Anjo's new daily, '91 340CVT

[volvodspec]

for the benefit of my 343,

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... &t=8815url

wich i really shouldn't drive through the salt this winter i bought another one!! the 343 is starting to get light rust just about everywhere, and as you all know driving a '80 343 through the salt is just asking for a flinstone-vehicle... soo... the decision was made to find a winter storage for it and get something else back instead. the 343 will get a full body restauration, starting possibly in 2012 but 2013 is ok for me aswell at the same time it will also get a 2.3 8v Turbo or possibly even TwinTurbo conversion, nice chance to do some mod's to the engine bay and get it all painted and perfect me thinks!!!

enough of the 343, the new daily; bought quite cheap with to me quite a list of defects... got it here this friday, allways stayed in the family of previous owners and has 150.000km experience. it has a bit of cosmetic rust, nothing serious.




it has some bodywork damage to the rh side from a bicycle accident earlier in its life, damaged wing and front door


engine


dealer maintenance, you can tell (3 different fitments on the airfilterhousing hahaha)


and this is how it ran when i first got it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XASVwdGGCM

so, yesterday afternoon i started with stripping it down


finding various defects, and sorted everything out straight away


even wrong gaskets, these should have 2 round holes


as with oval holes, there's a new channel for every gasket thickness that disrupts the mixture


rebuild the carb with all new gaskets, and setted everything factory spec. upgraded the airfiltermounts to M6


coming back together..


so after a few hours i had done
- adjusted valve clearance
- changed various gaskets (valvecover, manifold, carb etc)
- sorted out vacuum hoses
- checked/rebuild carb
- checked/replaced ignition parts
- checked the whole CVT control EMV and Tachometric relay units
- replaced declutch servo due to vacuum leak
- mounted a radio
and a lot of little other bits n bobs

and after a little bit of mixture setting this is how it runs for now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vd8Z95nwbc

bit better but not perfect yet... soon i'll replace the downpipe gasket and set the mixture again till it runs ultrasmooth; as it should.

today i tackled the rest of the CVT, adjusted the clutch (and that was nessasary!!)
from 2,6mm shimmed to 0,5mm shimmed and now an airgap of 0,3mm. i wish the dealer would've checked this too as the clutch wouldn't be allmost dead by now.


the dealer obviously knew something about CVT's as the secundary airgap has been regulary checked and adjusted


belts and gearbox look fine for quite some miles more to come, just sweating a little bit of oil that's all


i've also lubricated all hinges, locks, window mechanisms etc...

all i still have to do is replace all fluids, check the brakes and lube them where nescasary and it's ready to go...

[MCHUDD]

Hi Anjo.
A nice one to add to your fleet of cars.
At least you know what you are doing and don't have
to pay someone to fix it
Cheers Mark.

[mat_91]

just lately ive felt like i wanted a 340 1.4 cvt as a cheap easy daily and then you pop up with this haha
looks sweet as well

[Hell Driver]

for the benefit of my 343, wich i really shouldn't drive through the salt this winter i bought another one!! the 343 is starting to get light rust just about everywhere, and as you all know driving a '80 343 through the salt is just asking for a flinstone-vehicle

Maybe a flintstone vehicle wouldn't be too bad.....save on fuel!

The paint on the early cars just really wasn't up to the job was it that's definitely a smart move!

[volvosneverdie]

It has 69 in the plate.

Winner!


Youre building up quite a collection dude. Are you really going to leave this one pretty much standard? I think not.

[volvodspec]

cheers guys!

the plan is to keep this one quite standard, i do have a complete 120bhp 1.4T conversion kit wich only needs exhaust related parts lying around so who knows...
am thinking about some mods, maybe after the winter. first on with the 340Turbo;)

[trabitom99]

Nice work Anjo!

Tom

[volvodspec]

so MOT was coming up for the end of this month, on the jack i found a nice hole in the lh rear sill


that and a little play in the suspension, swapping a lower ball joint and fixing a leaking exhaust would have been enough for a fresh MOT i thought... with the car properly raised there were a lot of worrying areas that turned out to be holes after a poke.. from the wheel wells you could get your hand in to the winscreen wiper motor, and in the other well you could swap a fuse or tickle the passengers feet.. usual stuff as the front valance had 2feet of rust, lh rear sill, near the fuel tank etc.. it just wasn't funny anymore!!!

so.. there was a 360 sitting there, also with work. but a whole lot less as this 340. spended the rest of the day welding a few spots on both sills, valance and floor and now all that is done and coated, technically it's in ok condition so next week it will get a MOT and i'll trade it in for this 340