this weekend, but didn't get as far as I'd have liked due to family commitments and all the damned :raincloud:.

I did get the intake side reassembled. Sorted a few missing nuts and bolts from my bucket o'bolts. Pulled and cleaned the intercooler, whisch is not nearly as easy on the 94 as it is on the earlier style cars. Ported the exhaust manifold at the collector. Will gasket match-port the runners tonight (hopefully) and then the 15g exhaust side.

If I can get the exhaust opened up on this monkey it will be quite peppy!

[Chris_R]

Engine bay as of today...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/940Motor.jpg

Almost there but the damned starter won't engage... :grrr:

Working on that, almost have everything else buttoned up. Cleaned and greased the front brakes today... If I can get the starter to engage I'll be able to do the timing belt and get this sucka done!

Anyone have a lower water line for the 13c?

[Chris_R]

Update:
Went to the Pull-A-Part yesterday, picked up a starter (~20 bucks with warranty) from a 780 Turbo (man that car was clean and has a full set of gold mesh MSI 15" wheels on it - if I'd had cash I'd have gotten them) and a lower turbo hardline/banjo bolt from another car. Someone was nice enough to have left them when they pulled the turbo. :oogle:

Tested, then installed the starter last night - used it to bump the crank bolt loose. Then the damned :raincloud: again. I swear it happens everytime I try to work on this car. No worries though. I'm VERY close. Only one banjo bolt short of having everything that I need... I wished I'd realized I was short a BB yesterday when I was at the damned junkyard. :rant:

Oh well... this weekend she will be sorted out, all belts installed, all fluids loaded into the proper orifices and we'll see if the thing cranks.

Updates to follow - wish me luck!

[Chris_R]

GAH!!! ****... I hate being at work when I could be at home buttoning this bitch up and getting it started.


:bleh:

:run:

[mikes02ls1]

Hey Chris if you need help I live minutes from you..

[pwschuh]

GAH!!! ****... I hate being at work when I could be at home buttoning this bitch up and getting it started.


Patience, young Skywalker.

[Chris_R]

Thanks for the offer Mike - almost got it though.

Patience is not in my nature... :-P

Because of this I went at it last night at 8:15PM. Got the timing belt on, oil in, coolant (I'm sure it will need more - gotta get that today), bypassed the water to the turbo until I find a banjo bolt and tried to crank it.



Yeah... tried. Reet-reet-reet-reet-chgrumb-reet-reet-reet-reet-reet-chgrumb.

The 'chgrumb' is an attempt to fire. I can smell fuel in the exhaust. Car ran before the rebuild so I assume the cap/coil are good (thinking about it now I don't recall if the spade terminal is connected to the coil).

My other thought is the timing may be off - hard to find a decent pic of the way everything lines up.
I know the cam gear is right and the oil pump is too (not that it matters really on this car), crank is the only thing I can think that might be off. There's a little notch in the thin metal plate that goes over the crank gear - that lines up with the mark on the oil pump, right?

I hope to play with it again tonight... It was 9:30 when I left and I was tired of working by flashlight. Thank God I don't have this car in a lit garage - I'd probably still be there.

[GrandmaSideways]

Don't let nice alloys go to the crusher!

[Janspeed]

ign. cable sequence OK on dizzycap?
cables plugged to correct sparkplugs? (1-3-4-2 sequence)
Cam/dizzy 180 degr off? (which makes for the sparks being fired 180 degr off)
F-ed up crankpully? (which means TDC-marking not at real TDC)
flexplate position OK in relation to TDC?? (since you mentioned you had it off the crank...i sure hope for your sake this is not the case... cause you would have to either pull the motor or the tranny again to get access...)
it will run if it's only one of the 8 holes off. just really bad...

just some pointers.
Hope you get it running soon. You put in a lot of effort, it's time you get the reward.

PS Your daughter would be silly if she would want any other car over this Tbrick! I mean, it comes with a lot of emotional effort invested and probably with a free mechanic thrown in the packidge as well! ;-)
Black on Black + Hydra's is cool. Paint the Hydra's gunmetal-grey: 940T4-R ( i used to have a stoneblack T5-R wagon with black leather, It doesn't get much more intimidating, it looked badass. My friends called it the 'speedhurse'. ;-)

[GrandmaSideways]

Is this the car that had the raggedy interior?

