850R Whats it worth?

[Craigy t5]

Hi Guys,,,

1996 n plate, estate, auto in gunmetal grey seems full loaded, heated seats in rear, 6 cd in boot, rear facing seats etc,210k, Bad bits, worn engine( compression down beteen 9 and 10 bar) constant blue smoke when warm, steering rack leaking, abs and tracs light on, no mot, front wings rusty, bonnett and boot have laquer pealage, has volans and window deflecters,
clean for its age with good interia,.

Can anyone give us a rough idea on what its worth?

Cheers, Craig.

[Tim Williams]

£50-100 as a Trade in or as a big project posssibly as much as £700.

[Craigy t5]

May break it for parts yet, i have got a good doner850 t5 with everything on it, but the job of swapping it all is huge.

[Shinsplintz 101]

1K based in that description. If your lucky.

[Shinsplintz 101]

Why not donor everything to the R. It'll be worth a lot more than a T5 in the long term?

[Craigy t5]

The size of the job donoring is putting me off, ive got the tools but no ramp, never done a job quite as big as this before.

[Craigy t5]

Car is over on the voc sales section, cheers guys.

[kmb]

Direct link will prob help: http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=266510

[MoleT-5R]

That's a nice looking car from what I've seen in the pic's on VOC, certainly worthy of a new engine and although looks a daunting challenge to change, it's not that bad to do once you get at it, mines been in and out a few times now and is about to come out again now, everything unplugs easily and is pretty straight forward then raise the body and roll the engine out complete with the subframe (a supermarket cage trolley section is most useful here for maneuvering the assembly) and bingo. You can take it out the top, as some have, but I've always gone downwards so couldn't possibly comment on which is easier. Good luck with which ever route you take, personally I'd keep it as they are getting harder to find and you'll probably regret it getting shot of it in the long run.

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b526/MoleT5R/Moles%20T5%20R%20Project%20Olive/DSC_0233_zps202daeed.jpg (http://s1290.photobucket.com/user/MoleT5R/media/Moles%20T5%20R%20Project%20Olive/DSC_0233_zps202daeed.jpg.html)

Makes the job a tad easier,but I have dropped the engine and subframe out of a V70 on the drive with the aid of a trolley jack, couple planks of wood and some concrete blocks, was easy enough and just took my time doing it.