Hey all it's been a while since I checked into beater cars tribe. I just picked up a new project. It's a classic beater 1963 Volvo 122s. I'll post a pic later. Everything works on it for the most part but it needs a little TLC. I have no I idea were to find parts for it. For now I just need tune up parts and a tail light and some other trim bits. Google search only turned up a few funky sites. So I'm fishing around for some advice and hoping to connect with some classic volvo geeks out there. I also need some one th talk me out of trying to repaint it myself. (I have a make shift spray booth and spay equipment I can borrow. - just don't have any experience in automotive painting.
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Re: New beater
Thu, June 19, 2008 - 7:11 PM -
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Re: New beater
Sat, June 21, 2008 - 6:37 AM......nothing fulfills my sense of adventure with physical technology...nor feeds my predisposition as a "hunter/gatherer" like locating and visiting the pickyerpart world...
butthatsjustme........
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Re: New beater
Fri, July 4, 2008 - 1:05 AMThanks, Vinni. I went down to RPR today and got everything I needed for the tune up. Changed the plugs oil, points, cap rotor, wires (the whole enchilada.) Rpr is great the guy even gave me a free toy car that looks just like my car except it's yellow and smaller.
So I got home and installed all my new stuff then timed it and and adjusted the valves. The B30 is truly a beautiful engine. (swoon) Anyway I didn't get to the cab adjustment yet because it has a terrible vacuum leak. my vac gauge reads 0 at 900 then 5-10 and falling when I rev it up. I waved around some propane tring to locate the leak (-No reaction). For some reason I keep tiring that that propane trick even though it never works. I guess it's probably because I don't know how to properly trouble shoot a vacuum leak. anyone got any suggestions. -
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Re: New beater
Sun, July 27, 2008 - 11:35 PMtrace your vacuum lines by hand, replace even suspect ones, then if you a vacuum advance or any other vacuum applications test those to make sure they don't have internal leaks. I used to use the carb cleaner vacuum leak trick, if the idle stabilizes with a spray of carb cleaner then you spotted the leak. never tried it with propane.
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