[Vee_Que]

Keep in there, if the Silver wagon is on it's way out and this has a new motor and the Silver by comparison doesn't, sell the silver and keep this I reckon, but the 940 interior is better then the 740's anyway...

I've been there, but not done quite as much mechanical work to my car and it's so worth it in the end. And no to getting your daughter a bigger 4x4, why not a little car?

[Chris_R]

Thanks for the tips - I believe I installed the flexplate properly... Followed the directions on BrickBoard - I think I even got them right. :-D I wonder if there is a way to verify this... maybe pulling the crank sensor and watching for the solid 'windows'.

Is it possible to have the cam/crank 180 degrees out? Isn't it 2 crank turns = 1 cam turn?
Crank pulley wasn't used for aligning the crank, I used the little metal plates that ride along with the crank gear. One of those has a tiny U shape in it - that's what I aligned with the spot on the oil cover.

The marks on the timing belt:
1st single line, aligned with cam gear
2nd single line, aligned with oil pump gear
Double lines align with what on the crank?

I never pulled the wires from the cap, but I did double check them just in case.

I want to paint the hydras the same color as the Volans on my 850... makes the car look kinda sinister. but it's waaay down on my list.

Daughter may not get a choice in the matter... She surely can't keep driving my Escalade.

As for the interior, it's really only the driver's seat that is 'bad'... and I've driven/ridden in worse. The rest cleaned up pretty nicely.

[Chris_R]

I've been there, but not done quite as much mechanical work to my car and it's so worth it in the end. And no to getting your daughter a bigger 4x4, why not a little car?

I have a little car, and she wants it, but it's too little for a beginning driver. Most of her ability to drive lies in her confidence in herself. Being in a 'position of height/power' seems to boost her confidence.

That or she has said she would drive my 850. :rofl:

It will boil down to me (well, her mom really - I'm the soft touch) telling her what she can and cannot drive.

[Chris_R]

Up for the questions 2 posts above.

:please:

[Lord Tentacle]

this post to be filled with answers after i sleep

[linuxman51]

Thanks for the tips - I believe I installed the flexplate properly... Followed the directions on BrickBoard - I think I even got them right. :-D I wonder if there is a way to verify this... maybe pulling the crank sensor and watching for the solid 'windows'.

Is it possible to have the cam/crank 180 degrees out? Isn't it 2 crank turns = 1 cam turn?
Crank pulley wasn't used for aligning the crank, I used the little metal plates that ride along with the crank gear. One of those has a tiny U shape in it - that's what I aligned with the spot on the oil cover.

The marks on the timing belt:
1st single line, aligned with cam gear
2nd single line, aligned with oil pump gear
Double lines align with what on the crank?

I never pulled the wires from the cap, but I did double check them just in case.

I want to paint the hydras the same color as the Volans on my 850... makes the car look kinda sinister. but it's waaay down on my list.

Daughter may not get a choice in the matter... She surely can't keep driving my Escalade.

As for the interior, it's really only the driver's seat that is 'bad'... and I've driven/ridden in worse. The rest cleaned up pretty nicely.

What is the deal?
timing belt is simple: on a head mount distro, aux shaft alignment doesn't matter (but there is a tab to line the mark up with on the cover). mark on cam gear lines up with stick on timing cover, and on the crank gear, the rear cover should have a notch that lines up with an arrow on the timing cover. (or with a good crank pulley installed, the timing mark goes in line with the '0' on the front cover).

[linuxman51]

so it turns over but doesn't catch. get some ether, unhook the AMM and spray it in the intake, close, hit the key. if your mechanical timing is off, or the flex plate is installed incorrectly the car will probably backfire out one end or the other. if the issue is something else (loose ground, injectors not working, etc) it should start up normally and then die, or you could get lucky and it starts up and runs (relatively) fine. it won't run wonderful without the amm connected, but you can plug that in after the fact.

[Captain Bondo]

so it turns over but doesn't catch. get some ether,


:-D The lazy troubleshooter's best friend. I love ether.

[Chris_R]

Crank gear lines up with the timing cover?

