A few more.....
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/ct%20and%20volvo%20005.jpg
Remember we saved our old volvo boot floor to put back in, so it looks as factory as poss !...
A few more.....
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/ct%20and%20volvo%20005.jpg
Remember we saved our old volvo boot floor to put back in, so it looks as factory as poss !...
Some more pics.
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/volvo%20rear%20end%20001.jpg
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/volvo%20rear%20end%20002.jpg
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Nice one mate, appreciated,
RANDOM INSIDE PIC
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/amazon%20rear%20end%20001.jpg
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Saved from our amazon, we will try and fit it so it looks factory and as is.
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/bulk%20ed%20004_1.jpg
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http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/amazon%20009_5.jpg
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/amazon%20010_5.jpg
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Rear end..
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/volvo%20amazon%20137.jpg
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/volvo%20amazon%20138.jpg
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1x final pic as an amazon...
http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u452/pauldriver/volvo%20amazon%20112.jpg
Point of no return now !!!!
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Over the last 4 days I've been removing the 2.3ltr lump and installing the 2.5ltr engine.
It took 2 evenings after work to remove the old engine.
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Then on Saturday it was a...
I picked the cylinder head from the machine shop, had to have 4 thou skimmed off of it to make it flat.
Then it was just a case of fitting the head, tighten it down, fit the cams and the cam...
Forgot to put a photo of the engine bay :)
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I had the tracking done which has made a big difference to the steering :)
I've done just over a hundred miles in it now, still getting used to the diesel box, I have to remember to change down to...
Got one more primary pipe done today before I ran out of gas. Sorry for the poor picture quality- I took them with my phone.
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Bit of progress lately as I got to spend two afternoons in the man-cave.
I used two oil pick-up tubes to make one longer one, and also removed the 11 degree slant from it. The metal plate...
Today's video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6fy4x_yu0
The last job was to make a MAF bracket, instead of just making the bracket I ended up make a air box complete with cold air feed.
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Took the car out for a test drive, well the...
It was just a case of fitting a tracs ABS unit and a tracs switch and it was plug and play :)
There's something you don't see everyday..........
https://youtu.be/kPwWqzLNjNc
Finished the...
Had a week of dodging the rain but managed too remove the engine/gearbox and fit the replacement engine with XC70 D5 gearbox also swapped over the abs unit to a tracs unit.
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This has to be wired into my car yet
AWD running gear installed prop shaft fitted
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AWD fuel tank
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Before i start this was entirely random. A friend had taken it purely on the fact "it has your name on it matt". So with that, 2000 t4 s40.
It currently has no mot, and has been off the road for...
Ooh, forgot to mention- I picked this up the other day:
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm193/bb-q/Matilda/GEDC1322_zpsj7f67zvx.jpg
Just need to find a 12cm2 turbine housing and external...
I've been working on the mystery coolant behaviour recently - taken from another thread:
"When cold it can all but disappear from the tank and when driven hard it fills the tank to the brim, I...
This is my old sump:
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm193/bb-q/Matilda/IMG_20170606_214229020_zpspphkwean.jpg
This is my new sump:
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Had the privilege attending the VolvoDrive meet in the Netherlands last weekend, a short but amazing trip accompanied by a few good friends from VolvoTuning.
The event is in it's second year and...
Moved on a bit..
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I'd say I was 90% of the way there now. Still battling a few minor niggles - but the stupid rebuild following me bending the exhaust valves on #5 on the first cam cover fit...
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