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[Johann]

[lookforjoe]

How about a group shot of ALL your white cars vehicles? - With the RS in the back to offset all that white

[thewhiteguy1]

lookforjoe, on 22 August 2011 - 11:57 AM, said:

How about a group shot of ALL your white cars vehicles? - With the RS in the back to offset all that white

kind of like having the RS being a stalker to all the white cars

[Johann]

Well ALL isn't possible at the moment because one in on the lift still..

[854TGA+]

Does your RS have the active grille shutters in front of radiator?

[Johann]

854TGA+, on 22 August 2011 - 06:00 PM, said:

Does your RS have the active grille shutters in front of radiator?

No is has an active Pro Alloy intercooler in front of the radiator..

From what I can see it uses the same core as used in the C30T5.

[Johann]

[Johann]

Was working on the 142's brake lines yesterday,




But today extreme rain flooded my workplace...

[Johann]

Brakelines fixed and brakes are working properly now.
Car runs on LPG, did so when I received the car and the few miles I have driven with the car it has run on LPG. Also started on LPG. The fuel tank level showed empty all the time. Tried to switch to fuel once but the engine immediately died. All went well until the LPG tank ran empty. Put some fuel in the car, tank level came out of the corner but the car didn't start. Pulled the fuel line and cranked the engine but no fluid came through. As it appears the mechanical fuel pump has died.
Grabbed some leftover parts from the Opel Blitz and installed an electric pump connected straight to the battery.


The pump didn't keep running so at least I knew it didn't flood the engine. Started the car after that and the engine started immediately and ran pretty smooth.
Wondering now if I should give this setup a place or order a new mechanical pump to keep it simple.

[lookforjoe]

I'd just go with the mechanical - it's so simple.

[Johann]

lookforjoe, on 28 August 2011 - 03:06 AM, said:

I'd just go with the mechanical - it's so simple.

Should be..

Bought a new pump today. Wanted to unbolt the old one but one of the bolts was loose. It was glued to the engine with silicone. The whole surrounding was one big silicone mess. Bolt was broken, a part still in the block. Inside the silicone blob I found a spacer in 2 pieces, sort of phenolic spacer between pump and block. After some cleaning I drilled a hole through the center of the broken bolt and used a left threaded tap to try and get the bolt out... Guess what, tap snapped. Added a nice piece of hardened material.

So.. 35 Euro's down the drain. Need to find a way to mount a cover in place of the fuel pump.

Electric fuel pump it is.

[Johann]

Someone reminded me to put something back in place..







Ordered a Scitech intake plenum originally developed for the Ford Focus RS MK2 but since the C30T5 uses the same form factor engine it also fits this car and also all other cars which use the 5 cylinder RNC engine. This means it also fits the new US S60 T5.



Didn't do much with the 142. Still need to fabricate a blocking plate in place of the fuel pump.

The bad news, yesterday I was in a bit of a hurry and had to pick up the kids from a WWII event in the area. My brother was attending this event with a couple of his tanks..
(In this case a US Stuart M5, a Stuart M3 and a British Bren Carrier.) Because there had been a lot of rain and the site was extremely muddy I decided to take the Opel Blitz which has become more and more a delight to drive with the turbo engine. I must admit that maybe I was driving a bit to spirited but the the back roads I was driving were nice and smooth so I thought.. Until I drove over a sort of bump or groove in the surface where both front wheels hit at the same time. I already felt that the front axle took a big hit but that wasn't the biggest concern.. The crank pan was so I stopped and checked and saw a small crack in the crank pan and oil seeping through.. Not much but enough. Checked the oil level this morning and it lost near half a liter overnight.
Changing the crank pan was still on the to do list.. Already had a shortened 960 pan ready but it turned out this also doesn't fit because of a steering rod running in parallel with the axle leaving to little room for the oil reservoir part.

Bummer.

[gdizzle]

Sorry to hear about the Blitz.

I still love the green mirrors and dig the collection of springs you have there.

[Bonus Lane Man]

Awesome work!

I just read thru all 44 pages!! Some amazing information!

Keep up the good work!

[lookforjoe]

Two issues to address, that sucks. Sounds like the fuel pump blanking plate is going to be easier than the oil pan, though.

Is there a story behind the green mirror covers? You had something similar on the 850, no?

[Johann]

lookforjoe, on 12 September 2011 - 03:47 PM, said:

You had something similar on the 850, no?

When building SDM the car was missing mirror covers. Received covers from a Volvo 850 club member but they had a different color. Posted a poll on the Dutch 850 forum asking which color to use. Posted several options with it and one was this picture,

[Johann]

Made a blocking plate last week,



Used a wide variety of bolts..

And found a place for the fuel pump,



And someone had fun with a big CNC.....

[gdizzle]

fancy!

[black98t5]

nice. think it would have been faster on a manual mill

[Johann]

black98t5, on 19 September 2011 - 09:16 PM, said:

nice. think it would have been faster on a manual mill

Cool, I admire your craftsmanship.

In the meantime we struggled on and ended up with this,