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Fred's 1994 Volvo 940 Wagon
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Fred
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Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:31 pm Posts: 15376 Location: Home sweet home!
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Daily driving it this week, today I parked badly (half way in two spots, no markings, but...) and came back to find this: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 0186285056
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:29 pm |
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Fred
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Cleaned the rare polaris wheels on this tonight while I had the hose and wheel cleaner out: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 1954898945After, before, after:   
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Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:01 am |
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Fred
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Took this for a gentle spin last night to pick up my spare Suzuki keys from a friend. I actually enjoyed driving it in a cruisy comfy kinda way.
Lower + up torque + fix front doors + respray + wheel restoration = win?
It's certainly at the bottom of the mod list, however it also has a squirter block in it that I'd like to use for another car. Which would require swapping something into this first.
And the lawn got mowed/weed whacked next to it, so the whole left side needs a clean.
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Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:00 pm |
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Fred
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Minor upgrade today, leaking oil filler cap removed, cleaned up, and seal replaced with a nice new IPD Viton one: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 3081589760https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 0667197440   No before shot of the leak mess, sorry.
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Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:02 am |
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Fred
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Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:59 pm |
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Fred
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Cleaned the hoses and chucked it back together, doesn't over-cool now, however I think the 87 tstat is too low for the fan settings as the movement on the gauge is wider than I'd hope for from motorway cruising (lowest, about 1/4-1/3 from end to end) and idle fan on point (about half way). Relevant tweets from today: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 5567607808https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 4039863296https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 5991436288https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 2105569280https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 6402679808     Reduced the idle back to a sane-ish 1k no load, 750ish in drive/reverse. Will be ultra low cold now, so next fix will be the idle valve that clearly isn't happy. See previous post for more stuff to do...
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Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:27 am |
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Fred
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I took this thing for a very quiet sedate lap around the block to do a chore on another car, and bugger me, just up to 30kph up the road when splutter die. She died. Parked where I don't really want to for the night, will have to diagnose which of the common faults this failure is. Sigh.
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Tue Dec 19, 2017 11:04 am |
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Fred
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Guessed that this was the crank VR sensor, took one down to the car a few days later, wiggled the wires, and it fired right up (didn't try before the wiggles, so....). Tried to kill it with more wiggles and failed. Hmmmm. Yesterday arvo, tried to start it, splutter splutter, crank crank, nothing much. Hmmmm. Tried wiggling the wire again, burst into life. Tried wiggling it a final time, killed it. Yay. Know what it was. So changed it out for a spare and it starts sweetly and is fine. Tweet tweet, pic pic: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 3062506496 Also filled the 70 litre tank up with fuel last night, pushing the limits of engineering once again: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 4960391168   Gave it a good thrash this morning and am looking forward to better economy on this tank! Also planning to tow the caravan with it in a few weeks, should be a laugh :-)
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Mon Jan 15, 2018 4:22 am |
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Fred
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Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:31 pm Posts: 15376 Location: Home sweet home!
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Finally got around to sorting out the right rear flat tyre. Got a couple of photos of the inside of it... https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 6096976898  No idea why it rubbed like that in one spot only. Quite odd. Didn't drive far on it like that, if at all, and if I had, the whole inside would be rubbed up and scuffed. Weird. Replacement: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 7635459072 
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Wed May 16, 2018 8:32 am |
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Fred
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Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:31 pm Posts: 15376 Location: Home sweet home!
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Oil changed/upgraded: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2693&p=44381#p44381 Also gave it a new magnetic drain plug and, of course, a fresh filter :-) Washed down the block beforehand and had a look after a test drive, we have a head gasket oil leak: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 9886746624Photos are near identical, but subtly different, so you get two, sorry.   Fingers crossed it lasts until I can 3.0 whiteblock swap it and take the squirter block for another vehicle...
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