The prancing moose ! 242 TIC

[Gus]

That looks bad ass.

Great to see progress after you wanting one for so long. Congrats on the house too.

[admredux]

That looks bad ass.

Great to see progress after you wanting one for so long. Congrats on the house too.

Cheers man, it's all coming together these days despite the world going to hell otherwise!

[admredux]

So sorry for the later update, had a bunch of landscaping land in my lap at the house. We now have a small orchard and vegetable patch in the making as well as a rainwater harvesting system!

I had ordered the pumps about a month ago and got a delivery notification for them, never saw the package arrive despite me having signed for it, still waiting on the replacements.

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Of course I had drained 99% of the gas out of the tank in preparation- all clean and no rust so may have lucked out, the sender appears to be working and on testing the pumps my in tank one seems to have survived, I'll replace it anyways when I've the system drained. Then hopefully I can get it running. I know the external pump is bad - even without the relay, jumping the connection gives nothing. To be expected after 2+ years off the road I guess.


So mechanicals on pause until parts arrive I turned to the niggly bits I knew I'd live with once the car was driving so tried to get them fixed - the passenger door handle was broken. Drilled it out, tapped it and added an ikea screw and end with some loctite to keep the scandinavian theme.

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I then moved on to the keys scenario, the trunk, glovebox and doors/ ignition - got the trunk re-keyed and got some copies made and YES! I had to use every, single extension I could find in the garage to undo the trunk lock receiver from the ski-hole in the back seat. I was welcomed with various intake parts, a can of easy start and a rust free trunk pan/wells so very happy there!

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I finally got the title paperwork sorted last week - my county insists waiting 40 days for any previous owners to lodge an appeal for storage lien title transfers. Given the last time it was in their possession was over 2 years ago and the only hope of them getting ownership again was paying the $16,000 bill for the towing and storage fees I was pretty sure there'd be no contest.

Still waiting on the fuel parts I decided to do something I had the materials/ tools for and give it a bit of a detail.

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Half the reason I wanted this car was it's turbo intercooler setup, the other half was the body. Incredibly straight and rust free. I can't stand paint/body work!

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Just one layer of finnish kare sealant, buffed. I didn't even polish/ claybar it yet !

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Next up was fitting my momo I've had 15 odd years with my new hub from Estonia - cheap on ebay and seems to fit very nicely !

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It was last seen in my mk2 golf

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I've a generic horn push ordered, the volvo ones are stupid money and this is a beer change build !

[admredux]

Found a set of seat covers local for $20 and they'll do until I go over the interior properly/ until the kids are past incontinence/dropping icecream

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Out came the seats - not too bad a job despite my 6ft2' big arse in there - I think someone had loosedned them up for me. Again astounded to find no rust hiding and I had a peek under the carpets too - nothing thankfully !

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Found more cable than a radioshack would've had on hand back in the day !

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Then the Baja modifications started...

It's basically a rally car now. Used space- tape, NASA and dollar store approved along with some skinny cable ties to contour fit the quality walmart offerings to the formerly supple leatherette which now has the texture of a 90 year old Floridian's hide.

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These skinny ties from dollar store were gold - slipped through the fabric - didn't have to cut any holes !

Then I went to work on removing the cables

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Basically has the grandma look for when I get pulled over.

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and for my next act...

[admredux]

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Had a bit of brown weavy material knocking around - more a test of concept than anything, I'll find something more durable/fitting down the line. The vent plastics crumbles away in my hands and I've no speakers to replace the old ones with just yet so a plain wrap was in order.

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It's a bit thin but nice material and would look nice for a re-trim of back seat to tie in with the beige - the black and white seat covers not so much !

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Just sitting there until I can find those vents and some speakers - I'm a bit meh about the color now - might go for something plain black.

or use more of that seat cover material :rofl:

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Center console armrest got two headrest covers

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Then I started making a list !

Then I bought the list!

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Hopefully that will get her running - the heat here in Texas is killer, so it may take me a while !

[admredux]

Well got the plugs out after a good overnight soak in penetrating oil - two different types of bosch an 1 ngk in there. Replaced the plugs with the ngk's - sold tops rather than screw on type - hoping the leads I ordered fit them. Listed as oe replacement on rockauto.

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Fresh air filter !

[admredux]

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Had to do something about the red paint, I know it makes it faster but underhood I just want it a bit more subtle.

Still waiting on my external fuel pump and need to get the bung nut tool to do the in tank pump.
That and a timing belt tool I think I'll save up for next !


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Had a bit of por15 lying around so did some painting and rustproofing on the inside lip of the hood - only space I found surface stuff!ldn't get the last elbow of the intake off so it remains red for now !

