"Snuze: Needs another Swede" (markg)
09/25/2019 at 15:07 • Filed to: None
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"Snuze: Needs another Swede" (markg)
09/25/2019 at 15:07 • Filed to: None | 1
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Work is having the annual car show next month. I think I’m going to accelerate my Volvo timeline and try to get my ral ly mods done and enter it in the show.
In order to do that I need to, at a bare minimum, finish the front suspension, fix the top end tick (replace some seals in the oil pan), get the interior straightened out (new seats, shifter, arm rest, dash cover) , give it a good Svending, and fabricate the light bar for the front.
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...
Svend
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
09/25/2019 at 16:14 |
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Good luck mate.
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
09/25/2019 at 16:32 |
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Wait, replacing oil pan seals will fix a top end tick?
Good luck man, can’t wait to see it done!
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
09/25/2019 at 16:49 |
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Not to be a downer, but I probably wouldn’t kill myself to get it done. While the rally Volvo might be a cool concept to us here at Oppo, I’m not sure it would really translate to others. Who is this car show for? The public or just the people a t work? I guess my point is will this be the kind of show where everyone will oogle over Susan’s new RAV4, or will it actually have enthusiasts who get it?
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Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
09/25/2019 at 19:27 |
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Its just a work thing, and I ve considered your point as well. One gal takes her bright yellow Crosstrek there and it gets a lot of attention. Because its yellow.
But there are a few car people at work who would get it. I actually bought the car from a girl I work with and I think she’d appreciate what Im doing with it, it was her first car (and the rally mods won’t be permenant).
Honestly its more of a way to keep me motivated than anything. If it doesn't happen I won't care too much.
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Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
09/25/2019 at 19:30 |
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Its a weird Volvo thing. Its got a cast/machined oil pan that has passages in it to distribute oil to the top end . There are seals between it and the block and if they go bad oil squirts back into the sump instead of going up, and then the lifters get insufficient pressure.
And thanks! Tbh Rally Van has been a bit of an inspiration.
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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
09/26/2019 at 07:11 |
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Interesting, makes sense now.