Finally the owner of an 850R!!!

[daza-b]

Plans are manual conversion, prefer it to be an m59 with 850r clutch, may look into lightened flywheel while im at it, if I cant get an m59 ill use m56 with a quaife or gripper then its off to bodyshop to get minted up with its couple of imperfections

[Jim S70R]

Glad to hear your happy with your purchase,it's a good looking car!! Sounds like you've got some nice plans laid out for her....

[martybelfastt5]

Only reading this now congrats dazza!!was suprised to see you throw in in towel with the t5.

[daza-b]

Well as the weather has been well.. horrible not done anything at all on the R yet, but got a couple of pics of the bad bits I need to sort, here you go:

[oblark]

That rear bumper is crying out for a twin outlet

[graemewelch]

my 850 has the cut out for twins to.

[daza-b]

i thought about it but tbh never really liked the twin exit, maybe on a t5 but an R wants the single outlet

[T5frankie]

i thought about it but tbh never really liked the twin exit, maybe on a t5 but an R wants the single outlet

funny cos i like them on v70r's but not 850r's

[Kingsford G]

Having seen Oblarks dual exit at Ace cafe it does look nice on 850`s too

[T5frankie]

Having seen Oblarks dual exit at Ace cafe it does look nice on 850`s too

yeah, not a fan of dual exits on any motor really, like ianchos on his v70r

[daza-b]

funny cos i like them on v70r's but not 850r's

agreed

[AndysR]

I can understand why you want an M59 but I'd be tempted just to get an M56 and fit a Quaife or Gripper then you can fit and forget

In terms of the car itself it looks lovely and appears to have been well cared for previously, do you know what's up with the autobox?
Great to see you sticking with Volvo though

[daza-b]

I can understand why you want an M59 but I'd be tempted just to get an M56 and fit a Quaife or Gripper then you can fit and forget

In terms of the car itself it looks lovely and appears to have been well cared for previously, do you know what's up with the autobox?
Great to see you sticking with Volvo though

Thanks mate yea the m59 idea was to stick to originality but how many people would check I suppose, as for the auto box feels like the clutches are worn from lack of oil in the past which is a shame, I have an auto box spare in my garage so going to stick that in for now until I have all the genuine r bits for manual conversion and save up some for a quaife diff too

[kyboy]

There was a teal R on eBay bout a year ago I nearly bidded on it but the owner kept pulling it at the last minute !!

[T5frankie]

I've noticed manual 850r's never make it till the end of ebay auctions

[AndysR]

Thanks mate yea the m59 idea was to stick to originality but how many people would check I suppose, as for the auto box feels like the clutches are worn from lack of oil in the past which is a shame, I have an auto box spare in my garage so going to stick that in for now until I have all the genuine r bits for manual conversion and save up some for a quaife diff too

Sounds like a plan, have you tried a gearbox flush and oil change on the existing box to see if it improves at all?
Also when you fit your other autobox make sure you flush all the oil lines and cooler thoroughly to make sure you don't contaminate your replacement box

[daza-b]

Sounds like a plan, have you tried a gearbox flush and oil change on the existing box to see if it improves at all?
Also when you fit your other autobox make sure you flush all the oil lines and cooler thoroughly to make sure you don't contaminate your replacement box

Yea I thought about it but how it drives dont feel good, I used to work for an automatic transmission company in Spain and my dad still does and even he says its fubar lol shame really but will also need to diagnose why after 111k the box is ££££ed

[AndysR]

Yea I thought about it but how it drives dont feel good, I used to work for an automatic transmission company in Spain and my dad still does and even he says its fubar lol shame really but will also need to diagnose why after 111k the box is ££££ed

That's a shame, be easier to just fix it with an oil change, perhaps it's had a hard life or the oil has been contaminated with coolant due to a cooler fault or the wrong oil has been used, the last three letters of the reg look like it could have been an ex Volvo press car/head office car so may have been worked hard early on in its life when ideally it needed an easy life for run in purposes...