I'm going to use this space to document various happenings / doings to my newly acquired 940 diesel. Its a 2.4L straight six turbo diesel intercooler (D24tic)
It started out with me browsing ebay looking at a few motors, when I came across this. I messaged the buy with a cash offer and he accepted. So I filled my mates fuel tank the next morning and set off to Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Few piccies from the ebay add:
Lovely condition seats
Original fire extinguisher!
Arrived in Leeds, looked over the car and accepted the deal, and began the journey home! After stopping off for a much needed Maccies of course! I was driving home mainly by myself as my mate took the wrong turning and nearly ended up in Manchester! Whilst I was on the A1 heading for home. Eventually he caught me up and I had a hoot of a game pulling in front of him and then flooring it so it covered his car in soot. As they say, if you cant smoke em' choke em'! Anyway this game ended with a phone call that described sparks coming from the rear of the car. Needless to say the rest of the journey was spent @ 50mph.
After investigating the next day there was jingle on the rear right wheel. Turns out it snapped the brake pad pin that holds the clip in so the clip was jingling. £3 kit from the local motor factors fixed this.
A few days passed and the car was running lovely, so I decided to clean the engine bay a bit:
And found this!! Trip to the welders needed lol
Anyhoo I didn't really clean the engine as they are generally greasy anyway so I just did around the engine bay and the bulkhead.
Let it dry and set off for my Dads, got down the road and my brakes failed - forcing me to rip up the handbrake to avoid the rear of a learner! Not to self: Handbrake is §§§§§ hot!
After a few days of puzzling and a second hand servo I threw in the towel and rang Steve, who appointed me to the fact the T piece along the servo hose should have a small vac hose in it. DOH! Found it down the back of the engine......
My basic plans for this car are to give it a major clean up, it was a "mobile mechanics" car so it is in dire need of a valet. Lacquer peel has also attacked the front, and seeing as my bro now has his own spraying premises a full respray could be on the cards at a later date. If the parts crop up - manual conversion too!
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