Time for an update.
I went to reverse my car out of the carport and had some real trouble... 2 problems were causing this.
1. front brakes grabbing.
2. reverse slipping.
1. Easy enough to fix and involved simply rekitting the front calipers, 2 cylinders on each caliper were near seized. I decided to overhaul the master cylinder and rear calipers at the same time. Don't think it was necessary but at least I know all is new now.
2. BW35 had to go. I dug around in my pile of parts and found almost everything required for a M400 conversion. The few parts i was missing were able to be tracked down with the help of a few ozvolvo members.
While everything was apart i decided to strip the engine down for a quick cleanup and check over, I knew the engine was in pretty good shape as it had done fewer than 10,000 miles since it was rebuilt but I wanted to change the camshaft, so figured a full set of rings and bearings would be a minor additional task.
I also replaced the ball joints, tie rod ends and centre bearing.
A couple of days later and it is all back together, runs a treat and i am very happy with the M400 conversion. I am really loving the new camshaft, couldn't be happier with the way it goes and the idle sounds excellent.
I now intend tracking down a suitable LSD and am considering changing wheels. but I'm not sure, I really don't want to loose the clean look it has with the stockish steelies.
Manual conversion thread
http://ozvolvo.org/discussion/140/robs-164-manual-conversion-amongst-other-things/p1
