The Turk
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Post 766723 by c70geoff on 2015-04-01 13:51:47
Easy now no airing personal grievances on my thread thankyou please
Post 766902 by Biff on 2015-04-01 21:20:01
Looks a good project Geoff!
What's the plans?
Seems the trend to have multiple volvos, I've not given up on my mrs getting one yet.
I think if Martin is given cars then fair play to him, I've only been given one car & to be honest it was a lot worse than either of his.
I don't see why the ribbing tbh Steve, that's one of the reasons Martin avoids this place now.
Pick on frankie, he bites back. ;)
Post 766904 by Biff on 2015-04-01 21:20:47
Why the Turk Geoff?
Post 766988 by c70geoff on 2015-04-01 23:06:47
plans are to put back to as orig and clean as pos mate and shes the turk on a count of the colour being turquoise
Post 766998 by Biff on 2015-04-01 23:12:19
Duh! I thought might of been a good reason, didn't even think colour. Lol
Post 767000 by Dangerous Dave on 2015-04-01 23:13:55
Nice, loving the white front wheel....
You going to mod it? or restore to standard?
Post 767005 by AcidicDavey on 2015-04-01 23:16:42
The thread name brought me in, I thought the last owner was from Istanbul or something until I saw the colour :P
Looks a good project Geoff.
Post 767006 by c70geoff on 2015-04-01 23:17:24
restore mate
Post 767029 by Hound on 2015-04-01 23:44:39
I was looking at the number plate and thinking "but Kabul is in Afghanistan, not Turkey!"
Post 767058 by Biff on 2015-04-02 07:22:36
Kabul is in Iraq isn't it? ;)
Post 767061 by MoleT-5R on 2015-04-02 07:46:58
[QUOTE=Biff;767058]Kabul is in Iraq isn't it? ;)[/QUOTE]
[COLOR=#333333]Afghanistan according to google, unless someone moved it.......lol
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Post 767063 by jamesy12345 on 2015-04-02 07:53:51
[QUOTE=MoleT-5R;767061][COLOR=#333333]Afghanistan according to google, unless someone moved it.......lol
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Yeah but you can fly there with Turkish Airlines...
I didn't think of the colour either :) like it
Post 767433 by c70geoff on 2015-04-03 12:40:21
Well the selection of history that comes with ain't to shabby either it even included the original purchase order and sales receipt
Post 767558 by Doingitsideways on 2015-04-03 21:04:45
Looks alright that, Geoff :)
Same colour as my first 850. Still the car I regret selling the most, even after... Ooh...must be 10 years! :(
Post 767567 by c70geoff on 2015-04-03 22:26:11
Gonna get this one back up to scratch and see how much she grows on me
Post 767569 by Orca2 on 2015-04-03 22:29:56
Dont let Gatos see this hes Greek, I think they have a problem with Turks. Lol
Post 767571 by S40kieran on 2015-04-03 22:55:37
That's the question orca who makes the best kebabs Greeks or Turks lol
Post 767579 by c70geoff on 2015-04-03 23:44:07
Volvo make the best
Post 767601 by stribo on 2015-04-04 07:09:33
So, are you keeping all 3 cars now?
Post 767608 by c70geoff on 2015-04-04 08:44:39
I'm not sure cause I may have bought a forth:biggrin:
Post 767625 by jdavis on 2015-04-04 11:01:49
is it a 2.5 or a t5? sales invoice says 2500? also shows codes for keys which you may want to blank
Post 767671 by c70geoff on 2015-04-04 14:23:25
It's a t5 matey as for codes I'm not overly worried it's parked up now with wheels off and no battery
Post 767963 by Jamest5r on 2015-04-06 18:35:20
You need a green expansion tank cap them grey one's will fail :)
Post 767985 by c70geoff on 2015-04-06 21:41:16
Already ordered fella lol
Post 770686 by c70geoff on 2015-04-29 13:34:27
well that green cap didnt work
for some reason it started to boil over with the green cap on
put old one on and runs fine
any ideas troops?
Post 770745 by Hound on 2015-04-29 21:36:10
Maybe your coolant is colour-blind?
Post 770768 by stribo on 2015-04-29 22:03:37
They may have different pressure ratings. I'm not sure about this green cap thing anyway, as my C70 has one, and it's split, but, it's been on the car since I've owned it, and never given problems, maybe it's letting the excess pressure out that a black cap would normally.
Post 770827 by c70geoff on 2015-04-30 08:33:39
Gone back to old cap for now
Post 770847 by Hound on 2015-04-30 10:41:54
Found this, although not all that helpful I'm afraid:
Volvo coolant expansion tank caps
•grey = 1.50 bar - 22 psi (superceded by the green cap)
•green = 1.50 bar - 22 psi
•white = 1.00 bar - 15 psi (uncommon)
•black = .75 bar - 11 psi (for 140/240s)
So from that it seems that the grey and green caps handle the same pressure, but I don't know what other difference there may be.
Post 775094 by c70geoff on 2015-06-05 17:10:12
Only joking that looks better
Post 776844 by c70geoff on 2015-06-26 12:22:59
one 855 t5 as above soon to be FOR SALE
Post 776848 by kmb on 2015-06-26 13:16:42
GLWTS, looks a nice example.
PS - If you decide to sell it off for parts I'll have the front seats (assuming they're as good as they look in the pics) ;)
Post 776849 by c70geoff on 2015-06-26 13:22:46
too nice to break mate and not enough room
Post 778755 by M-R-P on 2015-07-21 18:50:24
Very nice dude, she's come on well from when I drove her.
Post 778782 by c70geoff on 2015-07-21 21:31:31
Cheers dude
Post 782130 by c70geoff on 2015-08-17 13:35:50
not long now and she be finished and up for sale
Post 806878 by c70geoff on 2016-11-03 22:25:15
Well after the ginge died the Turk is my daily and gotta be said I love it
Now to find an m56 gearbox and pedals and manual conversion on her
Post 806881 by MoleT-5R on 2016-11-03 23:29:13
[QUOTE=c70geoff;806878]Well after the ginge died the Turk is my daily and gotta be said I love it
Now to find an m56 gearbox and pedals and manual conversion on her[/QUOTE]
good to here you still have her, 850's are the best, they just have something the others lack.
Post 806901 by stribo on 2016-11-04 17:38:10
[QUOTE=MoleT-5R;806881]good to here you still have her, 850's are the best, they just have something the others lack.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, about 2 tonne of pig iron. :P
Post 806997 by c70geoff on 2016-11-08 22:40:03
Well she kinda back on road
Loaded the little stinker up and got her home
Gave her a quick wash and clean and she is starting to look ok
She does need a lot of work but a vac and polish and a few bits and bobs and I'll be a happy 855 T5 owner
She is still full of dog hair and smell but with a little time and effort I think I got a basis of a tidy project
Much thanks must go to Martin (MRP) for going to check her out and then not running away with it before I got there lol