On the parts list i've fit the distibutor cap, rotor, ht leads, plugs and a new uro relay - my in tank pump is cycling but the in line is dead as disco. So at a standstill till that comes in !

So back to the body:

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The black trims were quite washed out so a quick dose of vht trim paint and they look about right, wiper arms got a lick of paint and added new wipers too!

[admredux]

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Only real rust I found in the car other than the aforementioned.

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Quick wire brush and a dab of Por15 has her right as rain!

New plastic tray and longer hardware

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[deltona]

All positive progress. Nice.

Happened across this nice vid, just a few minutes long, and thought of this project of yours;
https://youtu.be/py88_vKwclM

[admredux]

All positive progress. Nice.

Happened across this nice vid, just a few minutes long, and thought of this project of yours;
https://youtu.be/py88_vKwclM

I love that vid!

It's slow progress for me personally, I've got parts on the way in form of a tested good distributor and external fuel pump, I'm hoping that'll get my intermittent spark and fuelling issues !

I really don't want to go replacing the whole harness but that'll be the issue if all else fails !

[admredux]

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Tank pump time, thanks to the turbobricks member who sent the bung nut tool, at least that bit was easy ! I had a dog of a time getting the nylon line off and then used a barbed splice piece to tap into it with a fresh piece of hose to the pump for the return.

I did try getting underneath with the 14 and 15 mm spanners to release it from the hardline but it wouldn't budge and a bit of pick my battles kicked in. I'm trying to locate the fuel line from pump to the external pump - hard got it seems. Mine is okay a bit wet looking at the external pump end, so I may just end up replacing the whole thing later if I've to order parts.

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This is what I was greeted with on taking out the sending unit/pump, insulation on wires shagged, pump sock 1/2 eaten alive and the pickup pipe between pump and fuel line completely gone.

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I've got the proper submersible line to replace it with. New sending unit on the way from autozone, the uro parts one I believe. I'll hunt down the fuel line today - maybe Napa will have it - 11mm I think?

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[admredux]

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Well this is an arsepain of a job - I think I've got like 20 small cuts all over my paws

Never again hopefully~

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I did forget which way the fuel sock went - so I angled it slightly away from the return line pipe.

Oh and I used my old float - figured it's lasted 36 years and god knows what cheap plastic the new one is made with!

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Also replaced the fuel line to the external pump (which I've yet to replace), went with regular fuel line to the external pump - the high pressure stuff was 10 dollars a foot, I figured this tiny tank pump is maybe max delivering 2-3 psi?

Checked all the wiring was correct, new bung nut and volvo seal and threw it all back in, at least now one of the pumps is delivering fuel !

[admredux]

So I've a single, solitary spark from the coil but none at the distributor. Had a look inside it before and one of the trigger pins seems to be raised vs the others. Got a distributor from a turbobricks member with a new harness as it was going relatively cheap and sprayed some kroil into the mount and general vicinity. Couldn't even rotate it on the mount after removing the bolt for love nor money!

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Finally received my bentley and haynes manuals so started with the process of checking the system, teseted my coil which was a bit suspect, replaced it with new, same deal.

checked the resistance of the ballast resistor - crusty looking but all good, cleaned the connections but then the harness is always a possibility.

Hitting the pause button for now, save for a new harness before I really take to removing the distributor, covid has things tight so it may be a while !

Also I know once I have it running I'll want to put tires and everything else on it so saving a bit more might be a good way to go

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[admredux]

I did manage to get a handle on my garage in the meantime !

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Now I might be able to find something !

[admredux]

Do you ever run out of steam on a project? The weather here in Texas has been cruel - finally getting down to regular temps to work outside but enjoying the evenings at the lake or in the park for a change !

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When I got the car the washer bottle was in the trunk, I bench tested the old pump and it just got really hot and not much happened, so a new generic one was sought - partially because the wiring harness for it was fubarred anyways so I was going to be using spade ends !

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And that's where I stopped with that - the wiring for the car has been fecked around with so much I am not quite sure which wires hook to this washer unit. I've narrowed it down to four...

Then my friend crashed his car so I got to distract myself a wee bit !

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A welcome reprieve from the wiring issues (I hate electrical stuff so much!!!)

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A good lot of stuff just hanging there - it's a wonder it was cranking at all in fairness!


Picked up what looks like a nos dave barton harness on the turbobricks for sale forums for a decent price and have it sitting waiting to go!

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I'm suffering from severe procrastination as my benz, running as it is has a bit of lifer tick going on and that's the priority - the lifers may need some attention and that's outside my wheelhouse! so $$$ will be diverted to the living car for now !

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I did get some bits from IPD volvo before the benz started vying for my attention - side trim kit and window scrapers and the all important external fuel pump and filter!!!

In theory I now have everything to run the car, just need the motivation to do it

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