The Oppo Holy Grail!

"Brewman15" (brewman15) 01/03/2014 at 11:12 • Filed to: None

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Diesel Manual Volvo Wagon!

This was posted on Turbobricks. Thought I'd share it here. If I were closer, I'd have myself a second grandpa Volvo wagon.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/426428…

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Brewman15 01/03/2014 at 11:15

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Seattle craigslist......how incredibly surprising! /sarcasm

505Turbeaux > Brewman15 01/03/2014 at 11:16

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I owned one last year. It was a beast, but that VW D24T isnt the easiest motor to find parts for. timing belts are a PITA to do, and require all kinds of special tools to do. and NEED to be done. I had a white one with red leather

Brewman15 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/03/2014 at 11:20

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No joke.

I just browsed the Seattle Craigslist cars section, and the Volvo section seemed endless. I'm lucky if there are four Volvos in my area.

Brewman15 > 505Turbeaux 01/03/2014 at 11:21

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I'm jealous.

I don't doubt parts are hard to find, but it's still a cool beast to work on. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the simplicity of my red block in my current Volvo.

505Turbeaux > Brewman15 01/03/2014 at 11:25

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I would take a redblock any day over the d24t. though the economy of the VW engine was good. I towed a damn f650 with it once! Powah!!!

505Turbeaux > Brewman15 01/03/2014 at 11:35

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Looking closer I wouldnt touch this one. coolant is low (there is a spec in the factory manual for how large the head cracks can be, because it happens to all of them), missing preheater hose, which means the wax cold start device is probably not serviced either

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Brewman15 01/03/2014 at 13:25

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Welcome to the city of hipsters, I will be your guide through the endless Volvos tonight!

Slave2anMG > 505Turbeaux 01/03/2014 at 13:31

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Good eye. A friend had one with 165K on it and it had low compression and was diabolically difficult to start...he went from that to his 504D wagon whereupon I found MY 504D wagon :)

Anyway the Volvo's engine was shot, everything else was in great shape. It got sent to a pull-a-part lot...

Brewman15 > 505Turbeaux 01/03/2014 at 15:00

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hmm...good to know.

My first Volvo with a n/a red block had a pre-heater hose similar to that. It was such a cheap piece of tubing similar to a dryer duct, but it was effective in getting the engine heated up the winter more quickly compared to when it eventually broke and I removed it.