Ok, I really have to stop buying cars as solution for the breakdowns or work I don't want to do on my daily driver. During the testdrive after installing a criuse control in my '90 volvo 740 the fuelpump desided that it didn't like diesel and started leaking it.
As having it repaired would be pretty expensive, I bought a temporary car while fixing it myself.
I found this car at a local ebay lookalike site. It needed a bit of work,
at least it was drivable... when you don't mind burning inside the car as the
heater has only 1 setting, hot. At this moment we've fixed almost all problem
and cleaned the windows from the inside, but there are a few problems left:
- The ACC only heats the car, and it very good at it. (to bad it's summer)
- The airco has a leak.
It has bin refilled, but it worked for only 2 dayw - It needs a good cleaning.
It has bin cleaned once... but that's not enough. - The steeringrods are shot and need to be replaced.
After havenig driven it to day I've decided to keep this one as a daily driver for the road trips to work. The 740 will be used as a spare or as the car for my normal trips.
ToDo
To keep track of the work that has to be done on the cars, I've added a small list of repairs that still have to be done. The dots are colorcoded.
- Fix cold-start unit
- New rear shockabsorbers (nivomats)
- Replace rear window (cracked)
- Locate & fix airco leak
- Correct cam & dieselpump timing
- Fit headlightwipers
- Fit front foglights
- Repaint panel of electric roof
- Add cruisecontrol
The headlightwipers and the foglights are marked as a fix, as they are standard, but missing.
I've added a nice app to calculate all costs made for this car. Just folow
the link.
If you want to take a look at all the pictures I've got online, take a look
here, just click on the image to view the
fullsize image.
Last update: 26 September 2005
© 2005 Jan Huijsmans