This ain't my first rodeo (timing belt), just that this one doesn't start. It was getting dark so I may have missed something.
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/faq/ImagesProcedures/Timing%20BeltMarks.gif

I'm a little concerned about the flywheel position - faulty memory and all. I followed the directions detailed here:
http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/EngineMechanical.htm#BellhousingBoltRemoval
But the more I think about it, the more I think I may have ****ed this up. So it looks like I can check by pulling the starter, aligning the crank gear and seeing if the long-tooth is in the starter hole. God help me, I hope it is.

[Chris_R]

update: Timing belt was set right and so was the flywheel. Me FTW?
I checked the flywheel by pulling the crank sensor and slowly rotating the crank until I could see the 'long tooth'. Found it when the crank was 90 degrees BTDC - Perfect.

When I pulled the crank sensor I noticed that the wire sheath was crumbly. Decided to use the AMM to test/compare the pins with the brand new sensor in Big Red... Old crank sensor FTL.
Swapped them over for a test and the 9 fired right up! Drove it a bit and noticed a horrible clicking/knocking. sigh. I made a video and will post it later. Either flywheel or rod. Tried pulling injectors 1x1 and it never went away. More later...

[mikes02ls1]

update: Timing belt was set right and so was the flywheel. Me FTW?
I checked the flywheel by pulling the crank sensor and slowly rotating the crank until I could see the 'long tooth'. Found it when the crank was 90 degrees from TDC. Perfect. When I pulled the crank sensor I noticed that the wire sheath was crumbly. Decided to test/compare the pins with the new one in my other car. Old crank sensor FTL.
Swapped them over for a test and the 9 fired right up! Drove it a bit and noticed a horrible clicking/knocking. sigh. I made a video and will post it later. Either flywheel or rod. Tried pulling injectors 1x1 and it never went away. More later...
Is the clicking/knocking noise seem to come from the bottom or the top?

[Chris_R]

Bottom rearish... sometimes it sounds like #2 cyl, sometimes rear...

[mikes02ls1]

Bottom rearish... sometimes it sounds like #2 cyl, sometimes rear...
Does the noise get louder with the increase of RPM's?

[Chris_R]

Yup... it`s RPM dependent. in fact, it doesn`t really tick at idle at all.

[mikes02ls1]

Yup... it`s RPM dependent. in fact, it doesn`t really tick ar idle at all.
Well get that video up, we aint getting any younger...lol

[Vee_Que]

I have a little car, and she wants it, but it's too little for a beginning driver. Most of her ability to drive lies in her confidence in herself. Being in a 'position of height/power' seems to boost her confidence.

That or she has said she would drive my 850. :rofl:

It will boil down to me (well, her mom really - I'm the soft touch) telling her what she can and cannot drive.

Give her some credit and let her drive a smaller car. I started to drive in a VW Golf, not tiny, but not a huge car, and they are great for zipping through traffic compared to a huge 4x4 or 940 wagon..

[Chris_R]

I've been posting from my phone all night and the video is at home.

[mikes02ls1]

I've been posting from my phone all night and the video is at home.
Why are you not at home, did you go hide in the parts store again? You know they have alarms so you won't get far with those parts.....:lol:

[Chris_R]

:ninja:



http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/th_EngineKnock.jpg (http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/?action=view&current=EngineKnock.flv)

[mikes02ls1]

That to me does not sound like rod knock. To me it kind of sounds like your flexplate..

[shellshock]

That to me does not sound like rod knock. To me it kind of sounds like your flexplate..


+1 I was worried there until I heard the video.

Its too tinny sounding to be rod knock. That would be of a more solid clunk.

Hmm.

[Janspeed]

i always test the flexplate/flywheel position like this: if #1@TDC then remove the startermotor, you should be able to see the no-hole section somewhere midway in the orifice of the startermotor.

your description of removing the TDC sensor and then turning the the engine 90degr makes me worried: The flexplate/flywheel is mounted by 8 bolts, the increments in which the flexplate position can vary is 360/8= 45 degr... meaning if you watched though the hole of the TDC-sensor and saw an angle of 90 degree's between the cambelt covermarking and the pulley mark... you are 1 bolt off! or possibly even 3! (depending on which way wrong you have installed the flexplate)

[linuxman51]

sure you have the right impulse sensor & that the bracket isnt upside down or something like that? its almost like the flexplate might be whacking the sensor.

