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06-25-2022, 07:22 PM
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06-25-2022, 06:35 PM
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^I have a replaced rebuild tag from Volvo M47...
^I have a replaced rebuild tag from Volvo M47 w/~60K on it :x:...still oozes a little on the housing (paper gasket/thin warpy housing/no anerobic sealant used :???:)...
Might be easier to install...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-25-2022, 06:29 PM
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06-25-2022, 06:16 PM
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^ Yes, but the versions of the higher output...
^ Yes, but the versions of the higher output rectifier are often setup for ECU control &/or external temp sensor (not a bad thing in the 240 location, really :lol:).
Start opening hoods & taking...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-25-2022, 05:32 PM
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Bent copper old Volvo brake line with a...
Bent copper old Volvo brake line with a non-scratching tip on the air gun can be real nice for those to surgically reach everything & dislodge the crud that sits along the bottoms followed by the...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-23-2022, 10:14 PM
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06-23-2022, 04:17 PM
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06-23-2022, 04:13 PM
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^this :lol:
Half the time when they’d...
^this :lol:
Half the time when they’d (jimbo-Elroy) Jack the car up & smash some piece of the unibody underbody (*wince*) while unloading the suspension on their fancy laser alignment rack, I get...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-22-2022, 06:39 PM
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So, I've been thinking about buying some sturdy...
So, I've been thinking about buying some sturdy straight edge because the last alignment shop that did a proper alignment & checked it against the more 'real world' bear-scrub-machine in-floor dealie...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-22-2022, 02:03 PM
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^I saw guys do that to MKII 960s w/nivos to...
^I saw guys do that to MKII 960s w/nivos to lower them, seems like a good fix (drop bolts or perches/mounts) if you can find an XC with minty replaced nivos in the JY & your jy has reasonable prices...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-22-2022, 01:23 PM
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06-22-2022, 12:46 PM
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^this. The V70R nivos are unique.
No...
^this. The V70R nivos are unique.
No non-nivomat AWD P80 models in the USA market that I know of?
Not as easy as a solid axle 7/9 with nivos where you can just go to a USA junkyard & pull parts...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 10:05 PM
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Same & it almost cost me an engine washing it...
Same & it almost cost me an engine washing it down intermittently…:grr:
‘Upgraded’ to used ‘known good’ & Bosch exchange minty when last available…
Used &/or dusty shelf parts from 1998 & prior...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 08:10 PM
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If the engine block ground(s) is crusty it can...
If the engine block ground(s) is crusty it can fry AMMs, inexplicably. That can be a weird one to diagnose/isolate.
As can a bunch of blowby from the oil trap box huffing around the corrugated...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 06:21 PM
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I'd almost think an FMIC would heat soak even...
I'd almost think an FMIC would heat soak even worse down low over the hot pavement without the engine cooling fan pulling air thru it continuous as the Volvo does with the A/C off?
Hotter IC with...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 05:26 PM
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eh, don't feel particularly anything about any...
eh, don't feel particularly anything about any corporation or anyone else's choices that much or think Columbia is worse than any of the others & don't make all my clothes in house / wouldn't have a...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 05:17 PM
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That's how they do it on the Japanese cars...
That's how they do it on the Japanese cars (effectively in some cases though the window regulators can gum up on those/stop working in rainy drippy salt air?) , but Volvo literally sorted out the...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 03:37 PM
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^I think I got it off some rando junkyard...
^I think I got it off some rando junkyard Vanagon? :???:
I've seen them on other 80s VWs with cable climate control as well?
Cable operated same as the 240.
& that's what was kinda finnicky in...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 02:43 PM
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What's so bad about the stock IC location? It...
What's so bad about the stock IC location? It has lots of surface area & can be stacked up in a sammich with the clutch fan to pull air thru it continuous to prevent engine bay heat soak?
Easy to...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 02:07 PM
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 12:34 PM
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Last I drove John lanes rally car the mech fan...
Last I drove John lanes rally car the mech fan with the old made in Japan Aisin tropical thermostat clutch goodie on the front of it worked just-a-fine? V6 models have a larger fan blade, clutch &...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 11:49 AM
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^ Spec is 12 +- 2 ya, 10.000000001* for NOX...
^ Spec is 12 +- 2 ya, 10.000000001* for NOX passing goodness. Hope the springs aren’t too worn in the dist, vac pod works etc.
It’ll put more load on the cooling system and likely be a bit of a...
