Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 20:25:36 -0700
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Volvo reliability , Bah Humbug
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Yah at one point, I was looking for a 9x 240 wagon w/manual + OD. Got
past that desire and got myself a new Honda Accord. Yeesh. Don't get
me started.
The SU's on the 140's were just fine. In spite of all the hooplah I'd
read over tuning them, I picked up a rusty 145 with the OD for a few
hundred from a Yolvo shop. Not sure what they did to it, but I found
the issue with one of the carbs. Totally maladjusted float. Not hard
to setup, though fine tuned the pair weren't.
The other carbs Yolvo installed..... oh what were they....... can't
recall. Anyhow, they were shite. Cold/hot start update not
withstanding. Anyhow.....
Really enjoyed the wagons while I had them.
Stromberg! That's what the bad ones were!
Neil.
On 9/7/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> Ok, my two cents.
> Having worked on volvo's for years.
> 140's - good tough strong car - a bit much from the carburetor era.
> 240 - they just will not die. The OHC B21F inline 4 starts in 1976
> ....There are still countless 240's, mostly wagons, soldering around. Made
> up to 92.....I don't' like them, but many do and they have many 100,00's of
> thousands of miles in them.
>
> 740's - expensive to own once they get older unless you do your own work.
> My personal 740 is an 88 Turbo Sedan - absolutely the best car I've ever
> owned - a factory hot rod with special suspension and brakes to go with the
> turbo - loaded with safety, performance, and luxury features. Bought it for
> a few hundred bucks. Had to rebuilt everything in it from engine, to trans,
> to rear end, all shocks etc. Goes 80 like it's going down hill, steers like
> a fighter plane, and does not blow around in gusts at all. ABS brakes,
> etc......LOVE that car, but you don't seem many of them on the roads anymore
> - due to the expense of getting them repaired professionally when they get
> old. I'm up to 217K miles.
> Reliable as could be, AFTER every thing is up to spec and refurbished as
> needed throughout.
>
> I 'wish' there was more 'volvo' in Vanagons. Very well made cars - volvos.
> Bosch electricals and electronics. Big focus on crashworthiness and over
> all safety.
>
>
> The newer Volvos - fwd 850's and above .....a whole other world, more
> complex, more 'modern' , not even related to traditional front engine, rear
> drive volvo's.
> And I think they 'like money' too much when they are above a hundred K to
> 150K miles.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> neil N
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 6:23 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Volvo reliability , Bah Humbug
>
> The following is "said" with a PhriDaye kinda "bent".
>
> Ok. I'm not trying to start some kind of Swedish War here, ;) (Oh
> yes. I am part Swede) but IMHO, almost any $1600 car bought offa CL,
> is likely going to cost the owner muchos $$ whilst doing a long,
> heated, trip. And.,.....
>
> ..... being a former Volvo 140 series owner, but I'd have to say that
> the Volvo 140 (and liekly the 240 series from what I've heard) had
> solidly built/designed engines. They were also quite comfortable.
> Plus, that wagon-o-mine was a great little hauler. At one time I
> thought I'd "have it made" if I could keep my collection of Life-Gear
> small enough to fit in that green wagon. Cha. Right! And I have truly
> digressed.......
>
> I miss my old 145S wagon. It didn't have the electric OD, but it was a
> good vehicle. I beat that thing silly, running it low on coolant,
> revving it too high etc. and it finally developed a REALLY LOUD
> intermittent "whack" in the engine. It actually ran fine. It just
> whacked a little now and then. (eh..... I'll leave that one alone ;)
>
> Not trying to start a Volvo flame, but I guess I did rekindle an "old
> flame" Volvo memory.
>
> Neil. The PartSwede.
>
>
>
>
> On 9/7/07, Pensioner <al_knoll@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > If one googles "The Frugal Road Trip New York Times" you can learn how to
> > spend gobs of cash herding a decrepit OvLov across the fruited plain. Fun
> > to read. Keep me away from vintage OvLovs. Rather have a Vanagon.
> Wonder
> > if Chris Dixon knows this guy?
> >
> > Vanagons rule most of the time.
> >
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
> "Jaco" (Bustorius)
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
> Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
> musomuso1963@hotmail.com
>
>
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco" (Bustorius)
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
Please send fav Vanagon/Westfalia links to me at:
musomuso1963@hotmail.com
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