new car YAY!!!!

[Water Boy]

Where abouts in Melbourne are you mate?

Im just near Ringwood and thinking of building up a 360.

[ty360volvo]

hey mate always good to hear of a another 360:) yeah i am in camberwell, so not too far,

what kind of plan do you have? (daily driver, drifter, etc)

also i have found a good place for parts near by, in mitchem,
http://www.berrymotorgroup.com.au/
they have lots of bits and peaces also some times full cars its actually where i got my car from

and pricing is pretty ok, as long as you strip and find the parts your self. also they have some brand new parts.

let me know if you would like a hand with any thing,

[Water Boy]

Thinking bogan drift car to drift with my mates!

[ty360volvo]

ok so i got my steering rack boots done, i really need to get the car road worthy
things left that i know of are

windscreen
heater
horn
one driving light
one reverse light
one number plate light
rear demister wire has been shut in boot so ill re solder that and heat shrink.
front right 1/4 panel needs bending back to original shape,

and i think that's it then road worthy rego insurance:) then can finely drive it:) again:)


also managed to get my next door neighbors golf gti witch he got this week

also any one ever had to fix a horn ? the contacts seem fine and the horn makes noise if you attach it direct to power, any ideas?

[Speedy88]

Is your horn a weak sound? It might well be a problem with your horn ring?

[ty360volvo]

When I connect it straight to power its very load and clear.

[Speedy88]

So what's the problem with your horn? I think I missed that bit.

[ty360volvo]

well it does not work when i push the horn buttons.... and there's no obvious reason does any one know if there is a relay ? (not shore if thats the word i am looking for but its late)

[Speedy88]

Ok take your steering wheel off and get a multimeter on the 2 horn rings and see if you can get a circuit going through the steering wheel. If that's all good, check the horn ring is making contact with the sprung peices of copper located just above the steering collumn (you'll see these if you take your steering wheel off).

[ty360volvo]

so got permit and new windscreen the permit is only to drive to get roadworthy stuff done.
but now i cant make the window trim fit back in and stupidly did not get the guy at the windscreen place to do it for me so dose any one have any pointers i all ready swore at it and that did not help:(

[ty360volvo]

OK so got a new permit took the car for inspection at a mates dads garage, so the list was pretty good so a big sigh of happiness when it was all easy stuff

the things picked up on where the rear left drum would not come off. witch was not to bad i fixed it i had to replace the same spring as last time the one that goes across the top to retract the shoes, as far as i can tell the auto adjuster had adjusted before i put the drum back on and then had become to tight and the spring was a second hand one that must have been damaged so snapped, hopefully all good now.
next was rear right indercater lense had a crack so got a new one
and pretty much no lights at the back where working that is a bit harder for me to fix
so at the moment i have all indercaters working and both rear driving lights and the number plate lights working and one brake light.
the head lights need aiming. and the revers lights dont work and i only have one driving light at the front and none of the lights look like an easy fix:( all globes seem fine and every thing is plugged in and fuses are all OK. so not shore whats going on there.

dose any one know where the senser is for the reverse lights?


wiper blades and clutch and brake pedal rubbers, needed replacing, so i got blades easy and fit them the pedals i just ordered from Volvo and they have to come from another state so will take a day or 2. and they only cost $6.10 AU each yay!! was a little worried about the cost and availability of those. the guy at volvo giggled about the price he said its not often he gets to quote that price to a Volvo owner!

any way all looking good as long as i can fix the lights. then back in for final inspection.

[K3FSAR]

dose any one know where the senser is for the reverse lights?

Should be at the top of the brake pedal arm.

[ty360volvo]

for reverse lights really would it not be near the gear box?

[K3FSAR]

Sorry, my dazed and overworked state I read that as brake lights.

Switch is in the tunnel below the gear lever. Should be easy to get at.

[pettaw]

Rear lights will be earthing faults in the clusters. Search on here for solutions on how to clean them up and get them all working again. 90% likely not to be the switch in the gear lever, unless its so far out of adjustment or sloppy that the switch isn't being activated. Its easy to check anyways its just under the leather cover. Front lights will be either a dodgy relay, they're up under the steering column, or bad fuses or connections in the six multiplugs either side of the fuse box. The three that are easy to get to are obvious and there are three more in the exact opposite place the other side of the fuse box up under the dashboard.

Have you reset the auto adjusters properly now? Best way unless you've put brand new shoes in is to wind them all the way in, and then wind them back out part way, so they've got room to adjust themselves in, but not so far that you're pumping the brake pedal for 20 minutes trying to get the ratchets to move round.

Good work on the pedal rubbers still being available.

Sounds like you're well on your way to getting that RWC and back on the road.

BTW: If you use Berrys make sure you say hello to Smithy, he used to post on the forums here quite a bit. No idea whether he still works there or still runs Volvos or not.