Anjo's '89 360 GL saloon

A place to describe in details your 300, close to or in genuine condition
The purchase, story of the car, repairs...
Post Reply
User avatar
volvodspec
Posts: 1921
Joined: 06 Dec 2008 09:35 pm
Location: Netherlands.
Contact:

Anjo's '89 360 GL saloon

Post by volvodspec » 09 Jun 2012 01:54 pm

well this thing: http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... 7&p=163797 didn't quite make it through the winter at the springs MOT it's major failure was rust.
3feet of front valance, both front inner wings (you could tickle the passengers feet and change a fuse or touch the wiper motor through the inner wings!!) one foot of left rear sill and 2 beams that needed patching. it was just a bit too much on a car that i haven't made costs on, and would become a big welding headache in the future years... sooo, i traded it in for this; a '89 360GL that has been involed in a lorry accident while it was parked.

story is that it hit the lh side wing with it's loading bay pushing the car sideways where a lightpost and a concrete block were waiting.; the accident's damage: both front wings, right door(the strengthening beam was pushed against the inner sheet of the door!!), bonnet, 1,5 foot dent in the RH sill and LH side inner wing. other than that 4 small pieces of patching on the sills and front valance; technically OK and a B200E wich has done 120.000km, it was really doable and a nice oppurtunity to pick up my sheetmetal skills as i have zero experience on this.

here's a quick summary of what happened in the period of 18march till now in the weekends:

i started with repairing the damage not too much pics of everything but here are some; Tom might remember this location :wink: :lol:
Image
Image
Image

the dent in the RH sill was so large that i decided to cut it out and wel in a replacement piece.
Image
Image

LH inner wing was a lot of work... this was the damage.
Image

here welded;
Image
Image

here's the RH wing that came off,
Image
surprisingly the replacement wing fitted no problem,

Image
the RH door didn't fit but after some reconstructive work on the door hinges (very big hammer!) it did like a glove, brilliant!

and a good tip if you start too enthousiastic on welding the car's floor; remove the carpet or you'll end up with fire!
Image
i was very lucky that it was coffeebreak and i saw some flickering orange in the headlining wich raised the alarmbells (2 cups of water put it out) if it was later we probably have ended up losing the car and maybe even the garage...

MOT came up after a lot of work, went trough after replacing 2 broken bulbs, 2 rear tyres and the wiper blades so i could drive the car to it's new home :D
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

i do need to push the LH inner wing out on the top, it's bent in a bit with the accident
Image

the replacement wings and doors have the wrong trim (some of them even have striping), so i took everything off and removed the glue residu with a caramel disk
Image
Image

then it's first wash
Image
Image

and i went through my parts stash for some bits n bobs to put on later; this + yellow front foglights should be nice
Image

one of my own custom stainless steel strutbraces put on
Image

then the very much needed maintenance..
Image

new radiator
Image

replaced the oil seals and cambelt+tensioner
Image
Image

removed + blanked the Pulsair system as one of the pipes was rotten
Image
Image

exhaust manifold gaskets were leaking;
Image

also blocked off the EGR with a hydraulic nipple.
Image

on with the intake manifold..
Image

ultrasonic cleaning the injectors;
Image
on of it's O-rings was broken, that explained the fuel smell.
Image

adjusted the idle control etc while the manifold was off and put the injectors back with new O-rings
Image

blocked off the EGR nipple with a bolt + Loctite 542, the whole EGR valve etc was removed and cleaned the crankcase ventilation box
Image

started to look like something..
Image

this was the heater resistance:
Image
obviously i put a resistorpack back in instead of the fuse

replaced both fuel filters, this is what the fuel looks like coming frome the engine bay filter..
Image

done!
Image
Image

how it runs after the service:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07wWnLqhz60

also replaced the torquetube clamp bolts
Image

on with the interior!
Image

Image

even found a factory fault
Image
Image
obviously replaced it with a new connector.

took out the CV loom of a spare dash loom i had lying around;
Image

adjusted the valves;
Image
Image

replaced front + rear bumper, front grill to a GLT model and redid the trailer connector, then also replaced the roofgutter and front+rear window trimming from faded chrome to black plastic trimming.
Image
Image
Image

after paint cleaning + wax treatment and with 15`wheels coming from my old red 340:
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

looks good in the rain.
Image

the 343 is sleeping indoors now, i have 2 storage spaces (1 for the 343 + sheetmetal and 1 for all the other parts)
Image

rear lighting issues with the earth strip, solved by replacing the earth strip for wiring.
Image

new engine, B230F
Image
Image

will be nothing fancy, just putting it in. it'll even run on the stock 360 LE. just have to put on another cyl head and a side-dizzy oil pump axle, fresh paint + cambelt and swap it; should give a few extra pony's and some extra torque. also started building a B230F+T for the 343 atm, will be using the sump+oil pump etc from this B200E once it's out.

this was this afternoon after putting on a snowcap, still need to put the GL trimming back on. also took linseed oil over the bumpers the past week.
Image

oh yeah, it drives really good too :lol: like it a lot, was finally something else as a daily to the last 340 cvt's. it took some time from my dad to start enjoying it but he likes it too. it's not nearly as good handling or quick as the 340Turbo (wich still drives btw, will get on with that soon as a hella lot more mods are coming!!!) but still it's fun and a good highway cruizer.

User avatar
SteveP
*** V3M DONOR ***
Posts: 7933
Joined: 21 Sep 2004 12:45 pm
Location: Coventry, UK

Re: Anjo's '89 360 GL saloon

Post by SteveP » 10 Jun 2012 12:10 pm

Fantastic work! What a transformation
1989 - Volvo 360 GLT
1985 - Volvo 360 GLS
2008 - Volvo S60 SE Lux

User avatar
volvodspec
Posts: 1921
Joined: 06 Dec 2008 09:35 pm
Location: Netherlands.
Contact:

Re: Anjo's '89 360 GL saloon

Post by volvodspec » 15 Jun 2012 04:17 pm

thank you :)

and another nice afternoons work, i've put back the GL trimming strips, put the front foglights in, interior clock, changed engine oil, gearbox oil, differential oil and the brake fluid.
while i was doing the diff oil i also put on a new gasket off Mac

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

now next on the list is new front shocks + lowering the front, then as the exhaust won't last much longer a custom stainless exhaust from the manifold to the back and apart from the new engine; that's it for now :D well, i also have a complete saloon bodykit wich needs a bit work so will do that too, soon....

User avatar
Speedy88
Posts: 4057
Joined: 04 May 2009 11:52 pm
Location: Bristol

Re: Anjo's '89 360 GL saloon

Post by Speedy88 » 15 Jun 2012 07:29 pm

Yeah! Good man anjo. Also going to put a B230 in my 360 in the autumn, seems a very easy swap if you've got the equipment to do so.
'88 340 Williams (Sold)
'85 360 GLS - Drift project (Sold)
'77 Colt Sigma
'96 940 Drift project

Post Reply