[Chris_R]

Jan:
(Correct me if I'm wrong at any point) The TDC sensor is 90 degrees from the starter hole, right? My crank mark was 90 degrees left (counter-clockwise) of the TDC mark when the long tooth was at the TDC sensor.

My judgement may have been way off, but I was honestly just looking for a way to not remove that :censored: starter again - it would have been the 8th time or so counting installing, testing, removing, junkyarding, etc. Thankfully it worked out to my benefit, otherwise I'd still be wondering why it wouldn't start - pulling the TDC sensor is what made me realize it was disintegrating.

Kenny:
Sensor came out in good shape so I'd be really surprised if it was being beaten by the flexplate.

Plus I know that the flexplate is very likely bent... I didn't have the torque converter in all the way when I tried to install the engine (at least 2 times :oops:).

I used the bolts to try and torque everything together. I'm fairly confident that the FP got bent in that situation.

I may climb under there today and try bending/rotating/bending/repeat the FP and see if it'll clear up. If not, the replacement FP is on the way. :rockon:

[Chris_R]

Flexplate was slightly bent. I pulled the girdle/bellhousing extension off and rotated the engine whilst lying under the car. Found where it was making contact with the block right at the bottom-most bit of the block on the intake side. I managed to bend it back and it works like a champ!

Now to order the crank sensor and get this sucker registered/insured. And washed/waxed for it's "Welcome to the Family" photoshoot.

Thanks all for all the help!!!

[Chris_R]

I think I need to straighten the flexplate a little more... it still rattles a bit, but only after a turn? NBD, I'll get under there again after the rest of the stuff gets shaken out.

Driving it to the bus stop tomorrow. So far a couple of little oil leaks on the pass side of the motor - hoses are probably a little loose.

The PS makes a shudder when turning at low/no speeds. Thinking strut plates (perfect time to swipe the Intrax springs off the silver car) or the PS pump.

Still hope to detail the car soon, but she's running now, and that's good enough for me! :rockon:

[mikes02ls1]

Flexplate was slightly bent. I pulled the girdle/bellhousing extension off and rotated the engine whilst lying under the car. Found where it was making contact with the block right at the bottom-most bit of the block on the intake side. I managed to bend it back and it works like a champ!

Now to order the crank sensor and get this sucker registered/insured. And washed/waxed for it's "Welcome to the Family" photoshoot.

Thanks all for all the help!!!
I'm glad you got everything worked out!! Your Welcome. Now you can come over to my place and show me the car..

[Chris_R]

This car pulls a TON harder than my 90 with the 95 squirter block... even off boost. They both have the same turbo (15g) with stock exhaust so I'm pretty sure the motor in Big Red is tired. Hopefully she will get the same refreshing that this car got very soon.

I've finished washing and waxing the body (still need to detail the wheels) and she looks pretty damned good! More of a 10-footer, but still very nice. I've got to put on the black gas door now that the new hinge has arrived, then take some nice pictars. Hopefully that will happen today.

Still have to fix the oil leak - I wish I'd never taken that :censored: thing apart now - put it was pretty nasty in there.

Next we drag the 850 over to the in-laws' and get started on the motor swap. For the moment I'm just kinda sick of working on cars. :nod:

[gattigang]

For the moment I'm just kinda sick of working on cars. :nod:


I get that way all the time Chris but after seeing your wagon and all the work you have done kinda kicks me in the a$$ to get mine back together. Looks good man! :cool:



g@ttigang

[Chris_R]

Dirty pics:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/940Pics009.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/940Pics010.jpg

All clean!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/940Pics012.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/940Pics013.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/940Pics003.jpg

Yeah I know, needs moar lower (daughter doesn't want it lowered though), the bumpers need dyed, and the wheels aren't detailed yet.

Not too bad for a 300 dollar car. :rofl: :nod:

[mikes02ls1]

Damn it turned out good Chris!!! I got paint/dye at my work we can try it out on your bumpers..

[stylngle2003]

shoe polish works well too, the liquid/paste kind

[Chris_R]

I've got some liquid kiwi that does ok, but it's a little streaky.

Mike - what have you got? :oogle:

I also plan to paint the uprights in the grill, leaving the frame/slash in chrome. I just need to find spray PlastiDip.
Probably need to hit up the JY to get some trim clips. I lost about 50% of mine during removal. Or should I just add some big studs like in a dog collar? :rofl:

[shellshock]

I've got some liquid kiwi that does ok, but it's a little streaky.

