Duchess The Volvo 340 CVT

[benji1985]

good evening all, a little more work done today
14/12/16
started today by finishing the undersealing, the front wheel arches
20161214_111351 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161214_111353 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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I then coated the inner chassis with waxoyl (note to self dont ever use brush on underseal again not when you can spray it on.....
also warm up the waxoyl before use)

There is not really any pictures of this stage as you can imagine being the inner chassis
20161214_111420 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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As my time was nearly up by this point i had a little play in contouring the window frame to start to get the right shape, it is coming on slowly.
20161214_115045 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
I have to admit.... she looks good in black...

Once home i decided to tap the holes in the alternators where the paint had got in to.
20161214_141003 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
and then i finished assembly one of the alternators, i was dying to see how it look, i like it
20161214_144725 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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Still need to connect the electrics, not soldered them yet.

I have been looking at adding the timer light relay when the doors open, i have the socket from the other loom which i have traced all the wires, just need to splice it in to my loom

hopefully there will be more before xmas

Ben

[bogbasic]

How many alternators can you get in a 340? Is it a CVT thing ;-?

Very well done, by the way.

[benji1985]

Hello all, been a little ill as of late so only managed to feel well enough to do something today.
21/12/16
so to start i decided that as it was wet i would make the propshaft and bell housing look better,sanded them off and coated in etch primer
before cleaning
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after cleaning
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etch primered
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while these were drying i finished off the alternators, the electrical connections needed soldered, but all 3 are now finished
20161221_103506 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

As i had the soldering iron out i proceeded to remove the relay socket from the old spare damaged loom and splice this in to mine.

I have taken detailed photos of this should anyone else want to put a time delay on to the interior light

First trace the green/yellow wire from the light under the steering wheel to the end
light side
20161221_105449 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
end side
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from this same end trace the pink wire up the loom until both the green/yellow and the pink wires run along side each other
20161221_105345 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

also find an earth to use, i used am earth the had a crimp on it but any earth will work
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any 4 pined relay will work, the wiring is as follows, the pink wire is a +ve feed, the green/yellow is the earth wire when the door is opened, the red wire from the socket goes to the light and the brown is the earth for the light through the realy. (it is red if you have the relay socket already there or green/yellow if you do not this wire goes to the light under the steering wheel)

splice in the pink wire (the colour on the socket will depend on the socket you buy, but as above the pink is +ve feed)
20161221_110152 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
heatshink as you see fit
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next cut the green/yellow wire, then splice to each end the switched pins in the relay
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then connect up the earth, in my case the brown wire, I used the volvo socket from a damaged loom, but i had to re-pin the socket to match my after market relay, as that has not arrived yet i left the green link wire in place
20161221_112118 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Somebody in the past joined the hazard switch wires via crimps, dont know the reason behind this, but as i had the damaged loom i cut off the switch and replaced the crimps
20161221_120055 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161221_120055 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

so now all the wiring was done, the etch primer had dried, so moved on the paint
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however it made a bad bearing noise, so yes i took it apart and ordered a new bearing
20161221_153115 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

So that is it for today, getting there

Ben

[benji1985]

Hello all just a small update, yesterday i ordered a new bearing it must have been late afternoon, and free postage it arrived first things today, it came from a company called "simply bearing" i can not fault them at all.
22/12/16
put the new bearing in and reassemble the part
20161222_140244 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
20161222_140253 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
then loosely refit back to the bell housing
20161222_140523 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

looks quite nice i feel , more in the new year

but for now i wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year

Ben

[JFB]

Nice picos

[benji1985]

Good day all. So I have brought a few little bits for duchess.
First I got a set of "beauty ring" least I think that is what it is called.
20170101_152008 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

And I also got her a spoiler, needs a little bit of a tidy up where the top layer has peeled a bit, so any advice would be great please.
20170101_152019 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

I have also got hold of 3 chrome straps that push in to the windscreen rubber, sadly it is 3 of the top section.
So does anyone have a bottom chrome section we can swap one, or does anyone need a top piece?
20170101_152405 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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Going to be cracking on hard tomorrow so watch this space

My wife brought me this picture which thought I would share with you all
20170101_155429 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Ben

[Minibuzz]

Alternators look amazing! Good progress!

[benji1985]

Good day all, today i hung the rear doors because I was worried about the corner fowling the sill as it did when i had a little try the other day, however i was very happy to see that they fitted really well. so i then moved on to hanging the front doors (all the doors but the passenger front doors were old ones new ones to go on) then the issue showed itself, where i fixed the gutter it was not straight and was catching the door and the corner was catching the sill.
20170102_101655 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

the other side fitted really nice
20170102_103354 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
and the shut gap was good all the way around
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cut out the side above the gutter to reveal the the repair that i did
20170102_112043 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
ground the welds off and freed the gutter which i then re-positioned it so the gap was consistent all the way around
20170102_121836 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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cleaned up the welds
20170102_125244 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then i made a new piece for the out side of the window frame
20170102_125244 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

then i refitted the rear door and the gap is good
20170102_152327 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

refitted the front door and with a gentle massage the sill was moved so the corner does not catch the corner anymore
20170102_153310 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

and as you can see, that is why the door is being replaced
the front door gap is also good
20170102_153312 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

Coated with some black paint to protect over night
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so again..... thats the welding done....... I hope........
Tomorrow will start to get on with the filler as last.

more to follow soon

Ben

[benji1985]

indeed

[360beast]

I bet there is a welding update tomorrow

Not long left and it will be back on the road.

[benji1985]

I bet there is a welding update tomorrow

Not long left and it will be back on the road.

Dont jinx it lol.
Can't wait to send her off for paint.

Ben

[volvomania]

I am surprised to see that you didn't POR / paint the inside of the A pillar.
Is there a min temp under which you can't use it?

[benji1985]

I am surprised to see that you didn't POR / paint the inside of the A pillar.
Is there a min temp under which you can't use it?

I did paint it, but used eastwood rust encapsulator instead, and the silver is weld through primer

Ben

[benji1985]

good day all, the latest update for you all.
03/01/17
started by putting some filler over the repair of yesterday on the A-piller, then moved to wire brushing the holes where the boot hinges attach.
20170103_100959 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr

while the boot was off i found a little rust.... the welder came out (in the voice of a jedi.."this is not a welder you see") there was a little rust hole around the mounting point for the boot
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then i painted with rust encapsulator
and moved on to start sanding the filler down
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the boot hinge all encapsulated
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found some low areas on the wiper panel
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added a bit more filler, while that was drying the first powdered coated bit went back on, the cross member
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with new bolts
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sanded the filler
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few scratches
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put a bit of filler on the boot lip
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bit more filler, i must stress i am only applying a thin layer each time, but the general shape is coming on, just sorting out the lows
20170103_152706 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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finished for the day so painted over with some gloss paint to seal the filler
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so thats all for a bit

Ben

[benji1985]

Hello all, i was able to grab a few hours on the body work today.
carried on working on the filler around the windscreen
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I have to admit my skills are getting better, but i am not a bodywork specialist...
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the rear wheel arch is getting better
20170105_132943 by Benjamin Charlton, on Flickr
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it need a bit more filler was needed
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ran out of back paint so had to use primer sadly
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there are a couple of little nicks that need to be seen to
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i hope to get this finished soon i really want to see her go to get painted, and more to see her to come back

Ben