'87 745 Turbo Theis K1 - Page 2

GrafKroete · 10-06-2020, 12:34 PM

Uploaded it somewhere else... Looks like it don't work here.

GrafKroete · 10-09-2020, 02:12 PM

Todays misson: Reupholster the inner sunroof panel.

Everthing back together and fitted in the car.

The headliner itselt is so fragile, that I have to wait for a friend to come by and help me out.

Direct comparisson between the old and new headliner fabric.

Today I finally recieved a genuine "Turbo" trunk badge from a 240 Turbo. I scored the "Turbo" grill emblem as well, but it hasn't arrived yet.

GrafKroete · 10-18-2020, 11:54 AM

Testfitted the next gem I sourced.

GrafKroete · 11-01-2020, 11:36 AM

Stopped work on the headliner at the moment, because I'm trying to source a glas sunroof swap from a late 960 or V90 to replace the corroded metal sunroof that I have right now.

Instead I refurbished my grill.

Put it apart, repainted it, polished the crossbar and repainted the Turbo badge as well.

That I don't have to drive without a grill, while working on it a friend lend me his spare grill...

I guess we don't have to argue about which grill does look better... :D

While working on the car I finally painted my driver side mirror as well. The passenger side I already replaced with a used unit, I painted as well. Now they look even. The passenger side was the worst when I got the car.

Passenger side before...

Driverside after.

GrafKroete · 12-13-2020, 10:12 AM

I managed to get my hands on a used Turbo+ kit. The solenoid was missing, but I found a NOS unit to complete it. I already installed it, but so far I wasn't able to get it to work with the LH2.2... If somebody has some tips, feel free to contact me.

Second kind of rare score: A parcel shelf to replace. That's in my eyes the cleanest way to remove the ugly mounting brackets for the trunk cover without getting rid of it completly. I just need to the original mounting pieces.

What's the smartest thing to do when you freshly reupholstered the inner panel from your stock metal sunroof? Exactly, get your hands on a 960 glass sunroof and do the job over again. The blind it comes with was gray and dirty. So I reupholstered it as well and painted the handle black. Today I installed it and did some rust removal when the sunroof was out.

I deleted the old violet winddeflector including the self made brakets from the preowner and tried the OEM one my dad gave me. The brown tint on the sunroof and the brown tinted deflector are such a good looking combination. Can't wait to get some brakets and install it together with the set of brown tinted OEM window visors for all four doors.

LC4CARL · 12-16-2020, 01:16 AM

Love this.

GrafKroete · 12-21-2020, 12:51 PM

Finally the headliner is done. Just a little reminder how it looked before:

And that's now. The sunroof cut out is done as well. I used some velours piping, usually used on the classic Jaguars to finish it off.

JerryJS8 · 12-22-2020, 07:42 AM

That came out very nice, good job!!!

MadDog_945 · 12-26-2020, 08:47 AM

yeah! very nice!

LC4CARL · 12-26-2020, 01:15 PM

In college my AMC had 1,000 staples holding up the headliner.

GrafKroete · 12-27-2020, 11:09 AM

The headliner in my mates 740 as well... :D But that will be fixed in the future as well.

GrafKroete · 01-02-2021, 01:51 PM

The last day in 2020 I decided to drive to the shop and swap out the carpets and fix some interior parts...

Only interior part I managed to fix:

Much better now.

But than 2020 did, what it could to best... Well, didn't expect to found that below the carpets - including some water.

GrafKroete · 01-02-2021, 01:56 PM

Yesterday I started removing the rust in the passanger side rear floor and areas of the front floor as well.

GrafKroete · 01-02-2021, 02:15 PM

The car need to be driveable on monday, so we can use the workshop for customer cars again, so I decided to fix the worst part first. Driverside below the brake booster where the firewall meet the inner fender.

For that repair the pedals and the brake booster need to come out - I took the chance to paint the booster.

And I sand blasted and painted the upper radiator brakets.

GrafKroete · 01-09-2021, 02:36 PM

That's the result from last sunday and today. All floors are cleaned, rust is removed, all holes are patched up and sealed and everything is resprayed. The old rustpatches from the preowner are not great, but as long as they do their job I'll leave them as the are.

The car was parked in the rain the whole week. Passanger side stayed dry, but on the driver side I found a new leak. Luckily it seems like an easy fix: The old sealant broke and let the water in...

