General: 'Lucky' - Volvo Amazon 133

[ClassicCarMan]

Progress so far. Since getting the old girl to the Isle of Man. I have had the engine taken out by Auto Logic and the engine is with Motivation, who called on Thursday with the list of engine parts required. 'Luckily' it does not need a rebore but my wallet is now much lighter having ordered all the parts from Skandix in Germany. They had everything in stock but the pistons. I have not ordered anything from them before but they are cheaper than others and as as a result I have been able to order more things not on the 'list' including a steel gears timing kit 'with the savings'. I am doing this as I have heard of the fibre gears breaking up due to age and I don't want this happening to me.

Sorry but the wide wheels must go. I cannot drive the car with them on, it reminds me of a monster truck. Parking is frankly awful, ride is awful, and I cannot 'feel' the car at all. For work everyday I park in a multi-story car park and all day parking starts on level 4... I ordered new standard tyres from Tyre Traders, as there are none to be had on the Island and they arrived on Friday - Nankang 165/80R15. They look good so we shall see.

Next job for me is getting the wheels cleaned up and painted silver as they are currently Black and then getting the new tyres on, balanced, fitted, and tracking sorted while I await the engine. Once the engine is back in then I think it will be counting the cost of the garage bills and Christmas, and into next year before I can afford spending more on her, an M.O.T. and registering the car on the Island. But that is another story...