Looking good, I still want a gull
Looking good, I still want a gull
Thanks
Martyn
Cheers for posting the pics up, and I'll hopefully see her at the meet next Sunday.
MoleT-5R (Monday 20th April 2015)
You most certainly will see her this Sundays meet
nice to hear there's another past owner on here, what number owner were you ?? I'm slowly tracing the history of the car, as and when info comes about
Thats the bumpers natural coloured finish Steve, no die used, In fact I was scrubbing the old die off.
Steve I now you've already given me loads of info on the car, but are you able to fill in any more blanks on my owner list below an I also have jct5r to add when I know his position in the ownership history
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
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right small update time, spent a few hours in the garage busily claying, polishing and waxing before she attended the Throckmorton Airshow meet, where she was lucky enough to be the only Gul on display
DSC_0821 by moleadrian, on Flickr
DSC_1091 by moleadrian, on Flickr
any way enough of standing around taking pic's of shiny cars and aeroplanes and on to some bits and pieces that have been sat here awaiting fitting, firstly the suspension kit I had off Neil back in October really needed to be done and in the process a few issues that had arisen got addressed so it was a case of killing a few birds with one stone. There has for a long time been an annoying rattle present but only heard at low speeds and whilst stripping out the rear suspension found the rear arb had snapped with explained the rattle, so I thought I'd just grab the one out of the scrap v70 and fit that, but this is a way thinner item to the T-5R one (17mm as opposed to 21mm) but I have fitted it as a temporary measure as in my mine an arb is than no arb
then the old rear suspension....lol complete with 2 different rear shocks ????
and the new stuff
well arse end done and will be on the fronts tomorrow, then a little refresh on the discs and calipers
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
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Well it's about time
I like to do everything at the same time, hate doing job's twice (inc gearboxes...lol), I have been out for a run with the rear end sorted and have to report it is all quiet now and the rear is feeling nice and firm, but with a good responsive feel, now the front end feels wishy washy (if you can understand that) and washing out in hard corners, which will hopefully be sorted tomorrow when the front end gets it's new toys fitted and then some more test driving...
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
Great update Adrian, and I still miss that car.....................
Looks great Ade... the only Gul in the village!
It's amazing what you get used too, until you fit new items and then it all makes sense again.
I love it and she gets people talking, everyone seems to have some story to tell about a Gul when you meet them at a show or somewhere you've gone in her
It certainly is....trouble is everybody knows who it is around our way, she doesn't blend into the background like some other cars...lol
the green bitches suspension is way worse than the Guls, but I'm so used to it I really can chuck it about, it really surprises people in lighter modern cars when a 2 ton brick can beat them though the lanes around here, bring on the coilovers that I had hoped to fit this year.....oh well always next year
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
They certainly are an attention grabber, I've been using mine more and more it gets attention, where as the sonic p2 just gets over looked.
and my other Gul's got alot of interest too a Throckmorton, as I was putting them out I had a couple of people wanting to know if I was selling the models, could have made a good few quid if I had a supplier...
DSC_0757 by moleadrian, on Flickr
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
claymore (Monday 22nd June 2015),craigoodwood (Monday 22nd June 2015)
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
craigoodwood (Monday 22nd June 2015)
Right the front end is all sorted tonight and has been road tested, nice and quiet with no knocks or rattles, the front end know feels right and has lost the wishy washy feeling ( but what do you expect when you take it out for a run when you've only done half the job.... ). Showing great handling promise on a good flowing road like the evo triangle or the like, can't wait to give her a spirited test drive.
I do have a small oil issue to track and stop
and I need to replace both wheel arch liners and restore the bumper positioning back to normal
But I am happy with the ride and the way she sits
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
Ettienne (Saturday 11th July 2015)
I'm currently having a small issue with the evap valve chucking up a fault code and inducing limp mode, as a short term fix I've swapped it out for the one off the olive T-5R and no further issues , so I could just get a new one or delete it all together and was wondering if anyone has done this and what is required load, to fool the ecu that it is still in the system as the pipe work has gone so why keep the valve.....any thoughts folks..???
Current Volvo's 1995 854 Gul T-5R 1996 855 Olive T-5R 1997 855 Olive AWD 1999 V70R AWD and 2005 XC90 D5 AWD
Previous Volvo's 1987 745 gle 1989 745 GL 1995 855 Olive GLE 2001 V70 p2
My Ebay Items http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/quik.connection
Watching this thread with interest Adrian, and almost ready to buy her back after a few more jobs................
well, the T-10 hasn't got any, but I've never read the codes on it, I might just do it tomorrow just for a laugh.
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Facebook^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Old T-5 Kompressor Thread^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ New TT-10 Kompressor Thread
jamesy12345 (Saturday 11th July 2015),MoleT-5R (Sunday 12th July 2015)
Adrian, suppose you could remove the working evap valve and test its resistance and add in a suitably valued resistor to stop the check engine light.
Symptoms - Vibration/noise from rear of car, excessive fuel consumption, abnormal tyre wear, rear drifts when going round corners....
Fault Rectification - remove MIL indicator bulb and increase radio volume
Last edited by Dangerous Dave; Saturday 11th July 2015 at 20:23.
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