I also repainted the wipers.

To finish it all off I bought a snow cap at aution in sweden. Can't wait to get it.

S70T5fivespeed · 01-09-2021, 03:19 PM

Wipers turned out great any further details? Specific paint or prep or just spray and go?

Coupid · 01-10-2021, 12:39 AM

Nice work, those floors were a nasty surprise

GrafKroete · 01-10-2021, 01:34 PM

The wipers are just prepped and rattle canned flat black. For plastic parts I use SEM paints, for everything else just our standart rattle cans we have in the shop.

Since I'll wait for the next rain before I'll put the carpets back in I'll make some smaller stuff for now.
One thing that always annoyed me was the cover on top of the glove box that was loose when I got the car and finally fall to pieces when I installed the GPS sensor for the sat nav. My wife just called the resulting hole the 'map tray'. The preowner cut the lower part of that cover and drilled some hole in it to mount it from the front - no clue why...

No more map tray, but her little golden bird is allowed to stay.

A while back I put that 240 Turbo badge and the missing Volvo badge on the trunk.

GrafKroete · 01-13-2021, 02:03 PM

So far the floor is still dry, even after the snowfall, we had yesterday. I guess this weekend I'll start putting the interior back together.

Today I fixed another little thing... While converting to the double DIN stereo I moved some relais. So far only the fuel pump relais was mounted, the rest were just hanging loose somewhere in the depth of the center console. I fixed that by installing some relay holders behind the glove box.

The antenna splitter for the digital radio is also mounted. I put double sided tape on the back and put it on the side of the fuse box.

GrafKroete · 01-15-2021, 12:54 PM

First carpet is in.

Jack leg · 01-15-2021, 06:09 PM

Nice, im on week 3 of a drivetrain swap, I think tomorrow is the day for first startup of newly built engine (b230f+t) and t5 swap in my 940 and im definitely jealous of your headliner!

GrafKroete · 01-17-2021, 12:08 PM

Thanks! Good luck for that first start!

I'm finally at that point, I planned to be end of last year... The black carpets are finally in!

And the rest is slowly coming back together as well.

12-16-2020, 01:16 AM	#31
LC4CARL Aero challenged Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA	Love this. __________________ @PDXvolvo on IG

12-26-2020, 08:47 AM	#34
MadDog_945 Våga Vägra 8V Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lower Saxony	yeah! very nice! __________________ '93 945 B234FT Build '93 245 Racecar

01-09-2021, 03:19 PM	#41
S70T5fivespeed Its always 7:4O somewhere Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: CANADA	Wipers turned out great any further details? Specific paint or prep or just spray and go? __________________ 99 S70T5M black on graphite suede 91 740SE white on black 90 740TI oe aero kit black In the barn: 67 123GT

01-10-2021, 12:39 AM	#42
Coupid Board Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA	Nice work, those floors were a nasty surprise __________________ 1988 745T http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=356096 1972 142S http://www.turbobricks.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=311926 1991 780 Sold 1979 244DL Sold 1986 740+T Sold 1983 242T Sold

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10-06-2020, 12:34 PM	#26
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	Uploaded it somewhere else... Looks like it don't work here.

10-09-2020, 02:12 PM	#27
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	Todays misson: Reupholster the inner sunroof panel. Everthing back together and fitted in the car. The headliner itselt is so fragile, that I have to wait for a friend to come by and help me out. Direct comparisson between the old and new headliner fabric. Today I finally recieved a genuine "Turbo" trunk badge from a 240 Turbo. I scored the "Turbo" grill emblem as well, but it hasn't arrived yet.

10-18-2020, 11:54 AM	#28
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	Testfitted the next gem I sourced.

11-01-2020, 11:36 AM	#29
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	Stopped work on the headliner at the moment, because I'm trying to source a glas sunroof swap from a late 960 or V90 to replace the corroded metal sunroof that I have right now. Instead I refurbished my grill. Put it apart, repainted it, polished the crossbar and repainted the Turbo badge as well. That I don't have to drive without a grill, while working on it a friend lend me his spare grill... I guess we don't have to argue about which grill does look better... :D While working on the car I finally painted my driver side mirror as well. The passenger side I already replaced with a used unit, I painted as well. Now they look even. The passenger side was the worst when I got the car. Passenger side before... Driverside after.

