Volvrat II - Volvo 940 V8

[JayJay]

Now the dash is all one piece, will it come out in one piece? You could then bracket it from underneath and then remove the exterior brackets that ae showing? Or is that part of the rat look??

He's carpeting it so I don't think they'll have much effect on it

Looks good bud

[Kawa]

Axminster FTW!

[indigolemon]

Axminster FTW!

+1!

[Crazy_C]

Yes it will come out in one piece, just have to remove the steering wheel and steering wheel shroud to get it out

But as Jay said, I'll be carpeting it anyways so won't see the brackets




And NO!!!!! Black carpet, not that weird stuff (though might use something like that for the headliner )

[JayJay]

Yes it will come out in one piece, just have to remove the steering wheel and steering wheel shroud to get it out

But as Jay said, I'll be carpeting it anyways so won't see the brackets




And NO!!!!! Black carpet, not that weird stuff (though might use something like that for the headliner )

You wouldn't be Crazy if there wasn't some Axminster in the car somewhere

[Crazy_C]

Hahaa, well it's not a bad idea. Might do it for the floor mats thinking about it


Oh, and the car is now down at the autoshop with half the old engine out

[Crazy_C]

YAY!!! Engine is out!! And gearboxes are getting swapped over tomorrow, hopefully, weather providing!


Now this is a very nice, wet hole

[Crazy_C]

Before I started work today I managed to get the old gearbox disconnected and out, and my mates got the new gearbox in so it's now looking like this




And earlier it was all just a big gaping hole!






Unfortunately found that the propshaft isn't quite long enough, so looks like some machining will have to be done to get that to fit!

[Crazy_C]

Wow, it's been a while since I've updated this!!!


Well a bit of an update for you guys. The prop was too short to meet the gearbox by 55mm, so that has been holding up progress for the last month, but that spacer is now made up And now things can all start progressing again too


As for the dashboard, it's now looking a bit different too. The dials are now in, and you can see now why I decided to strip the old dash out and make the new one out of MDF



I've got the dials in and the headlamp switch in too. I just need to get the fuel gauge, hazard, and fog light switches in there too, and then I can carpet the dash

Although the dials are there, they're not actually connected to anything yet, but they light up and look pretty






Well now I've had some free time and the weather has been ok-ish (still been tipping it down though so getting soaked ) I've managed to get a fair bit done so now, the next step is getting the engine in now Woop!!!

I've got the prop spacer in place, which was a pain in the ass to do underneath the car on oil and rain soaked ground with loads of leafs around the place!! A lot of effort lying on your back under a car doing 4 bolts up with spanners. It doesn't sound like it, but the blood was gone from my hands after each bolt!!! Plus sneezing whilst under there and head butting the undercarriage really doesn't help!

But here it is, in place, all bolted up





Also been working on the wiring too, so I now have switches for the front and rear fog lights. The rear fog switch lights up when the lights are on, but the front one doesn't for some reason, but it works. I'll just sort out the wiring for it to light up when it comes to MOT time. No photos of them sorry.



Got my fuel gauge in too now, and here's a photo of it - it's the yellow thing



It's a multimeter set to show resistance, so it works as follows:
2 = full
68 = 1/5 tank remaining
113 = fuel warning light would come on (if I had one)
131 = empty tank

[JayJay]

I've got the same multimeter