What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

Post by **abscate** » 28 Aug 2023, 19:41

bmdubya1198 wrote: 28 Aug 2023, 19:11
abscate wrote: 28 Aug 2023, 18:33 Got head on Elizabeth , did quick cam cover and belt but she runs funny. Air is sucked into the tailpipe and exhaust comes out of air cleaner

I’m baffled

( beautiful aluminum art)
Are the cams rotated 180 degrees?

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Post by **bmdubya1198** » 28 Aug 2023, 19:50

abscate wrote: 28 Aug 2023, 19:41
bmdubya1198 wrote: 28 Aug 2023, 19:11
abscate wrote: 28 Aug 2023, 18:33 Got head on Elizabeth , did quick cam cover and belt but she runs funny. Air is sucked into the tailpipe and exhaust comes out of air cleaner

I’m baffled

( beautiful aluminum art)
Are the cams rotated 180 degrees?
Last picture. Bad humor

I missed that. Clearly!

Post by **scot850** » 28 Aug 2023, 19:52

You are clearly an ejit Abscate!

I owed you that one............!

Neil.

Post by **scot850** » 28 Aug 2023, 20:16

Spent last hour chatting with a very nice young guy who is a former colleague of my mechanic buddy. He is an apprentice at the local dealer and drives a 98 S70 T5. Car looks clean except one door with rust in it. Weird.

He left a happy guy with an S70 trunk spoiler with a high level brake light built in. He has a plain version on his car now but really prefers the brake light version for safety/visibility. He has been looking for one for ages and I happened on this on in the junkyard last week, and best thing is it is the correct color!

Bonus is he does not need the mounting brackets so I'll keep them for now until he confirms his own are good. After that they will go in the 'unobtanium' pile in the stash for anyone else that needs them. I am hoping to also get a 2nd set of brackets one half of which needs a slight repair. Now just have to decide if I keep the 'standard' sedan trunk spoiler as I potentially have good brackets for it, or take just the spoiler back to the yard for credit? Decisions, decisions!!

Neil.

Post by **FireFox31** » 29 Aug 2023, 11:33

abscate wrote: 28 Aug 2023, 18:33 Got head on Elizabeth , did quick cam cover and belt but she runs funny. Air is sucked into the tailpipe and exhaust comes out of air cleaner

Clearly you can see that the engine is installed backward. Remove, rotate, reinstall. Easy, right?

scot850 wrote: 28 Aug 2023, 20:16 Now just have to decide if I keep the 'standard' sedan trunk spoiler as I potentially have good brackets for it, or take just the spoiler back to the yard for credit? Decisions, decisions!!

Keep it in case someone needs it. Those spoilers are tough to find. Besides, it's currently adding +10 HP to your parts stash.

I just bought a nice used tailgate for Geronimo. It's from a GLT and had a spoiler at one point, but it was gone when I got it. Now I want to obtain a V70 spoiler for the T5M. So silly and useless, but a tasteful OEM "upgrade" like many other little things done by the previous owner of that car.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 29 Aug 2023, 14:14

FireFox31 wrote: 29 Aug 2023, 11:33 I just bought a nice used tailgate for Geronimo. It's from a GLT and had a spoiler at one point, but it was gone when I got it. Now I want to obtain a V70 spoiler for the T5M. So silly and useless, but a tasteful OEM "upgrade" like many other little things done by the previous owner of that car.

The spoilers look great on the wagons (sedans too, for that matter!) even if they're useless. I still need to paint match mine!

Post by **abscate** » 29 Aug 2023, 17:02

…and Elizabeth progresses….one really good hour+ today

Dipped lifters into a cap of oil then dropped into place.
Make sure plug holes are paper plugged
Dab and prep both cover sides to Barbie pink with Permatex and foam roller
Install cams , exhaust notch down, intake up
Lube cam thrust bearing with grease
Confirm crank mark
Install spark plug orings
Install cam cover
Bring down cam cover with cylinder 2,4 bolts …4 each cylinder
Install rest of cylinder bolts
Do rear side
Do front side

Confirm cams rotate with reasonable force

Post by **scot850** » 29 Aug 2023, 17:45

That is not the correct 'eggcrate' grille!

Well remembering how the challenge was last time with the binding cam issue, you clearly learned the tricks for this time! Long may it continue!

Firefox, hate to say it, but I have a wagon tailgate spoiler, but more importantly the NLA mounts. Unfortunately a little scraped and in white!

I may keep the sedan one, not decided yet!

Neil.

Post by **foggydogg** » 29 Aug 2023, 21:13

Getting ready to smoke up the neighborhood.

Post by **ZionXIX** » 29 Aug 2023, 22:07

Abscate, when installing the cams and cam cover, do you try and seat the cam seals during assembly or leave them loose and tap them in after the cover is bolted down?