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Forum: performance & modifications
06-21-2022, 04:08 AM
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 03:12 AM
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In the engine bay the cat lights off faster or...
In the engine bay the cat lights off faster or works better at idle as mentioned/stays good and hot, but more prone to damage from a blowby motor/oil spitting turbo & more heatsoak in the engine bay....
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 02:49 AM
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Years ago, when Volvo offered the 'R134A...
Years ago, when Volvo offered the 'R134A conversion kit' if you did it right in the 240 it came with what looked like the later type EVAP with a TXV of some sort & a new 220CC R134A appropriate...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 01:03 AM
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Depends on year? The '89+ white style are more...
Depends on year? The '89+ white style are more UV resistant & were riveted over the tops of the speakers even & tucked into the doors to shed water, but the window scrapers being intact is still...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 12:34 AM
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:nod: QFT. Upstanding citizen owned with...
:nod: QFT. Upstanding citizen owned with knowedgeable indy mech with Bosch made in W.Germany exchange or Bosch white label AMMs are few and far between, but they still wash up in the JYs once in a...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-21-2022, 12:25 AM
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06-21-2022, 12:02 AM
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06-20-2022, 11:48 PM
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06-20-2022, 11:30 PM
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06-20-2022, 05:50 PM
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06-20-2022, 05:18 PM
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That's literally why turbos exist (in similar...
That's literally why turbos exist (in similar form for rubber tire road-legal ICE vehicles) for the most part; point-point competing containerized & tractor-trailer regulation length trucked shipping...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-20-2022, 04:47 PM
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Last year SAAB was produced?
Even the same...
Last year SAAB was produced?
Even the same year 9000s, C900s, & 99s 1968-1993ish vs. the 140 or 2/7/9s were almost always 5-15 years ahead in engine management & engine tech in a FWD more...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-20-2022, 04:02 PM
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-20-2022, 01:40 AM
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I have a near new 'known good' NOS one too I...
I have a near new 'known good' NOS one too I think as I think I'll probably be putting my last LH2.2 shop beater wagon up for sale (lots of friends & relatives have gotten a lot of use out of it,...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-20-2022, 01:04 AM
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Whatever you decide I'll echo Dave Barton as in...
Whatever you decide I'll echo Dave Barton as in the top hose beyond the T-stat in a heat exchanger system isn't exactly logical. We wanna switch on the output side of the radiator on a heat exchange...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-19-2022, 10:03 PM
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Forum: performance & modifications
06-19-2022, 09:59 PM
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...long way around the block? :lol:
700...
...long way around the block? :lol:
700 guys...JY 200 rear series springs make good poor mans overloads for those, actually?
Surprised you cheap lazy 700 guys couldn't be bothered to figure...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-19-2022, 09:47 PM
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Long way around the block much? :lol:
77-82C...
Long way around the block much? :lol:
77-82C Wahler made in W.Germany super quality brass switch that basically never fails off some rando old junkyard pre brazil/mexico VW/Audi 4000/5000 based...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-19-2022, 09:43 PM
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06-19-2022, 04:53 PM
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-11-2022, 09:57 AM
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-10-2022, 09:12 PM
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-10-2022, 09:00 PM
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^no lockup on USA redblock Turbo models.
...
^no lockup on USA redblock Turbo models.
93+ N/A 940s got the AW-71L, but the stall speed of the converter & shift points totally suck on those.
People install them on B230FT models; iDK how...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-10-2022, 07:56 PM
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Nah, that’s a no-go, yo.
A430 family &...
Nah, that’s a no-go, yo.
A430 family & A42/43/44D family don’t share bellhousing patterns or much else…
A43D (Aisin / Toyota speak for AW71) is a totally different beast from A340/AW4 in the 6cyl...
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
06-09-2022, 10:27 PM
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He’s in Flora-derp that’s about the polar...
He’s in Flora-derp that’s about the polar opposite of Edmonton for climate & previous owner use or hack cooter’s/jim-bobs corner garage service in the dirty south/ex confederacy of the car?
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Forum: maintenance & nonperformance
05-29-2022, 08:07 PM
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If you’ve got clean fluid, if you can pump...
If you’ve got clean fluid, if you can pump up/extend the rear caliper pistons & then compress them (as well as compressing the front pistons thereafter after extending them as well) sometimes you can...
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Forum: performance & modifications
05-29-2022, 06:32 PM
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