240 General: New (to me) 1980 Volvo 244

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Originally Posted by loki_the_glt

Nice work; as has been said before about many things "hindsight has 20-20 vision".

As you say,the redblocks are easy to do most jobs on; number 4 spark plug on manual cars is a bit more difficult as the clutch master cylinder gets in the way and the camshaft mounted distributor has to rank as one of Volvo's less intelligent pieces of "design" but things like the timing belt set-up might almost have been designed with the owner-mechanic in mind.

Yes indeed about life being easy with 20-20 hindsight; no matter, it was a pretty easy thing to rectify.

I've just been out for a drive around in the RB, nowhere in particular, but just because it is a nice car to drive. It is so much quieter without that mouse living in the front of the engine - I have turned the radio down a bit!

The B21a in the RB is particularly easy to work on (an auto plus the vertical type distributor). I was comparing it with a mate when we swapped the thermostat on his 10 year old Vauxhall Insignia diesel during the Xmas break. It took us about an hour to get access to the part, whereas on the RB the whole job would have taken 5 minutes at most.

Best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2021.

Alan