DCW242Thanks. I fitted a transmission cooler a few days ago.
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What for? The 30-40 has active cooling management and hardly even gets warm.... just make sure to flush it with full syn fluid
DCW’s 960 wagon
Philia_Bearhttps://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/186372#Comment_186372
What for? The 30-40 has active cooling management and hardly even gets warm.... just make sure to flush it with full syn fluid
Mostly for towing, also so I can fit a custom radiator without built in cooler.
Thanks to @Ghettobird and @priacrow I now have a tow bar, I cleaned it up today and fitted it with a new tow ball.
The colour really suits the 960, once cleaned up it will be a great looking car to cruise around it (as it is, it looks pretty good already!)
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I got this cargo cover from the UK today, luckily I already had a fitting kit.
You going to leave the stereo stock or upgrade it to something modern?
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Philia_BearYou going to leave the stereo stock or upgrade it to something modern?
I'm going to fit the genuine amp, I have one from a P80. I'll also fit a Bluetooth module that plugs into the CD stacker connection.
The Autodoc order with front shocks, mirror glass and transmission mount finally showed up after 5 weeks. I now have all the parts to do the front suspension. But the package was fairly damaged and one of the mirror lenses got broken. I was able to fix the passenger mirror though.
Wow that's a serious packaging and/or handling fail!
carnut222Wow that's a serious packaging and/or handling fail!
Agreed. But the intact bits look very nice.
Needs more lowers and Bilstein HD and Deep dish 17's
I did the shocks, strut tops and control arm bushes today.
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I replaced the front sway bar end links today, hopefully this fixes the knock in the front. sway bar bushes are next, I've ordered superpro poly ones but they haven't showed up yet.
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The superpro front sway bar bushes finally showed up, I fitted them today.
Slightly less worn....
How much better is the suspension now?
The knock is gone now which is nice, it use to knock heaps, even on a smooth road. Handling seems to have improved slightly.
I noticed last night that the heater tap was starting to leak, they're made of plastic and I was worried it wouldn't last much longer. I got a VZ commodore one at Bursons today which is the same thing. The bracket needs to be swapped to the new one but they are easy to replace.
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I'll have to ask for some advice from you and @asiandriver since I've joined The 960 Wagon Club.
Not as tidy as yours (yet! lol) but we're working on that...
235K km, 189 White with beige leather, YM96 (T) but June 95 build, with sunroof and now getting the love she needs. She's missing her front spoiler lip at present but @iceton1975 scored me a new one, which will get fitted when the bumper paint and some other bodywork sins of the PO are redeemed.
She goes goes hard and quietly, but she doesn't like being pressed in right-hand corners - there's a lot of vibration in the steering wheel that feels like I'm driving over potholes when the road surface is pretty good.
Were you having similar symptoms with your blue wagon before you did the shocks and bushes refresh?
How do the new Monroes in the front make your car feel? Does it feel less boaty now?
Also, what are your recommendations for replacement rear shocks? What are the common wear points bushes in IRS2?
Nice, good to see it will be fixed up. Mine is a June 95 built MY96 as well.
I didn't have many cornering problems with mine, it was just noisy and a bit loose, I fitted 740 front springs when I changed all the other front suspension parts, it lowered it but only by ~10mm, it handles a lot better after all that.
I haven't changed the rear shocks in mine, it's a non nivo car though. The bushes that connect the upper control arms to the back of the subframe often wear, I have the part number somewhere.