Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

[benji1985]

Hello all, been finding it hard to get some time to do some more work to the car, but the last few days saw a bit more done.
02/05/17
firstly started off by putting more bits back on (fancy that ), dont understand why the putting together is going so slow
Lights
20170509_124731 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170509_124738 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170509_124806 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
also tapped a load of holes ready for bolts including all the holes for the driveshafts
Had a package arrive which contained the last of the goodies

03/05/17
today i started where i left off, driveshafts
20170510_105817 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170510_105833 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Fuel Tank
20170510_120020 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

fuel and vac lines
20170510_143341 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170510_151027 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Fuse box (sealed in)
20170510_162507 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Renix and brake equalizer
20170510_162518 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Brake peddle box reassembled and fitted
20170510_165232 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170510_173207 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170510_173213 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

And now for the goodies
electric wing mirrors
20170510_180556 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

new T-piece
20170510_180604 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Electric window mechs and motors (the motors came off a 3 door mech, so i have a pair of 3 door glass and electric mechs without motors, if anyone wants them?)
20170510_180607 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and lastly boot covers
20170510_180609 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

11/05/17
today was more of the same
boot rubber
20170511_101553 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

brake booster and master cyclinder
20170511_120220 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170511_150012 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

declutching servo
20170511_120221 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170511_150016 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

vac bits
20170511_125155 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170511_150008 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

attached the the fuel and brake lines
20170511_150035 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170511_150043 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170511_150050 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

thats all for a bit, hopefully will get a bit more done soon.

Ben

[benji1985]

hello all, a little update on the wing mirrors today.
14/05/2017
20170511_150846 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

decided to examine the electric wing mirrors, so started to dismantle the drivers side one, however this one was not in the best condition..
20170514_104901 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
mirror glass out
20170514_105039 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
removed the motor and found it broken
20170514_105103 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
as you can see the metal backing plate is very rusty
20170514_105108 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
my OCD would not allow this
20170514_105125 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170514_105127 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

did the same to the passenger mirror and discovered that the motor had been replaced at some point
20170514_110549 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

I am hoping the chap that sold me the wing mirror can find another drivers one, as it is buggered
In the mean time i will clean up the metal and rust encapsulation them

Ben

[benji1985]

Hello all a small update, It was my birthday a couple of days ago, so went to lincs to see my family.
21/05/2017
I decided while i had a few mins to spare to rejoin all the cut wires to the electric windows and mirrors
20170520_125022 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170520_125117 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

I think it went quite well?
also picked up her alloys from home
20170520_123821 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
What colours do you guys think they should go, thinking light colours?

Please post below with suggestions

Ben

[360beast]

Bright pink which glows in the dark

I reckon just standard silver or anthracite.

[benji1985]

Hello all more has been happening
25/05/17
New bearing in the flywheel
20170525_104741 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

also added some tape over the remaining sharp bits on the window frame
20170525_105105 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

started to reassemble the bumpers, the rear bumper will have parking sensors in it
20170525_121717 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170525_121719 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170525_121727 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170525_121745 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

As i feel the square hole was the cause of water getting in, I decided fill up the hole, but there might be a time that i would like air-con
20170525_122739 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170525_122746 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then added the new genuine rear engine mounts
20170525_124829 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and tapped a load of holes including those for the bumper mounts, awaiting more bolts and bits from Mac
20170525_124838 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

laid out the engine bay wiring loom and then retaped the loom to include the wire for the extra horn
20170525_133414 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

I then moved on to the clutch and flywheel, and shimming it up ready to go on the engine
20170525_140852 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170525_150135 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Then my Father in law turned up with the engine hoist
and so added the flywheel, clutch and bell housing, I do have to take the bell housing off again as still waiting on the clutch release bearing. But got the engine in
20170525_171628 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170525_173639 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

That was all for the day

26/05/17
started this day by painting the boot doors
20170526_102516 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the painted engine bay brace
20170526_110928 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the wiring loom
20170526_110937 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_110940 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_110958 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_111002 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

the boot covers look good
20170526_113726 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

moved on to the engine fan and radiator
20170526_121610 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_121627 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_121728 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

next i added the nice fresh lovely Carb that Mac restored, looks soooo good
20170526_130352 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the bumper supports all around ready
20170526_142311 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_142316 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_142321 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20170526_142327 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Parking sensors
20170526_142335 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

And so now i have to do a test fit, Had to see how good it looked
20170526_142817 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the battery clamp
20170526_153700 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the breather hose
20170526_153705 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the spare wheel brace
20170526_155501 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

put some lacquer on the boot doors
20170526_160202 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Thats all for now, still working on odds and ends like the wiring and cleaning up the wing mirrors etc

I hope not long now and she'll be on the road

Ben

[Ride_on]

Aren't you missing the radiator holder-in-place tabs at the bottom, an L-shape with a hole in one end that hold the rubber in place?

