Johnnytempest's 850.

[p fandango]

just slightly gutted..................lol

& i sold it for only £200 but needed the money at the time

[JT]

thats not helping!! lol

[p fandango]

shift light works great thanks to you.
the link you sent i cant access! doh!

but i was reading your thread on here about single wipers.

am i right in thinking its the link from the motor to the main bar which determines how far the wiper goes???

just glad i traced it back to the right wire lol

i wasn't going to post about this until it was totally finished & on BT, put after a trial run & seeing that it works as planned with only a few minor problems to fix i thought why not.


the single wiper in the park position, altho once i get the straight arm i think i'm going to have it parking up the screen (BTCC style)


this is the maximum sweep of the arm, as you can see it doesn't miss much of the screen & even surprised me how much area it covers


standard mechanism on top & the modified one underneath, i cut off the drivers side spindle housing to save weight but had to leave the rest of the unused arm because its unstable with just the one mounting point


the technical bit, only original parts off 1 mechanism have been used (just cut & welded to fit differently)


standard spindle with the un-used arm took off just so you can see everything


the modified spindle with the drivers wiper arm ball joint cut out & the used passenger ball joint welded back on the correct distance from the pivot point to give the full sweep

the only reason its not staying on is because the standard volvo wiper blades kink up away from the skuttle panel & hits the bonnet when it sweeps right across to the drivers side. Not sure what blade will do but i'm going to try a Fiat Uno one to see

[JT]

Yea it seems to be that spindle bit that is not working for me.
i guess i need to keep playing with it till i get it right

thanks mate, top man

JT

[p fandango]

Yea it seems to be that spindle bit that is not working for me.
i guess i need to keep playing with it till i get it right

thanks mate, top man

no problem sir

its been a few years since i did the conversion, but i'm sure you need the multi-link mechanism on the actual spindle that the wiper arm bolts too to go to its full limit while the motor spindle is pointing towards the mechanism as in pic 3

[JT]

Ha Ha! i think I've cracked it!!
maybe a tweek needed here and there? but.....................OH YEA!!! lol
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vtih13btBA[/ame]

[JT]

as for the vinlys........the are a f*****g nightmare!!!!!

I have to thank my mate for his patience on this one, I would have given up,long ago.

[p fandango]

Ha Ha! i think I've cracked it!!
maybe a tweek needed here and there? but.....................OH YEA!!! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vtih13btBA

looks good to me

[JT]

Thanks again!

I will owe you a whole pub at this rate, forget the pint!! lol

[p fandango]

Thanks again!

I will owe you a whole pub at this rate, forget the pint!! lol

lol its no problem sir, just keep us posted on progress

you say you might tweek the wiper a bit, what you got lined up?

[JT]

lol its no problem sir, just keep us posted on progress

you say you might tweek the wiper a bit, what you got lined up?

well as you can see,the wiper bounces off the driver side a bit, so a bit of adjustment there.
also the switch I put in on my dash, stops the wiper where I turn it off.
So I need to figure out the other connections, so that it returns to centre point after I've turned it off.

And I think ,as you have discovered before, it need a straight arm to make everything sweet.
JT

[JelT5]

Car looks excellent. Love the vinyls and the single wiper mod
Keep up the good work!

[JT]

Ok
1 side is done, whats the verdict???

I know its not perfect, but surely its close enough??? lol

[p fandango]

i will admit i thought your design was miles off when you posted the first pics of the side when you'd only got half the stickers on, but credit it does look very good & very close to the original

nice one

[Tomcat]

Gawd this thread makes me want a white one soooo bad. Looking really good, nice to see a saloon BTCC replica for a change.

[p fandango]

nice to see a saloon

not as common as the estates you see lol

[JT]

i will admit i thought your design was miles off when you posted the first pics of the side when you'd only got half the stickers on, but credit it does look very good & very close to the original

nice one

If i'm totally honest...I agree

close up, on inspection, not even close, lol

but, if i get a "RUB" during racing, it wont matter too much.

I have to keep things in perspective.

the idea is there...........?

[Volvostorm]

not as common as the estates you see lol

I have no idea what you are talking about!

The car is looking great now Johnny

[JT]

its been suggested I disconnect the water from the turbo??

anyone see a problem with this??

[t5 pete]

its been suggested I disconnect the water from the turbo??

anyone see a problem with this??

Who has advised you on this as our turbos are designed to be water cooled there for removing it would cause problems cooling problems