1990 Volvo 740 GL Estate - Business Edition

[HmmDK]

Sept 23, 2021 12:46:39 GMT tofufi said:

Good stuff

I have a 740 turbodiesel from the same year. Yours is the perfect colour though! Keep up the great work

Yeah, the colour is a big part of why I bought it.
Would really like a diesel though, could be fun converting it for vegetable oil. Especially considering how uncertain our hobby looks in the future.

Got any build thread for yours?

[HmmDK]

Got the engine put back together and it fired up on the second turn of the key!

Awesome!

I was really worried, I might have messed it up. And it didn't help, the car had stood since I got it delivered in March. Thats 6 months if I can count right.

Brakes were seized, so it's nice to have some engine power now, to get them moving again.

[HmmDK]

There, that's gotta be good enough for now 😅

Big service
New hoses
Cleaned and painted a few bits
New clamps where needed
New pre heater flex pipe


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[HmmDK]

One of the plugs for the headlight wiper, was badly corroded.

I tried cleaning it, but the cabelshoe just broke..

After some research, I couldn't quite find new parts, so I decided I would try to fix it with what I had available..
The result was curse word, so I cut the wires and sealed the cables in layers of shrinked plastic.
Here it's called krypeflex or translated shrinkflex.
I removed the hoses for sprinkler fluid as well.
So for now, they're just for show.

[HmmDK]

So, the car is moving again! Well kind off.. so I could finally access the boot.

Need some new tail gate dampers, but for now a block of wood will do.





Behold my treasures!

[HmmDK]

It's time for the next part of the quick service and run around all winter..
The corners, and maybe the rear end and a few other spots around the car.

Hopefully it won't be hanging up here for too long.




And a few shots of the corners.






I'm thinking, bushes, brakes and suspension. Not sure how much I can salvage yet..

Time will tell!

[HmmDK]

So the fuel cradle is done. New filter, washers, hose and some paint.

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And after 7 attempts at assembling it again...
Done:

[HmmDK]

Lately it feels like all I'm doing is cleaning and painting, followed by some more cleaning and painting !

[redblock]

Nice work! Always love to see a 7er get this kind of love. Looking forward to seeing more for sure.

[jjeffries]

Great car. I worked at a couple of Volvo dealers some years back.

Maybe those brake discs could be lightly refreshed on a brake lathe with a sympathetic mechanic operating it?

John

[HmmDK]

Nov 4, 2021 17:03:18 GMT jjeffries said:

Great car. I worked at a couple of Volvo dealers some years back.

Maybe those brake discs could be lightly refreshed on a brake lathe with a sympathetic mechanic operating it?

John

That would be a great re-use if parts. I would love if that was possible.
But labour here is so expensive, I can buy 2 new front discs for the same price as I have to pay a mechanic for 1 hour.
So I already got new discs waiting on the parts shelf.
Hopefully they're decent quality!

[darrenh]

that engine bay looks fantastic!

what was the grey stuff uniformly over the drivers side wheel tub, is it engine bay wax ? (don't know if that was just a GM thing) it always looked icky even when brand new

[HmmDK]

Nov 5, 2021 22:19:14 GMT darrenh said:

that engine bay looks fantastic!

what was the grey stuff uniformly over the drivers side wheel tub, is it engine bay wax ? (don't know if that was just a GM thing) it always looked icky even when brand new

Thanks, it could be better.. but I got to stop at some point, if I actually want to drive the car at some point.

The upper parts of the tubs are just dirt. While the inner tubs are covered in dirt, underseal and maybe some wax. It's soft though, so might just be old underseal beneath the arch liners.

[HmmDK]

Cleaned up the top shock absorber bearing, while it was off anyways.. found some Ghostbusters looking high temperature grease 🤣

[HmmDK]

Bought the wrong part for protecting the front strut..

Luckily the old one could be used again.

[HmmDK]

I will never feel comfortable, when using a set of these!




So damn scarry!

[HmmDK]

Today I thought that I would finish the refurb of the front caliper.. yesterday I tried but, I broke one of the ventilation bolts..

If course I took this as an opportunity to buy more tools.. having seen lots of YouTube videos and you guys doing it, I thought how har could it be?

On my first try, the tool broke...




So obviously I had to spend an hour and a half, destroying my caliper.




And at the end, I got angry enough I decided I would just buy a new caliper and destroy this one, so I could see if I actually was able to get it out.

very much to my own suprise, it worked!




The threads, did take a little damage though. Not sure if it's safe to use, but new bolts screw in very nicely!

[HmmDK]

Note to self:
Buy parts with paint on...

[HmmDK]

So.. after far too long time, I now have a refurbished front strut/hub assembly (not sure what to call it).

As well as a refurbished front caliper!

Now I just have to do the other side of the car...

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[glenanderson]

Nice work. 👍