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Jan 8th, 2022, 04:29 | #21 | |
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Two Reminders To Myself
No apology for using this thread as a journal of my ownership of Aunt Maud. There are two items that the PO told me of that need sorting in the fullness of time.
1. The speedometer reads a bit slow because it has the wrong gearing from the OD unit. This needs changing one day. 2. The Type D OD works on all the gears at the moment (rather than just top as it should). This is because the inhibitor switch isn't fitted - the switch is in the spares box but the hole it goes into needs tapping with the correct thread (M16x1.5). These are both jobs that need doing one day when I take the gearbox out. I'll use this thread to catalogue my inventory of spares, survey known issues and start recording fixes from later on today. Any comments on posts with advice (particularly telling me I've got something wrong!) would be much appreciated. Alan
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That book (Essential Volvo 120 series and P1800) has been out of print for 25 years and so is only available second-hand, so perhaps I may ask you if I may borrow you copy some time? Best wishes, Alan
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Early History
I thought readers might enjoy this little piece of wonderfulness I found whilst sorting through Aunt Maud's documents box this morn (I always get up early - it is a habit from the Army I just can't break, but I do get a lot done when there is no one else around at 05:00):
The original driver's handbook and the original service and warranty book. The handbook is appended in manuscript on the last page with the first owner's name, nearest dealer and car information (such as the paint colour being Volvo 46). The service record is stamped up to 1969 - and both are in the Volvo plastic folder that would have come with the motor car. Now that is priceless :-) PS. I've just found this Volvo paint code list (a VOC document) that confirms GAM is still in her original colour (as I suspected): https://www.volvoclub.org.uk/paint_colour_codes.shtml 46 Red Amazon 1962-70 1800S 1963–1969 1800E 1970–1972 1800ES 1972–1973 140 PV544 ... wonderful!
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Im hoping to see lots of pictures and write ups as the work progresses on this one.
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I tested the dash read out with a resistance decade box and it’s perfect. The new sender improved things to where they are now so I don’t think you’ll be able to do much more with it. When I worked at the power station, I had one of our summer interns try and build me a resistance damping unit using an Arduino single board computer. Unsurprisingly they weren’t actually many plant sensors based on a float moving a potentiometer wiper(!) but I thought it was an interesting project nonetheless! We bought the bits but unfortunately he never finished it. It shouldn’t be too difficult a project for the right person. |
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Regarding the o/drive inhibitor switch not fitted and o/drive working in all gears.
Place this at the top of your fix list. If you have the o/drive switched on with the solenoid energised, reversing the car will trash the o/drive. An easy to do expensive mistake. This is one reason for having the inhibit switch. O/drive must be inhibited except in 4th gear. |
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Inventory of spare parts
This post is mainly for my own use to catalogue what spares I have (thank you David):
1. Left rear door: 2. Right rear door: 3. Rear door glass (x2). 4. Front springs: 5. heater and heat exchanger complete: 6. Rear hub puller tool: 7. Hub caps: 8. PAS pump - I have no idea what this fits :-) 9. Various chromed trim pieces: 10. Quarterlight: 11. Old clutch cylinders (new ones are fitted: 12. Radiator blind (for -30C use only!): 13. Oil filters: 14. Window seal (windscreen?): 15. O/D inhibitor switch. 16. Distributer cap and points: 17. Quarterlights: 18. Door locks: 19. Regulator: 20. Rear mud flaps: 21. Rear shut panels: 22. Quarterlight seal: 23. Door handles: 24. Grommets and clips: :-)
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