now its time to figure out were all the signal light crap went to on me :S and put it back together so its street legalas in the next week i will probly get plates put on here and take it pout for a spin and see how shes runing... emptyed my bucket and cleaned my misc parts to see what i have for screws and crap... figures the parts i don't need i got tuns of spares :S but the one i need i missing half the parts :S i will probly need to replace some bushings :S since shes sat for 5 years pu
(note to all, I originally did this as a myspace blog...just figured since it was car related I'd post it in here as well Now, this is only of mods I am contemplating doing, of course getting the car running incredibly beautifully stock is my first priority before I start playin around with things. But...I just wanted to throw my so-far wish list out there so we can all be shocked and amazed at what I wish to do to my volvo. Tinting and stereo. The stock stereo sucks. hands down. It does not
2 weeks ago i picked this up on ebay and it finaly came today don't know if any of the fellow 140 guys on here need any info outa it just ask me and i can photography the pages also finshed the floor last night now to finish the wheel well
so finsied off the floor on the driver side and reatched the rear seat floor... to the gunel interesting note about this is my doors close properly again and open smoother even notice a change on the pasinger side and its solid as hell in this area
well started the slow teadious part of rebuilding my wheel well artch and tieing it into the floor / structure this what we got done tonight ran outa wire again for the welder DOH! sprayed it with the zink oxide primer for the time being
more progress today on the floor start to fill in the back seat area and start prep on the wheel well area also was playing around with my new macro adaptor
drivers floor is getting closer to being done now to grinde and tuch up and do the rear seat area and then jack it up and door the welds from the botem side and beef the frame up
beefed up the sub frame today by welding in some new peaces man the metal they used sure is thiner to what we used lol b ut then you look a new cars and they use thiner sheet metal then whats on the poor old 145 lol its amazing how cars are built so cheaply and yet we spend so much on them......
still have the car still runs like a cherry guna fix it up enuff for the summer and see about finding another body for her so what have i been doing since my last entry lets see started an aprentership for industrial electrician and went to mexico/belize for 3 months and drove around in the 240 benz that my mother has with my guts in it lol all thats left of my benz the guts live in the one above lol
Did the following today: install new polyeurathane bushing & upper firewall motor mount. changed oil with Mobil 10w30 syntec blend. used mann oem filter. tomorrow: fuel filter. inspect spark plugs. add coolant to expansion tank.
Well, it's Friday 4-20-07 and I wanted to take my 850 to work. Especially after I've finished installing the new MOMO steering wheel & shift knob. However as I left the house & looked at the driveway, my sister has blocked the driveway exit with her Land Rover. STUPID SISTER of mine! I wish she'd park on the street like a normal person. I hope she gets a ticket soon for parking the way she does. Well I guess it's better off that I didn't drive the 850 since I still need to do a tune up.
:angry: This sucks! I'm out Sunday getting groceries @ Safeway. When I return to my car I notice like 5 little nicks on the passenger side where I shopping cart has scratched & chipped paint of. A$$holes! I thought my tan colored Volvo would be left all alone. I guess not. Now to get it painted when i get some $$$.
Sorry to keep you guys hanging. Just I have some things at work that are creating 16-18 hour days for the past couple months. I have been working it piece meal when I can. So as you know, I took that damn dashboard out again. I hate that damn dashboard. I almost gave up on that damn dashboard. The tabs broke again and the upper trim near the windshield is cracked and breaking (on that damn dashboard). I actually have a good dashboard from a '98 S70. Much better construction and material
So I am sitting here trying to come up with an easy to follow photo editing guide and a window pops up telling me I have email. I toggle over to Thunderbird and what do I find? The first 5 lines to Walden Pond followed by a lone link to "buy cialis". FINE. <DELETE> I am used to this kind of low blow marketing. What I did not expect was to click back over to volvopeed and find a new member asking about half shafts only to reply to himself under another username "foud cheepe ones here
Wednesday night and its 1 am. I just got finished with a few hours under my dash installing the clutch master cylinder. I've been procrastinating on this for weeks if not months so I have I've made a personal breakthrough here. Had to get under the dash unbolt the brake master... then wedge the clutch master into position, then bolt the clutch master from under the dash and finally rebolt the brake master. Simple huh? I don't wish this task on anyone. My hands are torn and my back is killi
Ok - last weekend I pulled the dash again. As I said, I wanted to re-do some of the wiring and run more power into the cabin so never have to think about getting through the firewall again. Now I can run a fuse block inside the cabin and power things. First I ran three strands of 10 gauge through the harness assy and into the cabin. Conveniently a bit of the fuse block was already broken down in the corner and allowed me perfect space to drop down into the cabin. I then mounted a distribu
as a follow up to the last entry - the electrical portion of the ignition switch didn't solve my instrument panel light problem. Went to dealer to get a new rheostat switch . . . $177!! as i had it out i dropped it too, breaking the slider like a knucklehead. I won one on ebay for 8 dollars, but i am suspicious that when it comes it won't fix the problem. I did the cabin filter last weekend & ended up having the fuel filter done & seat back cable w/ an oil change. Really didn't need to
I changed plans on the gauges locations, stereo, etc. So, I want to re-wire everything correctly. Plus I need to loosen the master brake cylinder to get the clutch master installed. Much easier without the dash, etc. So - I should have everything back in a couple of days or so. Scott C.