Mike - what have you got? :oogle:

I also plan to paint the uprights in the grill, leaving the frame/slash in chrome. I just need to find spray PlastiDip.
Probably need to hit up the JY to get some trim clips. I lost about 50% of mine during removal. Or should I just add some big studs like in a dog collar? :rofl:

My thread on bumper dye:

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=100688

good stuff. Holds up like new for years

[Geoff240Ti]

Damn, what wax are you using Chris? Looking great!

[Chris_R]

I was looking at the Bondo stuff last night - I'll have to get some!

Let's see, washed with Dawn, used the claybar, turtle wax polishing compound then NXT wax.

that damned polishing compound didn't want to come off... Wish I had access to some real products and a high speed buffer - I could probably 'move' enough paint to cover most of the scratches.

[Chris_R]

Car is up and running. All leaks are fixed. The tapping from the flexplate is at a minimum, but will need to be addressed again soon.

Still a few cosmetic things I need to do: bumper dye, paint the rims, reinstall the side trim now that I've harvested some clips from the JY.
I've got to get a wiring harness for the radio and bypass the amp. Fix the wiring in the steering column for the air bag (getting an SRS light). Re-lube and bleed the brakes - getting a little dragging and you have to push the pedal kind of hard to get it to stop.

Otherwise everything seems to check out. Suspension is taut, drives straight, no driveline clunks, heater works, vents/fan work, lights work, interior is completely tolerable, tint will suffice for now... Not gonna lower it just yet... well, maybe just one coil up front. ;-)

Overall I am pleased and more than a little stunned still. :rockon:

[blacknite3]

I just got up to speed on the last 8 months or so of progress...

One word: WOW!!

Nice work! I never could have gotten that car to be that nice.

[TurbOwner]

What junkyard do you go to? How much do you the a post 93' B230FT would run me there? pm me if you will...

[Chris_R]

From some time ago...


http://i.pbase.com/u30/recordt5r/upload/18982189.volvolowridersymbol.JPG



Holy crap! All this time and I just realized that that's ME in the pic.

Marv, have we met?

[norcal505]

car looks sharp!

[Marvelous3]

Holy crap! All this time and I just realized that that's ME in the pic.

Marv, have we met?

Long ago in a galaxy far far away...

[Chris_R]

Long ago in a galaxy far far away...

Are... Are you my father?

[Chris_R]

Painted the bumpers and the grille insert with Krylon Fusion gloss black paint.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/AllPics009.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/AllPics006.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/AllPics004.jpg

It's about 90% undetectable in person - just looks like bumpers.

[Chris_R]

So, swiped the Intrax springs, IPD front sway and stock-type front brace off the silver car.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3002.jpg

Intrax compared to stock spring cut 1.5 coils:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3001.jpg

Only got the front done thus far:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3005.jpg

Blurry-rakey pic:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3006.jpg

Rear IPD sway and springs to follow, hopefully this Saturday.

[Chris_R]

All lowering and sway stuffs are installed. Spacers came in and I bolted up the Tethys.

Gotta roll the fenders, but damn she's looking sharp!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3010.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3011.jpg

Painted the calipers red too.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3015.jpg

[spruill745]

Bumpers look very good,and the wheels top it off.I always thought the Tethys have looked extremely well on 7/9 series wagons. Very nice looking car, I just purchased a 745 Turbo and cant wait to start playing with it.

[GrandmaSideways]

thethys look great!
So have you officially taken over this, then?

[Vee_Que]

That looks awesome.

[Chris_R]

thethys look great!
So have you officially taken over this, then?

Can't get my daughter to drive it. :e-shrug:

Maybe she'll drive the red car or we'll find something else down the road.

[Sir Psycho]

car looks great, do you need another turn signal?
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=155245

[Chris_R]

I do, but volvo940tuner is finding me a set.

I looked at your ad a while back, but I need the foglight version. Thanks anyway!

[Sir Psycho]

no problem!

[SouthSideSlider]

are you gonna get E-codes for the front, and color match the wheels t your 850 wheels? think almost makes me want to try a 940 front on my 740 but that would be later down the road

[Chris_R]

I may get ecodes when they start dropping from the sky for free.

