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Jul 5th, 2013, 12:25 | #11 |
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Presumably though a good chrome polish / cleaner can still be applied after the aluminium foil has been used, in order to make the cleaned up finish last longer / protect the chrome?
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Oct 6th, 2013, 20:51 | #12 |
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Well, I finally got round to putting in my new gearbox today (many thanks to Julian who sold me it!).
Things went reasonably straight forward. I have come to realise that I need to invest in a set of imperial spanners. Oddly enough though there is a mix of metric & imperial in use on my car (thanks to some previous owners). Now I have 4 fully functioning gears! Box is much smother than my old one was too. Was too busy getting the box installed to take a lot of pictures but here are a couple of highlights. Box out ready for the new one to go in. Poor condition of the locating slots of the old box Replacement box- much better condition
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Oct 6th, 2013, 22:04 | #13 |
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Looks a real nice Amazon I noticed the VOLVO logo on the bonnet was in gold lettering.. I have a '66 Amazon too but they're in silver, are they supposed to be gold ?
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Oct 6th, 2013, 22:11 | #14 |
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Re the worn slots on that gearbox cover: I did an experiment recently on an old gearbox cover and posted the results on Brickboard.com (where I post as simplesimon). That may give you some ideas.
See: http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/...ert_danny.html |
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Oct 6th, 2013, 23:05 | #15 |
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Thanks Amma. I think that they are supposed to be silver- my ones have been painted gold by a PO... There are lots of interesting little 'touches' like that. I suspect the chrome may have been tatty so they painted them, but I agree it looks quite nice so I'm not too bothered.
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Oct 6th, 2013, 23:10 | #16 |
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Some are supposed to be gold, some silver. IIRC, the earlier cars are gold, but I can't remember the year of the change over to chrome letters. It will no doubt be on the excellent www.volvoamazonpictures.se website!
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Oct 6th, 2013, 23:11 | #17 |
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I think I read somewhere up to '66 they were in fact in gold and silver from '67..just not really sure
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That is a really interesting thread! Not sure I would be able to do as good a job as you with fixing the slot- the idea of rounding it out more & putting a collar round the locating pin might work for me though. I actually have 2 spare M40 boxes now. Both have the same issue with the plate at the top. I have no idea on the condition of one of my spare boxes (came with the car & PO also inherited in an unknown condition). The box I just removed did work- it popped out of 4th a lot, but I think that may have been partially due to the slop. Will maybe give this a go as its always handy to have a spare that is ready to go in case of emergencies. I was fortunate that M40 boxes seem to be pretty easy to come by (I guess because so may people want to upgrade to an M41 for high speed cruising).
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Oct 6th, 2013, 23:20 | #19 |
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Hmm, not sure then. My previous '66 didn't have gold letters & I'm pretty sure the ones on my car are painted (you can see brush marks). Will have to investigate them further tomorrow
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Glad the box worked out well for you. Made a bit of much needed space in my workshop too.
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