Expensive Volvo 340 Day

[leeds_182]

Just needs a fuckin hoooooge turbo blowing through 2 hif 44 carbs from a metro turbo

I'm moving house now. May have to shelve my Volvo expenditure for around the next......25 years!!

 

[leeds_182]

So, my carbs have been shaking themselves loose over the last week or so leading to a couple of breakdowns.

@craigyt came to the rescue again with a little bit of custom bracket work and they're now spot on.

 

[leeds_182]

Gave her a wax today.

 

[leeds_182]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201868176264

 

[imprezaworks]

Glwts

 

[RMDavis]

Are you secretly filming you're own version of 'Wheeler Dealers' !? [emoji23]

GLWTS

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[S-JM]

That's a shame mate - all that hard work fixing it up over winter to sell for a daily diesel! Would have loved to see this at a couple of meets/shows - hope you make some sort of profit...?

 

[leeds_182]

That's a shame mate - all that hard work fixing it up over winter to sell for a daily diesel! Would have loved to see this at a couple of meets/shows - hope you make some sort of profit...?

No chance! Even if I get the 2k I'll be on my arse! Still, I'm not in it for the money

 

[leeds_182]

Are you secretly filming you're own version of 'Wheeler Dealers' !? [emoji23]

GLWTS

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Yeah, on this weeks episode, Jim loses £940 in three months.....

 

[BigDaveRotary]

I saw this on ebay last night. So much want!

 

[McGherkin]

Pics of this are being shared around errywhere.

 

[leeds_182]

Pics of this are being shared around errywhere.

Famous.

 

[leeds_182]

After much time wasting on eBay I have decided to keep the car and throw a few hundred at it for the show season.

That will be a new exhaust, welding on the rusty bits and then paint.

Welding starts a week on Friday!

 

[S-JM]

Whats wrong with the scaffolding pipe!?

Glad you're keeping it fella I think its ace :up:

 

[leeds_182]

Whats wrong with the scaffolding pipe!?

Glad you're keeping it fella I think its ace :up:

It fell off and now there's a hole in it.

I'll still be keeping the scaffolding pipe style.

 

[leeds_182]

9 hours on the Volvo yesterday with @craigyt!

First on the agenda was to sort the exhaust out which has had a rough time over the last few weeks.

Weld life.

Also, when we did the conversion we found out that the previous owner had just put a bolt in the dip stick which wasn't ideal. Unfortunately it was a sump off job to sort this.

So now the sump is back on with fresh oil and filter and can now check the level!

Picture from the end of the day. The car is booked in for the rust on the door, arch and boot sorting on Friday so we'll see how that looks. I'll then be booking in at the body shop for paint and the car park dents sorting.

 

[Coops Mk1]

still loving this!

 

[leeds_182]

The 340 went in for some rust repairs on Friday. Had a hole in the rear arch and also a hole in the top of the drivers door.

Also the rear panel above the number plate was pretty screwed.

No pictures of the rear after the repairs but got some of the door and the rear wing. Really happy with the repair that's been done and just need to sort out getting the bits painted now.

 

[leeds_182]

Parked with the 940 at elsecar at the races.

 

[leeds_182]

Picture i got sent of my 340 today.

 

[imprezaworks]

Mad max ish

 

[leeds_182]

Pic from tonight. Struggling to get enough fuel so new pump ordered.

 

[leeds_182]

But if pikey underselling today.

 

[Coops Mk1]

your selling it cheaper than a competitor?!

 

[cs_dave]

Cool as didnt notice it was up for sale or i would of..... saying that the mrs said i would be sleeping in the thing lol

 

[leeds_182]

5 months ownership of this now.

 

[imprezaworks]

Preferred it before

 

[leeds_182]

Preferred it before

I just got that on one of the Facebook groups!

 

[leeds_182]

New fuel pump tonight and exhaust re welded into a new position.

 

[McGherkin]

The jubilee onto that hose looks Like it's not secured very well.
Have you double checked it? It is carrying fuel after all.

 

[craigyt]

The jubilee onto that hose looks pikey as f**k!

Why does it?

 

[McGherkin]

From here it looks like it's hanging off the end of the hose. There's no hose (as far as I can see) on the other side of it, so nothing really to stop it sliding off the end and releasing the fuel hose.

 

[McGherkin]

Apologies for any offence caused with the previous, not intended :up:

 

[leeds_182]

Apologies for any offence caused with the previous, not intended :up:

You've upset him now.

 

[craigyt]

The lead on the end of the silver filter is very long, the hose is on as far as it was on the old pump. Its on correctly it just looks wrong because of the lack of length cos the hose is a little too hard from the fuel

 

[craigyt]

No offence though, was just curious as to what you could see

 

[leeds_182]

The lead on the end of the silver filter is very long, the hose is on as far as it was on the old pump. Its on correctly it just looks wrong because of the lack of length cos the hose is a little too hard from the fuel

Lack of length when hard is a bad combination.

 

[McGherkin]

The lead on the end of the silver filter is very long, the hose is on as far as it was on the old pump. Its on correctly it just looks wrong because of the lack of length cos the hose is a little too hard from the fuel

I get that the pipe is quite long, but there's rubber on only one side of the jubilee clip, no?

Way I was taught was that there should be hose either side of the jubilee, because to slide off it would have to squeeze the end of the hose before it could slide over it.

 

[craigyt]

There is hose either side, what you can see is the excess jubilee hiding the hose. Zoom in and you will see it

 

[Coops Mk1]

defo looks better after, looked s**t standard imo!