Or at least when they get more reasonably priced. Seems like a lot of folks can buy/break a car and break even on selling the headlights alone.

Not planning to paint the wheels at this time - really like the silver. I may swap on the Volans at some point just for giggles.

[SouthSideSlider]

lol where are all those clear ricer headlights when you need them those would make a great base for a HID converion on a 940

[~afi~]

Thanks for your information. I found it very interesting and useful.
Wish you good luck.
;-)

[GSWAGON]

Car looks great man! Those wheels look really good on there too.

Congrats on getting the motor all back together and running again, you have more patience than I do, I just read through the entire thread and I am impressed. If I ran into that many issues it would still be sitting, haha

[stylngle2003]

looks nice chris!

[charles850t]

Update!

[Chris_R]

Update:

Still need driver's side turn signal and have to get started back on tinting the taillights. Also tinting a set of SAAB sidemarkers.

Going to get an 8 gauge wiring kit tonight or tomorrow and figure out the sub box shortly... might just swipe the stealthbox from LowRedda for now. We spend too much time in downtown ATL to go crazy.

After that comes 3" exhaust. I already have thelostartof's 3"DP and over-axle pipes. Just need the straight bits, a 45* bend and a muffler before it can be welded up.

Oh yeah, I'm torn between modding my 855 spoiler to fit the 945 or just painting my SAM spoiler (w/LED 3rd brake light) and installing it. I think I'll do the SAM for now. :oogle:

[spruill745]

855 spoiler! But the third brake light on the SAM wing would look nice.

[Chris_R]

Did some work this week and wanted to update this as it seems to be my 'build thread'.

Tinted the tails:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3044.jpg

Got grief for the rusty exhaust so I pirated the semi-rare Volvo split exhaust tip off my 850 (originally found on C70 maybe?):
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8888.jpg
Took some work to make it fit, but it was worth it.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8890.jpg

Tinted the SAAB sidemarkers - hopefully get them installed this week:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3048.jpg

Working on adapting this wheel from my old 144S to the 940:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8893.jpg

Also spaced the driveshaft carrier up about 1/2" to quiet things down a bit. :rockon:

Also painting the SAM spoiler black. The 3rd brakelight is clear... should I tint it too?

[GrandmaSideways]

Can't get my daughter to drive it. :e-shrug:

Maybe she'll drive the red car or we'll find something else down the road.

Weird, her loss.
Of course the kid of the last owner of my car gave up my wagon and now drives a camry - Some people's kids, I tell ya.

I guess it doesn't have the same cache with her friends as the Escalade? :e-shrug:

[aznracerboi]

Did some work this week and wanted to update this as it seems to be my 'build thread'.

Tinted the tails:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3044.jpg

Got grief for the rusty exhaust so I pirated the semi-rare Volvo split exhaust tip off my 850 (originally found on C70 maybe?):
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8888.jpg




That ass is hot
have you thought about painting the tethys gold?

[Chris_R]

Eww, no.

I'd rock some Gold BBS mesh wheels in a second though.

[Chris_R]

Tinted the SAAB sidemarkers and installed them finally. What a PITA to run the wires for this car compared to the 850.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8959.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8967.jpg

They're wired to turn on with the parking lights, but still blink with the blinkers. They also blink with the blinkers even if the lights aren't on.

[spruill745]

Were they pretty straight forward to wire up?

[Chris_R]

Yeah, the way I do it is to ground them to the blinker (white wire, I think). Hook the other end to the running light wire (green, IIRC).

[yellow95]

Got grief for the rusty exhaust so I pirated the semi-rare Volvo split exhaust tip off my 850 (originally found on C70 maybe?):
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8888.jpg
Took some work to make it fit, but it was worth it.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8890.jpg



you dont by chance have a part number for that tip do you?

Gary

[Chris_R]

Last I heard they were like 180 bucks for just the tip. :omg:

There's a number stamped in it, let me go see...

9184086

[240T man]

So when are you going to but the molding strip back on?

Trim > holes.

[Chris_R]

Good question...

I harvested a bunch of clips at the JY, but haven't really figured out a way to replace them in my trim.

I have a plan for that, but it's lower on the list. Most people don't even notice that it's missing.

[Sir Psycho]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/100_8959.jpg


:wtf:
Is that an Escalade or Denali I spy?

