TryingBe Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 I came across a 98 Volvo S70 for sale, 254k miles, turbo with manual transmission. Stock, they make 236hp, 5 speed manual options was rare. I went to check it out and it has non-torn front seats!!! The car was sold with an engine with dead cylinders and I have a working engine at home, so that is not big deal to me. I was told the car have its clutch changed a few years ago, there were also around $1800 worth of receipts of radiator change, struts change, brakes, and etc done few months ago. After a short negotiation, car was mine. Plan was to fix it up and sell it for profit. After I took everything apart, here is what I found: Has two dead cylinders on the engine. Clutch disc worn to the rivets (factory 254k clutch, most likely) Leaking heater core All vacuum hoses have cracks All torn boots on CV shafts All torn boots on ball joints Motor mounts are all broken, yes all 5. Transmission mount is ok. Steering wheel light tan leather is worn to grey Arm rest skin is all cracked Rear main started to seep a little Exhaust gasket are all in pieces 8 rivets are missing on the front mud flaps Wire plastic insulation crumples when you touch them A/C clutch gap is at .6 mm Cracks on the coolant surge tank PCV system is plugged Hand brakes adjustment is way off, due to one side brake shoes have no meat Dead fuel pump Air pump code Turbo coolant hoses are old and worn Dual mass flywheel is worn Volvo heater hose junction came apart when I undo the heater core hoses See the shiny rivets? The disc is worn down to the rivets! Plan was to change/upgrade the below Newer engine with 142k miles, change cam seals, both front and rear main seals, change intake/exhaust manifold gaskets Single mass flywheel conversion and R 240mm clutch. New heater core with heater core hose conversion New silicone vacuum hoses CV shafts with good boots All new OE engine mounts Vinyl steering wheel Re-skin arm rest Put in new rivets for the front mud flaps Wireloom and tape all wires Re-gapped the A/C clutch gap to .4mm Change the coolant surge tank Change PCV system and upgrade the hose Put in new hand brake shoes Put in new fuel pump All new coolant hoses New fluids for everything, oil, brake fluid, manual trans oil, and coolant New o-rings for the engine oil cooler hoses Engine out Old engine and new engine New Aisin timing belt kit with Aisin waterpump Changed to single mass flywheel so save $150 - $200 240mm R clutch New style exhaust manifold gasket New engine in Almost ready Ready Newer brake shoe and adjusted the e brake New armrest skin Interior done Newer steering wheel A/C works! 18 years is a lot of tolls on parts, and they seems to all worn down to nothing at the same time. This is how things can get so expensive! I expected to do maybe 80% of the work that I've done, and I was definitely expecting to see a newer clutch in there instead of a 254k original Volvo clutch. I was not expecting the fuel pump to be dead, nor that there was no meat on one side of the brake shoe. The moral is, when work claim is made, unless the seller have the receipts of the work done, expect the work not done. I finished up late afternoon couple days ago and drove the car for 3 miles today. A/C and the transmission works flawlessly. Abs/trac light came on after I got the engine running, common issue for these cars. Solder joints needs to be re-solder, bad news is that the unit on the car is already re-solder by someone, that means I need to get a new one and solder it myself. Yesterday, I went to junkyard to get a better looking seatbelt, a master windows switch, and ABS module. Today, I put in the new seatbelt and windows switch Someone failed at repairing the ABS module. Opened up the NEW ABS module and redid all the soldering. Fixed the ABS/TRAC lights! Found both shifter bushings are broken! Homemade bushings to the rescue! 5/8 heatercore hose, 5/16 silicone hose, and stock bushing sleeve in the center with a bracket preventing the cable to come loose. Had to put in a spare 850 info switch, the S70's switch came apart when I touched it. All I have left is finish the coolant flush and fill it with coolant. 69hrs into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 You know the air pump can be dealt with via a resistor on the ECU right? They're interesting sedans, but that's a pretty comprehensive list of all the common failure points on a neglected or well worn 850/X70. Fuel pump isn't terribly common, but doubt they last forever. I'd think they usually don't have ALL that wrong at once. It definitely can add up quick. You might want to check the rubber diaphram compressor bypass valve (CBV) on top of the compressor housing. The rubber may have dried out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryingBe Posted July 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 4 hours ago, Fudge_Brownie said: You know the air pump can be dealt with via a resistor on the ECU right? No need for any hardware changes. I got this. Car is sold and picked up. I made $20.08/hr for the hours I worked. Now, on to my other non-car projects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow95 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 You have achieved what pretty much every other member on this forum has. Kudos to you for saving one. Save more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeacock Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 18 hours ago, TryingBe said: No need for any hardware changes. I got this. Car is sold and picked up. I made $20.08/hr for the hours I worked. Now, on to my other non-car projects... That's awesome well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skloon Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I am amazed you made dough- how many hours in total ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryingBe Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 73.25 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meek Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Great work. Stupid question: What's this ac clutch gap thing you speak of? How do I measure it and what are the symptoms of being out of spec? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryingBe Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 On 7/14/2016 at 5:12 PM, Meek said: Great work. Stupid question: What's this ac clutch gap thing you speak of? How do I measure it and what are the symptoms of being out of spec? Thanks. You use feeler gauge to measure the a/c clutch gap between the a/c compressor housing. When the gap is too big, a/c will work when the car is from a cold start, for about 5 minutes then the a/c will stop working. Spec is .03 - .04 mm. Mine was .06 mm. http://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/downloads/Volvo-850-S70-V70-AC-Fix.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefhon Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 this image shows the front of compressor & clutch with a fix for the worn, widened gap. this is what i'm going to try on mine. however a valid question is: if the gap on the clutch is worn how long before the entire unit needs replaced? (these are a real bear to rebuild and i'm not even sure its possible to rebuild them to like new state...any input on this is appreciated.) some folks use bread bag clips & some monkey glue or favorite epoxy glue. i'm going to try zip ties since my attempt with bread bag clips failed . (this image looks like zip ties). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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