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I'll be selling my wagon this year, tossing up whether to do it now or later. I'm in no rush as it's still my daily.
Initial asking price is $3000

It's a factory manual 1985 with around 320,000 kms. Rego till July.

Last year I jagged a trailer of parts, the whole car except shell, gearbox and motor. It was all off a early nineties GLE (apparently anniversary edition) that had only done 40 000kms, this is clear by the state of the parts.
In the past year I've swapped it all onto my wagon including but not limited to:
  • doors including interior trim ie; power windows, front and rear speakers etc
  • all interior including carpet, leather seats, smaller steering wheel etc
  • front end including: new ps rack, all bushing/joints, control arms, struts and towers
  • all springs and shocks, I cut the springs though, still have some originals if you want to put it back to standard height
Other work i've done is just getting it back to Stage 0:
  • K cam
  • New pads, callipers and vented discs
  • in-tank fuel pump
  • all gaskets + seals
  • plugs + leads
  • injectors
  • k&n filter
  • all new fluids
  • fuel filter
  • oil filter
  • new battery
  • new windscreen
My favourite bits are the wind deflectors, roof racks, white walls, fender mirror and that 85 grill mmmmm

It starts first go every time although it can take a couple seconds and some gas.
If i was keeping it I would eventually tackle the rear end and bushings but not urgent. Has a rust spot under one of the A pillars C pillars so i would patch these up and re-spray it.

Reason for selling is i'm moving to the states nek year

I'll chuck up some more photos tonight.



Cheers

Oh and i'm in Sydney
It's a pretty cool wagon, I've seen it in person a few times. Sad to hear you're leaving!
jamesinc;102912 wroteIt's a pretty cool wagon, I've seen it in person a few times. Sad to hear you're leaving!
Cheers mate, i'll be back. Next project will be a biofuel converted diesel v8 245
Biodiesel was great if you like destroying injector pumps... Glws.
Damn! them some sweet white walls!
a month later
Rust has been patched, now for the paint.
@jamesinc how do I move this thread to rwd? I feel I may be here to stay..
@Cal got any photos of the rust work?
jamesinc;106942 wrote@Cal got any photos of the rust work?
Look i'm not that proud of my work at this stage (i went a little ham with the bog) but i'll take some photos over the weekend and let the h8rs h8
3 months later
A photo from the side showing its new shoes. They are the 16" steelies off a ford focus, i'm adding 25mm spacers all round and will white wall the tyres once i get an alignment done. I'll be sure to photograph the whitewalling process.
You can see my cars paints 3 shades atm, i pulled off the rubber strips at the base of the doors and bogged up the holes and sprayed over it. Was thinking of doing the same with the chrome trim running down the sides.
Also patched up the rust on A pillar and under rear window.
I've been deliberating for months now on what colour to paint the car or if to paint it at all. I don't mind the ghetto look it's currently running and don't want a shiny car i'm going to be precious about.


2 months later
White walled and spaced



Nice. Have you considered painting the whole car matte black? Not enough people are painting their Volvos black.
jamesinc;119398 wroteNice. Have you considered painting the whole car matte black? Not enough people are painting their Volvos black.
I consider this every damn day. Reason i haven't done it is because my air con still doesn't work and those wind deflectors are fucked in summer but obvz can't remove them because steeze.
I'm opening James's budget A/C service sometime soon. Targeting $50 regas
I'll run the gauntlet as your first customer. If the heater works does that mean it just needs a regas and the compressor is sweet?
Nope, heater is a totally separate system (well, other than the fan). The compressor is probably functional, the more likely problem is that your system has a leak. For about $30 an A/C shop can put nitrogen in your system and measure the pressure over 24h to see if it leaks/how badly it leaks.

If your system has been degassed for a long time or has not been converted from R12 to R134a, there'd be a couple of additional costs. You'd need to buy R134a line adapters. You'll also want to replace the dryer (I have some in stock for about $20). I'm going to be using a product called HyChill Minus 30, which should be compatible with the R12 oil in your system.

Anyway I'll let you know. I still need to buy the venturi adaptor for the compressor, the line kit and a large HyChill bottle.
Amazing, thanks for that break down @jamesinc .

On another note, on the weekend i finally fried my clutch doing skids, it still drives but grabs very late (last inch or so). I've been waiting for this to happen for some time as an excuse to pull her off the road and make moves on the motor and drivetrain. $$ going towards the following, any resources would be much appreciated.

- I'm going to take a leaf out of head honchos brapwagon thread and order a Stage 3 clutch
- Resurfaced flywheel while i'm at it.
- The m46 seems fine to me, rarely crunches so not sure whether to touch it or not. Rebuild kits are fairly exy
- Diff...welded for now, locker down the track if i can't live with welded.
- Mmmmotor. Do i do a swap for a b230ft, do i rebuild the b230e and go 16v conversion and keep the k-jet or go 531 and turblow. Whatever i do i will likely be taking it to someone with the means and know how as the side of the road in Bronte is a bit red hot (any takers?)
- Stiffen the thing up: new springs, shocks, bushes, braces etc....

Evidently I have a lot of research to do... Budgeting around 3k FYI
NA 16v build might be interesting. If you can get a 740/940 turbo donor car for a good price, a turbo conversion would be easy. I found doing it in a 240, it's the little things that get you. Radiator fan, IC supports, etc, most of which you'll have with a donor car, but if you buy a turbo and a manifold and think you're half way there, you are not.

If you go turbo remember to put ~$1200 aside for a decent full downpipe and exhaust.
Jesus, $1200 for an exhaust!?

I wouldn't go with the stage 3 clutch for a turbo build, I offer a 240mm flat flywheel conversion for a t5 disc, and a 235mm m46 clutch fits and will cost about $700 with the lighter flywheel over the dished one.
Vee_Que;119414 wroteJesus, $1200 for an exhaust!?

I wouldn't go with the stage 3 clutch for a turbo build, I offer a 240mm flat flywheel conversion for a t5 disc, and a 235mm m46 clutch fits and will cost about $700 with the lighter flywheel over the dished one.
A good turbo back with supports and high flow cat, yeah
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