Time to raise this thread from the dead.
Have barely driven the car since taking it to the National Rally back in May last year.
In May this year Historic Winton is honouring 50years of the Volvo 164 (amongst other things). They have invited owners of 164s to attend for free to display cars and do a couple of parade laps on Sunday.
This is exactly 1 week after the Supercars are at Winton so I have decided I will head down to Vic for a couple of weeks to attend both.
As such it is a time for the car to get a bit of love, going to clean up a few things, make a couple of modifications (hopefully improvements) and probably go for a couple of minor cosmetic changes.
List of jobs (subject to change)
Replace/upgrade the alternator
Replace/upgrade the headlights
Fix minor p/steering leak and replace p/steering hoses.
Replace all of the cooling system hoses.
Replace the dodgy indicator switch and flasher unit.
Fix the heater controls (vacuum leak or similar causing it to not work properly)
A couple of cosmetic changes to the intake manifold/throttle
Mods to the front seats (I don't like the bases)
Steering wheel change/mod
Gearbox change (add a 5th gear)
Replace the clutch
Overhaul/replace the rear axle/diff bearings
Replace the uni joints/centre bearing
Replace the rear control arm bushes
Modify (slightly) the rear floor to prevent the tailshaft touching
Probably go for a slightly different look with new wheels and tyres.
cosmetic upgrades to the tail lights and front indicator lenses.
The aim is to have this all done in time to drive down to Benalla on approx 15th May. Giving me 14 weeks.
