Calvin Sonniksen
New member
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2016
- Location
- San Diego, California
Working with Goldenpiggy55 on our 1984 Volvo 242.
Grabbed it from Hollywood and drove it home to San Diego.
Whole ordeal took 16 hours.
First the ignition was bad, then the fuel pump froze.
We got it idling and then it was starved for fuel.
Opened the fuel tank to find the most rust I have ever seen in a gas tank.
Feed pump was seized and we put a fuel line onto the intake for the main pump with a filter I between. For the next several hours we needed to stop every 5 to 15 min to flush clean the inline filter of solid chunks of rust and fill up the coolant as the heater hoses were split.
After atlest 10 hours of work, 2 hours of driving and still 80 miles from home the plugs were fouled and the fuel hose going to the pump was split causing the pump to suck air. After cursing up a storm at a gas station and applying a dozen zip ties to various places, we continued on stoping every 10-30 miles to clean out the fuel filter and lines. Got it home and collapsed in my bed.
After doing basic repairs and getting a new gas tank we took it out and that's when the wiring harness shorted. The Alternator exiting wire was shorting to the starter meaning if the engine was running the starter was engaged. Unplugged the alternator and made it home.
After inspection we decided the harness was ****ed and we yanked it out along with the almost 300k mile engine and transmission.
Going to convert to LH2.4 from 2.1 and a B230FT from the tired B23F
Grabbed a front from a 1979? 240. Round headlights instead of the quad ones.
(More pics will go here)
We have a Good B230FT from my now gone 740 toy. Smoked the AW71.
Several turbos to choose from.
More info to come.
Grabbed it from Hollywood and drove it home to San Diego.
Whole ordeal took 16 hours.
First the ignition was bad, then the fuel pump froze.
We got it idling and then it was starved for fuel.
Opened the fuel tank to find the most rust I have ever seen in a gas tank.
Feed pump was seized and we put a fuel line onto the intake for the main pump with a filter I between. For the next several hours we needed to stop every 5 to 15 min to flush clean the inline filter of solid chunks of rust and fill up the coolant as the heater hoses were split.
After atlest 10 hours of work, 2 hours of driving and still 80 miles from home the plugs were fouled and the fuel hose going to the pump was split causing the pump to suck air. After cursing up a storm at a gas station and applying a dozen zip ties to various places, we continued on stoping every 10-30 miles to clean out the fuel filter and lines. Got it home and collapsed in my bed.
After doing basic repairs and getting a new gas tank we took it out and that's when the wiring harness shorted. The Alternator exiting wire was shorting to the starter meaning if the engine was running the starter was engaged. Unplugged the alternator and made it home.
After inspection we decided the harness was ****ed and we yanked it out along with the almost 300k mile engine and transmission.
Going to convert to LH2.4 from 2.1 and a B230FT from the tired B23F
Grabbed a front from a 1979? 240. Round headlights instead of the quad ones.
(More pics will go here)
We have a Good B230FT from my now gone 740 toy. Smoked the AW71.
Several turbos to choose from.
More info to come.
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