[Chris_R]

1999 Cadillac Escalade. 5.7l 4x4. :zeeall:

[smurf244]

Nice built up there. Glade to see that I am not the only one in Loganville with a running '94 945 on non stock rims.

The Wagons Live On,
Adam

[DanielRogers]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b317/cwrhoades2/Pics12_3010.jpg


For some reason every 940 I come by seems to have the left turn signal broken. Mine came w/ it broken, and I seriously saw 15+ 940's at the jy ALL with the left turn signal broken before i found a good one.. :???: :e-shrug:

[GrandmaSideways]

For some reason every 940 I come by seems to have the left turn signal broken. Mine came w/ it broken, and I seriously saw 15+ 940's at the jy ALL with the left turn signal broken before i found a good one.. :???: :e-shrug:

My friend's JUST broke and sure enough, left hand side...

[Chris_R]

Sadly, I had both of them when I got the car. Should have re-glued them when I had the chance... Lost ol' lefty in a rainstorm a couple months back.

[shellshock]

Just get another on ebay for $25 They are scantech, but mine looked like new for 2+ years

[Sir Psycho]

For some reason every 940 I come by seems to have the left turn signal broken. Mine came w/ it broken, and I seriously saw 15+ 940's at the jy ALL with the left turn signal broken before i found a good one.. :???: :e-shrug:

Me too, along with my girlfriends 945

[makncheese]

What a great job you did on this car! Wow! I can't believe your daughter won't drive it!

[Chris_R]

Just get another on ebay for $25 They are scantech, but mine looked like new for 2+ years

Longish story - but I've already 'bought' a pair... just waiting for them to someday materialize.

What a great job you did on this car! Wow! I can't believe your daughter won't drive it!

Thanks! Me too... but then when you're 17 and you've got a 99 Escalade 4x4 at your disposal somehow a Volvo stationwagon isn't very appealing. :roll:

[makncheese]

Thanks! Me too... but then when you're 17 and you've got a 99 Escalade 4x4 at your disposal somehow a Volvo stationwagon isn't very appealing. :roll:

Well, do you make her pay for gas? That aught to cure the problem fast!

[Chris_R]

Yep... guess it's worth the 3-5MPG for the style and comfort. :e-shrug:

[spruill745]

Kids these days:-P

[Clay]

Lampsandlenses.com has good quality turn signals. I got one for my 940 a while back. It was the left one, actually. It came off when a young lady smacked the front of my car. They have very high quality pieces.

[DanielRogers]

Thanks! Me too... but then when you're 17 and you've got a 99 Escalade 4x4 at your disposal somehow a Volvo stationwagon isn't very appealing. :roll:

You're letting her use the escalade? She'd better be a straight-A student.

[Clay]

Escalade or 940 Turbo...I choose the 940.

[makncheese]

You're letting her use the escalade? She'd better be a straight-A student.

On the other hand, if I were Chris, I would WANT her to drive the Escalade...because then I would get to drive the brick!

[Chris_R]

Actually, she's better at driving the Escalade. :e-shrug:

[Greenhornet95]

Update:
Went to the Pull-A-Part yesterday, picked up a starter (~20 bucks with warranty) from a 780 Turbo (man that car was clean and has a full set of gold mesh MSI 15" wheels on it - if I'd had cash I'd have gotten them)

Was reading the whole writeup on the 940 and came across what you said there.

Do you mean, these mesh 15's? :oogle:

Look at the date on the first pic, 4 days after you made your post about seeing them..
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/greenhornet95/Volvo/IMAGE_00170.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/greenhornet95/Volvo/wheel.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/greenhornet95/Volvo/wheel-1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/greenhornet95/Volvo/tint.jpg

I came across that SAME 780, made the same comment and kept walking. I got home and debated it and said screw it and went back n got em. Cleaned them up, painted, installed.

-Carlo

[Chris_R]

Super sweet - now I wish I'd had the cash to grab them... but I kinda have too many wheels as it is right now.

[Sir Psycho]

What's up with this?

[Chris_R]

Daily drove it for a while, wrecked it on 11/13 (yes, Friday the 13th). Got a bunch of parts to fix it (in black luckily!), waiting on the body guys to let me bring it in for straightening.

For the record I rearended a guy, needed lights, hood, fender and some other bits.