[benji1985]

Aren't you missing the radiator holder-in-place tabs at the bottom, an L-shape with a hole in one end that hold the rubber in place?

I am indeed, however I have misplaced them..... they are somewhere

Ben

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate.
New car you have there.
I also have a mac carb. When i saw yours, i thought you had nicked mine lol.
He did a brilliant job on mine. Your rad hoses will keep your rad in place so
you can get away without those little bracket thingys.
Cheers Mark.

[benji1985]

Hi mate.
New car you have there.
I also have a mac carb. When i saw yours, i thought you had nicked mine lol.
He did a brilliant job on mine. Your rad hoses will keep your rad in place so
you can get away without those little bracket thingys.
Cheers Mark.

it is all mine lol
I have the clips somewhere, but after 18 months things have been moved etc

[SteveP]

Looking really great but my OCD is going crazy because you re-used the rusty bumper bracket screws

[benji1985]

Looking really great but my OCD is going crazy because you re-used the rusty bumper bracket screws

Mine too, I have some better ones somewhere just trying to find

Ben

[benji1985]

Hello all, just a little update.
04/06/17
So today decided to have a play with the heated window switch to make the switch a mono switch (push to make) and added a timer relay so the heater element stays on for 10 mins.

20170604_212446 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Then wrapped the whole look in tesla tape.
20170604_212527 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

That's all for now.

Ben

[benji1985]

06/06/17
One of the last big purchases has arrived, all new sound deadening
20170606_145542 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

20170606_145553 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Hopefully next week it will start to go in...

Ben

[benji1985]

Hello all, so quite a bit more has been done although it does not look like it...
12/06/2017
Only had half a day today so cracked on with the sound deadening
Roof insulated
2017-06-12 15.20.54 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

bulkhead and floor deadened
2017-06-12 18.49.07 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
2017-06-12 18.51.11 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and part of the boot done (I ran out of the deadening more is on the way)
2017-06-12 18.48.11 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr


This took several hours to complete, so at the end of the day i thought i would offer up the alloys and see if they bolted down well and the hub cover still went on with the longer studs
They did
2017-06-12 18.55.15 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

13/06/2017
Today i got an early start and got all the bulkhead insulation glued back on, big jigsaw 2017-06-13 10.16.07 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then moved on the the tunnel deadening and insulation
2017-06-13 10.47.17 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Now this was done i refitted the steering column (need to replace the horn and stalk bracket
2017-06-13 12.46.01 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr


replaced the wiper arm mechanism
2017-06-13 12.46.09 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
2017-06-13 12.46.12 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

I then moved on to other things so added the black insert to the front bumper
2017-06-13 12.50.09 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
2017-06-13 12.50.16 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

mocked up the rear bumper and marked 4 holes then had to wait for the drill....
2017-06-13 13.18.02 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
so again change of direction

cut the new foam for the heater box
2017-06-13 13.22.27 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

lined up the heater box
2017-06-13 13.38.22 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

fitted the fan resister (please tell me if i got the wires wrong?)
2017-06-13 14.05.30 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
2017-06-13 14.05.33 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

buttoned it all up for now
2017-06-13 14.11.05 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the throttle cable
2017-06-13 14.20.45 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
2017-06-13 14.20.53 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then went to add the heater matrix... the heater box had to come off again ... my bad...
2017-06-13 14.52.13 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
also threw the wiring in to see what it looked like.

Now the drill became available i set about making holes in the rear bumper, I cut the locating plastic bung out and cut the 4 holes
2017-06-13 17.17.37 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the wires
2017-06-13 17.19.11 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

the parking sensors fitted in nicely and were not to deep for the channel behind the insert
2017-06-13 17.20.14 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

2017-06-13 17.47.03 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

fastened down the wires
2017-06-13 17.47.19 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

fixed the fuel lines
2017-06-13 18.11.11 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

added the floor insulation
2017-06-13 18.13.31 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

back on her wheels
2017-06-13 18.54.31 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

thats all for a week now

Ben

[benji1985]

hello just a little thing done today on my break at work
14/06/2017
I have taped up the loom for the electric windows and mirror and central locking
20170617_104906 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

going to change some of the connectors as needed

more to follow from tomorrow

Ben