12-13-2020, 10:12 AM	#30
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	I managed to get my hands on a used Turbo+ kit. The solenoid was missing, but I found a NOS unit to complete it. I already installed it, but so far I wasn't able to get it to work with the LH2.2... If somebody has some tips, feel free to contact me. Second kind of rare score: A parcel shelf to replace. That's in my eyes the cleanest way to remove the ugly mounting brackets for the trunk cover without getting rid of it completly. I just need to the original mounting pieces. What's the smartest thing to do when you freshly reupholstered the inner panel from your stock metal sunroof? Exactly, get your hands on a 960 glass sunroof and do the job over again. The blind it comes with was gray and dirty. So I reupholstered it as well and painted the handle black. Today I installed it and did some rust removal when the sunroof was out. I deleted the old violet winddeflector including the self made brakets from the preowner and tried the OEM one my dad gave me. The brown tint on the sunroof and the brown tinted deflector are such a good looking combination. Can't wait to get some brakets and install it together with the set of brown tinted OEM window visors for all four doors.

12-21-2020, 12:51 PM	#32
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	Finally the headliner is done. Just a little reminder how it looked before: And that's now. The sunroof cut out is done as well. I used some velours piping, usually used on the classic Jaguars to finish it off.

12-26-2020, 01:15 PM	#35
LC4CARL Aero challenged Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA	In college my AMC had 1,000 staples holding up the headliner.

12-27-2020, 11:09 AM	#36
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	The headliner in my mates 740 as well... :D But that will be fixed in the future as well.

01-02-2021, 01:51 PM	#37
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	The last day in 2020 I decided to drive to the shop and swap out the carpets and fix some interior parts... Only interior part I managed to fix: Much better now. But than 2020 did, what it could to best... Well, didn't expect to found that below the carpets - including some water.

01-02-2021, 01:56 PM	#38
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	Yesterday I started removing the rust in the passanger side rear floor and areas of the front floor as well.

01-02-2021, 02:15 PM	#39
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	The car need to be driveable on monday, so we can use the workshop for customer cars again, so I decided to fix the worst part first. Driverside below the brake booster where the firewall meet the inner fender. For that repair the pedals and the brake booster need to come out - I took the chance to paint the booster. And I sand blasted and painted the upper radiator brakets.

01-09-2021, 02:36 PM	#40
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	That's the result from last sunday and today. All floors are cleaned, rust is removed, all holes are patched up and sealed and everything is resprayed. The old rustpatches from the preowner are not great, but as long as they do their job I'll leave them as the are. The car was parked in the rain the whole week. Passanger side stayed dry, but on the driver side I found a new leak. Luckily it seems like an easy fix: The old sealant broke and let the water in... I also repainted the wipers. To finish it all off I bought a snow cap at aution in sweden. Can't wait to get it.

01-10-2021, 01:34 PM	#43
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	The wipers are just prepped and rattle canned flat black. For plastic parts I use SEM paints, for everything else just our standart rattle cans we have in the shop. Since I'll wait for the next rain before I'll put the carpets back in I'll make some smaller stuff for now. One thing that always annoyed me was the cover on top of the glove box that was loose when I got the car and finally fall to pieces when I installed the GPS sensor for the sat nav. My wife just called the resulting hole the 'map tray'. The preowner cut the lower part of that cover and drilled some hole in it to mount it from the front - no clue why... No more map tray, but her little golden bird is allowed to stay. A while back I put that 240 Turbo badge and the missing Volvo badge on the trunk.

01-13-2021, 02:03 PM	#44
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	So far the floor is still dry, even after the snowfall, we had yesterday. I guess this weekend I'll start putting the interior back together. Today I fixed another little thing... While converting to the double DIN stereo I moved some relais. So far only the fuel pump relais was mounted, the rest were just hanging loose somewhere in the depth of the center console. I fixed that by installing some relay holders behind the glove box. The antenna splitter for the digital radio is also mounted. I put double sided tape on the back and put it on the side of the fuse box.

01-15-2021, 12:54 PM	#45
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	First carpet is in.

01-17-2021, 12:08 PM	#47
GrafKroete Board Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany	Thanks! Good luck for that first start! I'm finally at that point, I planned to be end of last year... The black carpets are finally in! And the rest is slowly coming back together as well.