What did you do to your x40 today???

[ITSv40]

All sounds as if it is coming along nicely. With regards the brake pipe: if it is the same red coppery colour as copper water pipe you would buy from the plumbers merchant it is copper. If it has a paler silvery sheen to it, it is copper nickel. Very distinct colour difference when alongside each other.

[GaryS40]

Originally Posted by Robyorks

Just joined up here. Thought I'd let you all know I mopped and polished the bonnet and wings.
Go me!

Seriously though, only picked it up Tuesday night. Mechanically, it's sorted. Bodywork however is a bit meh! So i'll be mostly tinkering with that.

Nice to meet you all.

Rob.

Welcome to the group, Rob.

Nice to see another machine polished on here. 👍

They are good solid cars, that just keep on running.

Mine is a 2003 model with 104k on it.

Passed the MOT last month, with no advisories.

Gary

[baldmosher]

Passed 290K. Refitted 3M pad to dash cam. No other issues.

[shell51]

228384 kilometers - 141911 Miles

fully around the car new brake discs and blocks

new brake fluid

anti-rust treatment

new propshaft cover

new electric radio antenna

made plate illumination

fog lights made

orange side pegs made

new windscreen wipers / BOSCH 3 397 118 561 Twin 500S 500 + 500mm (with Spoiler)

air filter

fuel oil filter

interior filter

oil filter

oil 6.3 liters

Glow Plugs / Original OE BOSCH 0250212009 / GLP224 Duraterm

interior lighting

New Winter Tires Nokian WR D4
185/65 R15 92 T XL

Lining cleaned and repaired

leather steering wheel

Leather switch gear cover

complete timing belt kit

water pump

v-belt

tensioners

new coolant

[canis]

Well, I've run some wires through to the interior fusebox, including the brown/orange one. I put a couple more for the eventual inclusion of the grey plug, but that'll come later.

At the instrument cluster I did find a brown/orange wire installed. I checked for it very thoroughly in the loom under the seat but it's definitely not there. It runs into the fusebox but access is too difficult to see where it goes. My hunch is it goes nowhere. So I cut it, and connected it to my wire just installed. I replaced the instrument cluster and tested it.

Continuous tone. Rats. Turns out I was wrong, the cluster side isn't live, the bulb is grounded. I disconnected it and gave it 12v, and a double indicator lit up. This is even weirder,because I was expecting an orange caravan symbol, but I'll accept that instead. It's a pain in the arse though, because it means I need to invert the logic, and that means yet another relay, dammit!

Unless I can think of something else in the meantime. Bit disappointed though. I felt I was making real progress.

[GaryS40]

Originally Posted by Hoggy32

About the speaker isn't it that:
White label behind the speaker is original. Yellow label is premium sound and blue has highperformance?

Mine had green dunno what that is. Anyone else that knows how to know what type of speaker u have?

Like This, you mean?

Gary

[Robyorks]

Thanks Gary.
Mine is a Y reg (2000?) Estate with about 120k on the clock. Like I said, the bodywork is messy but I spent most of this morning hitting it with the clay bar and liquid canuba wax.
It's far from brilliant as the front bumper and roof are HEAVILY stone chipped but I have someone lined up to paint the bumper for me.
Oh, and someone at some point decided to side swipe the rear wing right by the petrol cap

Rob.

[Hoggy32]

Originally Posted by GaryS40

Like This, you mean?

Gary

Yes, do you know what type of speaker those are?
The sound feels really nice and friends has asked me if I've aftermarket fitted my sound lol.

[GaryS40]

Originally Posted by Hoggy32

Yes, do you know what type of speaker those are?
The sound feels really nice and friends has asked me if I've aftermarket fitted my sound lol.

Sorry mate, no idea now.
As they sound great and Gatos had assumed they were premium, I also took it to be they were premium.

Maybe Clan could shed some light on the matter.

Gary

[Hoggy32]

Originally Posted by GaryS40

Sorry mate, no idea now.
As they sound great and Gatos had assumed they were premium, I also took it to be they were premium.

Maybe Clan could shed some light on the matter.

Gary

I'm really curious to find out what type of speakers there are and what speaker is what type...
I found this:
http://accessories.volvocars.com/Leg...0_audio_GB.pdf

According to that document there are Loudspeakers, Performance and Loudspekaers High performance.

Complete loudspeaker kit for the more discerning listener.
The kit contains nine loudspeakers including grilles for cars
manufactured after W9920.
It consists of:
• Two loudspeakers with treble transducers for the dashboard.
• Two loudspeakers with mid-range transducers for the
dashboard.
• Two door-mounted loudspeakers.
• Two D-post loudspeakers.
• A bass box for the cargo compartment, integrated power
amplifier.

Mine fulfills all of those so I guess I've got high performance speakers? I will go through the speakers and write down their partnumber and check them with the document. I think it's pretty cool to make a guide for others to see what they have, and I hope others can contribute to what is what on this mysterious lol.