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Today I did something to my car (volume 2)
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You know those jobs that are big enough to annoy you, but small enough to be put on the long finger?
I tackled one today, small fry by comparison to some stuff on here but its one less thing wrong with the car :P
As long as I have it, the passenger door check strap has been broken. Not a problem on your own, add a passenger and queue the cringes as the door flies open fully, more often than not into a wall
The problem.
Got a replacement from the UK Volvo forum for peanuts.
Speaker grill off, speaker out, check strap out and replaced < 10 minutes.
A superficial injury that a stray 2liter bottle of coke caused to the old speaker grill on the way home with a take-away. Secure your loads guys!
Also solved by the goodness of a Volvo forum member breaking a car.
Finished!:)
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Killinator wrote: »Interested to know how that turned out.
turned out perfect for one piece, the other was too marked so i peeled it back off and ill sand it down a bit tomorrow
Hard to get good pics of the carbon cube but after 11 years you can imagine it was pretty marked
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Ardennes1944 wrote: »turned out perfect for one piece, the other was too marked so i peeled it back off and ill sand it down a bit tomorrow
Hard to get good pics of the carbon cube but after 11 years you can imagine it was pretty marked
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Looks well in fairness!0 -
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Moving onto yesterdays activity....
New parts
Bench has to come out and drain the remaining fuel
While I had it up I decided to paint the drums
6 bolts hold it up, one rang on me. Drilled it out with a 90 degree attachment piece and tapped it
Old ring
Sender was dirty again
After fighting with the new ring for ages I ended up pikeying the old one back on and using a big jubilee clip. The ring is about 2mm smaller in diameter than where it sits on the tank. French logic!!!
ARB bush change was a must
Easy to see why!
Decided to sort out that leak in the downpipe. Hacked a lump out of it and put in an M6 countersunk bolt. Sorted
Welding an extra hanger
And that was job done. However look at the state of me bumper :mad:
Oh and I need spacers people....
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You know it the right thing to do.
Lets see how I got on.....
From the other thread, I had the option of black or silver. Went for a galvanised lump of steel from a door and another boardsie car sneaking in....
Hmm can't have that....
Bate out the shape and cut to suit
Shaped crudely
Drilling one handed because I can....
Then I realised I can't have this lovely shiney piece going on with a filthy tailpipe.... So I robbed a coat stand and used a lump from it
Test fitting....
Welded and extra hanger
All that's left is to rivet it...
Finished!
Still getting used to looking at it..... But a cheap solution to another bumper!0 -
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