Result on the tyres! Everyones favourite price! I keep thinking about a set of 205/70/15s on mine, more to correct the speedo than anything else although it would make the ride smoother too.

Try a drop (about 200ml/full tank of petrol) of my favourite ATF in the tank, it's quietened a lot of fuel pumps!

Was it a combi boiler Luke? :thinking: Not what you need at anytime, especially this time of year with everything else happening! :err:

Have a great Xmas and don't get too perverted with your 7/9xx!!!

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Great restoration, hopefully you get a decent amount for it after all that welding! Interior looks new! Those stretched pockets on the backs of the front seats can be fixed easily, saw a post on tb about that recently.
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You've done a great job there, I know who to come to for welding now :D

Glad its been saved, its a lovely looking car. I had the same colour combo on a 960 I owned many years ago - adored that interior!

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Merry Christmas Dave, I can't remember which way the tyre size difference affected it in theory but in the real world I don't think it made any difference to the speedometer.

Yeah a combi boiler that's about 10 years old, it wasn't the best when we bought the house 3.5 years ago and I've been expecting it for a while but why did it have to do it at Christmas?!

Cheers mate, I'll have a look for that thread on turbo bricks tomorrow.

Hopefully I will get a decent price, I know it has its visual flaws but so do most cars after 32 years and 165k miles.

Practically twins!

Alternate Tyre Sizes
15" Wheel14"16"17"
Size Diameter Width Wheel
235/50R15 -2.8%24.3" 9.3" 15"
185/65R15 -2.0%24.5" 7.3" 15 x 5-6.5"
245/50R15 -1.6%24.6" 9.6" 15 x 7-8.5"
205/60R15 -1.2%24.7" 8.1" 15 x 5.5-7.5"
155/80R15 -0.8%24.8" 6.1" 15 x 4-5"
195/65R15 Equal25" 7.7" 15 x 5.5-7"
185/70R15 +0.8%25.2" 7.3" 15 x 4.5-6"
215/60R15 +0.8%25.2" 8.5" 15 x 6-7.5"
265/50R15 +1.6%25.4" 10.4" 15 x 7.5-9.5"
205/65R15 +2.0%25.5" 8.1" 15 x 5.5-7.5"
225/60R15 +2.4%25.6" 8.9" 15 x 6-8"
195/70R15 +2.8%25.7" 7.7" 15 x 5-6.5"

According to https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/ the 205/60/15 is only 1.2% smaller overall than the 195/65/15 so definitely not worth worrying about, i think the orignal 185/65/15 would be a bigger drop to be honest although not checked.

My idea of 205/70/15 would give me about 4% ,ore speed for the same wheel rpm reducing the speedo error to 1-2% at a guess (currently about 7.5%) so might look more deeply into that when i next need tyres.

I don't know much about combi boilers other than most people swear at them because they tend to leak at will, as for doing it at Xmas, Sods Law! :rolleyes:

My mate came over yesterday to borrow my hydraulic press to replace the wheel bearings on the front of his Peugeot 306, the hubs etc were so rusted together that the circlip wouldn't budge at all, the whole lot went in the bin and he needs to order new hubs and steering knuckles for it now. While here he had a look around the 760 as he missed his 940, long story short he is buying the 760 :D

So it has found a good home where I will see it very often and know it is being looked after.

So there you go, the easiest way to fix an old french car is to buy an even older Volvo :D

Deposit taken today and my mate went to a scrapyard and found a 740 so cut a battery tray out for me and the radiator support crossmember.

Hey 360!
Sorry still trying to work this forum on a mobile and it’s not going well!
Is this still for sale? Feel free to message me direct or give me a text on 07715956570