Project Manual

[t5 pete]

Hello james are you using the me7 inlet manifold if so what you doing about the throttle housing

[p fandango]

Hello james are you using the me7 inlet manifold if so what you doing about the throttle housing

the ports are a different shape on the ME7 inlet, you'll need a couple ME7 head

to fit a throttle body onto my ME7 manifold i'm going to get a small 3" tube with a flange the same shape as the ETM one end, & the throttle body flange on the other

[danny-R]

Day 2....
Forgot camera!!
New parts arrived from Rufe!!!

Fitted M59 box and new r clutch
Inlet and outlet manifolds off(me7 on tommorrow)
New gaitors fitted to driveshafts and refitted to box
Lots of little jobs i won't bore you with.

Danny r, will take some photo's tommorow your first in the queue mate but to be honest it probably wont be any different to what you got.

15g for sale good condition,£60 or with blanking plate £75

cheers mate, mine looks a bit shoddy thats all lol, but it does do the job.

will your blanking plate fir on my 18t??

cheers

[p fandango]

will your blanking plate fir on my 18t??

the recirc valve is the same on the whole Mitsi TD-04 turbo range, so yes it will fit mate

[t5 pete]

the ports are a different shape on the ME7 inlet, you'll need a couple ME7 head

to fit a throttle body onto my ME7 manifold i'm going to get a small 3" tube with a flange the same shape as the ETM one end, & the throttle body flange on the other

Yeah thats why i asked him about it also if it will not fit unless you take a chunk out of it as it will hit the power steering pump side bracket

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[danny-R]

could i have the blanking plate please i want my car to sound like a turkey

[Jamest5r]

I look forward to seeing both the cars at york what set up will both have

My car....engine (from Tim Williams)with 97k oil stems and pcv done, me7 manifold, ported/polished 16t, m59 box with new r clutch, miltec cat-back(still looking for a d/p and racecat) air filter etc.

The Mrs.... upgrade from last year... 16t, d/p and racecat, koni shocks and ebiech springs,


Re the inlet manifold the same ones going back on its just im running a catch tank so easier to do while the blocks sitting on a pallet!!!

[p fandango]

Yeah thats why i asked him about it also if it will not fit unless you take a chunk out of it as it will hit the power steering pump side bracket

i'm thinking of ditching the power steering, looks like i defo will be nwo then lol

[t5 pete]

i'm thinking of ditching the power steering, looks like i defo will be nwo then lol

Tbh pedro im ditching both manifolds and going to make a custom one just use the inlet pipes to get you started off

[Jamest5r]

could i have the blanking plate please i want my car to sound like a turkey

I think you can buy them for about £20 anyway mate, it was on the turbo when i took it off(bonus!!) so just want to sell it as it is, i need to recoup some money it's been a bloody expensive couple of weeks!!!

[danny-R]

no probs just thought it would be worth a tenner lol

[Jamest5r]

no probs just thought it would be worth a tenner lol

How about you send me your recirc val off your old 15g, i'll send you the plate(with seal) and you give me a tenner when i see you at york

[danny-R]

nice1 james mate i will take it off tonight, you got yourself a deal

[Jamest5r]

P/m me your address mate, i cant promise i will send it in the next few days as im a touch busy to stand in the bloody post office for ages!!!

Edit: mate just thought im working at Nads ill stick it in with his post.

[danny-R]

pm'd cheers mate

[Dangerous Dave]

Has the M59 got the external viscous clutch on it, attached to the driveshaft? I keep trying to find pics, but pics of an M59 box are rare.

[Tomcat]

If the Viscous clutch is external then whats to stop you bolting it onto another gearbox?.

[Dangerous Dave]

If the Viscous clutch is external then whats to stop you bolting it onto another gearbox?.

You need the seperate output shaft like on the AWD M58. I was just wondering whether the M59 is an M58 with different ratios.

[Dangerous Dave]

Like in this thread

http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25140

You can see the splined output shaft. Theres not much info, but as far as I can tell, the M59 had an external viscous clutch which was attached to the O/S driveshaft and would lock up when the wheel started to spin

In fact,T5TEZ has answered my question in his thread. You can see the viscous unit in the pic on the ebay page

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLVO-850-R-M5...item2304cc56ae

[Jamest5r]

Day 3... a total waste of time due to snow etc(what's wrong with this country?)

Day 4(today)...

Basically fitted everything we could to the engine a list of what's been done..

New wishbones
New trackrod ends
New drop links
New anti roll bar bushes
New inlet/outlet and turbo gaskets
New r clutch
New plugs(volvo)
New leads(volvo)
New belts
All four gaiters replaced on driveshafts(effing messy bloody job)
M59 gearbox
Me7 manifold
16t ported and polished
Injectors refurbed (jimithan)
Pedal box out and ready
Gearstick and linkage out
Clutch Master cylinder+pipe work

Sorry about the quality of the photos its dark in Nads cave!

However thats it until 2 weeks today due to work commintments and Nads ramp being occupied!, this is a job i dont need to rush, im well happy with the progress so for and i have a complete sub-frame ready to put in.

Thanks to Smithy without his help this would not off been possible.

Cheers