TC's V70R resurrection thread.

[nobananas]

Looking good Tc, well jealous lol !

[merc85]

As i thought from the beginning this car is gonna look the nutts, Looking good tc

[nobananas]

When I was looking at getting a V70 I was quite tempted to get a Cross country front and rear bumper just for a different look (cross country front bumper with R splitter ?!), may still get a rear one for the 850 but not sure how it would look as the lines are a little different.

[Tomcat]

Thanks guys, it'd be a lot further along but I've no money to spend on it until September, I did however start prepping the rear bumper for paint yesterday, got as far as flatting it and filling a few small nicks and defects....







Looks like one of the previous owners used it for target practise, then decided to try and hide all the damadge by just blowing fresh paint over the nice shiny existing paint, hence large chunks of paint have just peeled off. There's nothing quite like good preperation is there?.

[Jamest5r]

You got too much time on your hand's mate.....bloody student's.

[Biff]

Mate that's looking better every update. Really can't wait to get mine painted.

[jamesy12345]

When I was looking at getting a V70 I was quite tempted to get a Cross country front and rear bumper just for a different look (cross country front bumper with R splitter ?!), may still get a rear one for the 850 but not sure how it would look as the lines are a little different.

Some ideas here......

http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/topic...r-bumper-mods/

[Tomcat]

Because of all the problems of late I've had no time or inclination to do anything on the car. The rear bumper still needs painting and recently it's started to run a bit rough again and use plenty of fuel again, I'm thinking though that its probably the O2 sensor getting crapped up with all the oil blowing through the exhaust.

Hoping to try and get the handbrake sorted over the next few days as it's crap, have to leave the car in gear otherwise it rolls, not sure if it's a cable it needs or if its just shoes, I'll pull the rear discs when I get a minute and check.

The last few times I've had the car on a bit of a drive (ie. motorways), when I've come to slow down and change gear I've noticed that the first press of the clutch is really heavy, after that it's ok. any ideas?..

[M-R-P]

I've noticed that with mine, thought it's where my left leg has been doing nothing for an hour and gotten lazy lol.

[Tomcat]

Lol, no this is definatley a little stiff at first push, it's only started doing it recently..

[M-R-P]

Lol, no this is definatley a little stiff at first push, it's only started doing it recently..

Now I'm worried, I had the clutch, slave etc changed only 20k ago

[Tomcat]

Oh... sorry. I dont know whats up with this as I've not checked yet, maybe its just low fluid or something else silly.

[M-R-P]

Oh... sorry. I dont know whats up with this as I've not checked yet, maybe its just low fluid or something else silly.

Well my clutch/brake system does need a bleed...

[Tomcat]

Noticed that in the past week or so the cars lost it's oomph again and started stinking of petrol. Would I be right in presuming that as the seals are leaking on the turbo (if in fact that's what it is) and there's a constant flow of oil vapour through the exhaust that it would clog up the O2 sensor?. If it is then is there going to be a way of stopping this until I can afford to get the seals done on the turbo?.

[Tomcat]

This is the result of the blowout (not sure it actualy was a blow out looking at it) I had coming off the motorway the other day.



I checked the spare rim I had taken off to put this one on and after doing a leak test I found air coming out of the valve and the area where the dent is on the back edge of the wheel, after a teeny bit of oil in the valve and a quick whack with the lump hammer both where looking a lot better. I then repeated the leak test again, left it a little longer and discovered that there's leaks in at least 4 places around the edge of the rim, I can only conclude that it's corrosion on the mating faces, looks like it'll have to wait until next week.

[foammanmark]

Thanks guys, it'd be a lot further along but I've no money to spend on it until September, I did however start prepping the rear bumper for paint yesterday, got as far as flatting it and filling a few small nicks and defects....







Looks like one of the previous owners used it for target practise, then decided to try and hide all the damadge by just blowing fresh paint over the nice shiny existing paint, hence large chunks of paint have just peeled off. There's nothing quite like good preperation is there?.

When I bought my silver V70 T5, someone had tried to sort the front bumper. They sprayed straight over the fog lights and plastic grilles, as I couldn't even see the fog lights when I bought her. They worked, but were under a thick layer of silver paint!! Complete botch job, until the R bumper was fitted.

[Tomcat]

When I bought my silver V70 T5, someone had tried to sort the front bumper. They sprayed straight over the fog lights and plastic grilles, as I couldn't even see the fog lights when I bought her. They worked, but were under a thick layer of silver paint!! Complete botch job, until the R bumper was fitted.

Yeah someones done a similar thing with this car, they'd just sprayed over the front bumper with a new coat of paint, they'd not prepared it or anything, as a result most of it was just peeling off in big chunks. Both rear quarters have been repainted at some point too. I'd like to try and get all the paintwork done before winter but with the weather being as bad as it is it may have to wait.

[Tomcat]

Progress!!!.. Two tyres fitted today, also managed to get the rear bumper off without breaking either of the bolts!!!... So chuffed, I thought I'd break at least one of them judging by the corrosion, it's currently in primer...paint tomorrow.





As I had to remove it to get the bumper bolts out I'm gonna clean up the tailpipe off the Scorpion exhaust, it's a wee bit manky..

[V70 Graham]

Progress!!!.. Two tyres fitted today, also managed to get the rear bumper off without breaking either of the bolts!!!... So chuffed, I thought I'd break at least one of them judging by the corrosion, it's currently in primer...paint tomorrow.

Your not having a bad week are ya lol

[Tomcat]

I know!, finally had a bleedin good week!.lol..