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For Sale - Volvo 740 Estate 87, B230K, LPG - Parts/ProjectViews : 1877 Replies : 9Users Viewing This Thread : |
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£250 South East London
So unfortunately it has come to this. First a nice pic. ![]() Good Bits Engine shows good compression 160-170 across all cyls on my cheap gauge, difference between each ranges from 5-10psi 148000 miles ish. M47 Box Clutch, slave, fork arm, hose, less than 50 miles. LPG system, with a bit of fiddling this was working well for me, big miles for pennies. New plugs, coil, battery, leads, dizzy cap. Silicone vacuum hoses. Coolant replaced with genuine volvo in last 4 months. Interior seats are decent. MOT, until 1st of September. Various spare parts, carb rebuild kit, some gaskets. 5 940 alloys and 1 full size steel wheel. New aux belts, timing belt looks good from inspection but unsure of age. Half a tank of V-Power. Bad Bits Differential is broken Brakes need refurbished Rough idle when running on petrol, having mostly eliminated the vacuum and electrical side of things I assume this is fuel or carb related. Car drives fine on petrol or lpg but on petrol it occasionally stumbles/recovers when returning to idle. Typical headlining sag. Heater core bypassed, the control valve was leaking so I bypassed it as car was only used for occasional sunny day trips. Underside exhibits quite a bit of rust, not at the point of failure but needs attention. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So if you made it this far, some background. I picked this car up off ebay sight unseen for the unholy price of £1400. I was advised by a good friend that any old 740 would last forever and the fact it was on lpg made it seem like a really good choice for for a nice cruiser with a bit of character I could use to explore the south of England having moved here and been mostly unable to get out of the city. It was pretty good going, I learned a lot and was enjoying tinkering with the car and exploring, all was going well. I decided to treat the car to a new clutch, slave etc to have a trouble free summer. The day after the clutch was replaced I went for a quick trip down the M20 and disaster struck. The passenger side rear brake caliper seized and I was spun around 180 degrees and ended up on the verge. I got recovered home and the car sat for a while as I waited (and waited) for the weather to get to a point I could roll around under it and check out the damage. Well that day came and I got the caliper off that was stuck. Progress! Or so I thought. On more inspection it became clear the differential has broke, there's a rough grumbling/rattling noise and it doesn't feel right moving. So it comes to this. I can't really pursue this any further, I need a car for the summer and I don't have the space to keep this and tax it + another car. I have been quoted £170-200 for scrap and I could remove some of the smaller parts and sell those separately but I'd rather it went to someone who could make use of it. More current images incoming. |
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