TC's V70R resurrection thread.

[stribo]

Lovely, now all you need is a twin exit exhaust.

[Tomcat]

Lovely, now all you need is a twin exit exhaust.

Got one, just prefer the scorpion system, need to modify this to a twin.

[martybelfastt5]

think if it was on a standard silver v70 it would look wrong but on tc,s car it fits in well with tints rear lights front lights dark alloys front splitter ect its all enjoying each other lol ...just looks right and agree that it would suit ians v70 to but if i seen a 2.0 20v standard drive by with this on the back id probably lol

[Doingitsideways]

I want Craig to knock one up for my standard 960...

That really would look ridiculous!

[Tomcat]

Some better pics from the show the other weekend..

[Tomcat]

No real news but the cars been merrily munching away at the miles lately, with the exception of a few minor problems it's been plain sailing.

Last week the tint on both front windows decided to start to peel at the bottom edges, it's only a very light tint (stops it having the van look) but as it's still under warranty they've kindly agreed to come out and replace it for me. Around a week earlier I started to notice a rubbing type noise that was coming from what seemed like the N/S front, as I've not been too well recently I took it into the indy round the corner that I know really well and asked them to have a quick look ( I was also having some steering problems too). They told me to bring it in and then stuck it up on the ramps, after five minutes he brought it back and told me they couldnt find anything wrong, as I know my car quite well I wasn't really impressed by this and I felt fobbed off so I thought I'd have a look myself instead. When I eventually got around to crawling under it recently I found that the O/s inner cv boot was ripped and the two inner track control arm bushes are worn and allowing the arm to move around a little, why they couldnt have told me this the other day I dont know, I was more than willing to pay them for their time. The rubbing noise I think I've eventually figured out is the handbrake cable on the N/s rubbing against the back of the wheel, these cables came with no clips to allow you to rivet them to the trailing arm so I had to make do and use cable ties, these sadly weren't upto the job. Today I've ordered some replacements from FRF, rather dear at nigh on £60 a side but more than worth it if they fit and actually allow the handbrake to work again.

As lots of you will know the cars had a smoking problem since I got it, I've now got a replacement head waiting to go on, along with new timing belt, I just need to gather a few more gaskettes and some head bolts before I attempt the swap. While I was on the phone to FRF today I ordered the special sealant for the cam cover.. Crap that stuff aint cheap is it?.. £35 a bottle!!.. Hope to get the head done towards the end of October when I get a week off Uni.

[RollingThunder]

£60 a side, ouch! I might need a pair myself - wasn't expecting them to be this much

Hope you're feeling better soon TC

[Tomcat]

£60 a side, ouch! I might need a pair myself - wasn't expecting them to be this much

Hope you're feeling better soon TC

Thanks bud, been rough as hell this last few weeks. It's my final year of Uni and I've hardly been in so far.

[Jamest5r]

Some better pics from the show the other weekend..

Nebs don't half look good on a V70

[Tomcat]

Nebs don't half look good on a V70

Thanks James.

[Biff]

Nebs don't half look good on a V70

You should buy Neil's.

I take the cam seal gasket is like a silicone type stuff?
We used to use stuff called FIPG in Toyota to seal engines.
Hope to see the car at the cosford meet if your attending tc?

[martybelfastt5]

60 a side ouch iirc pfv do them cheaper than that not sure if genuine ect car is looking great that bumper is great looking on there

[Tomcat]

60 a side ouch iirc pfv do them cheaper than that not sure if genuine ect car is looking great that bumper is great looking on there

Thanks. Yeah I tried PFV last year and the cables dont fit properly.

[Tomcat]

Well today for the first time since I bought the car I now finally have a fully functioning handbrake. The previous cables where removed today and replaced with genuine ones from FRF, these actually fitted how they where supposed to and worked first time.

[Tomcat]

Finally an update!!

Not had anything to really write about for a long time now as I've just been driving it. The car has had other ideas though and as the MOT was up at the end of January I decided to buy another car to run around in while I took the V70 off the road for some long awaited maintentance.

As the run around has turned out to be a bit of a pig in a poke I was unsure about starting work but as the MOT had expired anyway I decided to strip the car down today, all went pretty well with the exception of finding two sparkplugs lose, breaking two and also finding that the inlet manifold was lose as well (after a previous owner fitted a PCV kit)

I only started around 10-11 oclock but I've managed to get it stripped right back and its currently just needing the turbo and downpipe removing before the head can be taken off.







New heads recon'd and painted, head gasket set and new bolts are ordered and on their way. More to come tomorrow.

[Tomcat]

More progress on the R today,got the inlet manifold cleaned up and painted, also managed to finaly get the head off as well. Sadly the head decided to put up a fight though as some ham fisted idiot had obviously over tightened the head bolts last time, got 11 out of twelve bolts out without a problem but one decided to snap. Now got to work out how to get the remains out of the block



Actually broke the socket trying to undo the bolts they where that tight!.


Cleaned up the inlet manifold (it was horrible before)







The remains of the head bolt have snapped off clean with the block so I'm going to try drilling it and using an easy out to undo it, hopefully its not too tight.

[RollingThunder]

Thats a bummer TC, always hate it when that happens. On the upside the manifold look great!

[jamesy12345]

2 of the head bolts on my T5 snapped during removal....are they on the exhaust side? Might be just due to the heat they've been subject to over the years

No easy solution mine were drilled out also (work by Shem)

[Tomcat]

2 of the head bolts on my T5 snapped during removal....are they on the exhaust side? Might be just due to the heat they've been subject to over the years

No easy solution mine were drilled out also (work by Shem)

Strangely enough yes, it's on the exhaust side, I thought it was going to be relatively easy to drill and use an easy out but having had another look this morning its actually about 5-6 cm's down inside the block so the drill bits I have will barely reach it. This may mean new block time as I cant see an easy way of getting this sorted. I've just emailed a local spark errosion place to see if its something they could do, just waiting on a reply.

[jamesy12345]

Strangely enough yes, it's on the exhaust side, I thought it was going to be relatively easy to drill and use an easy out but having had another look this morning its actually about 5-6 cm's down inside the block so the drill bits I have will barely reach it. This may mean new block time as I cant see an easy way of getting this sorted. I've just emailed a local spark errosion place to see if its something they could do, just waiting on a reply.

Try giving Shemtek a shout...he's a couple of hours away from you but might remember what he used to get mine out