Awesome work.

Hello all, small updates for you all.
Duchess was "rushed" in to service as the S80 popped out her core plug and dump all her oil, so Duchess was used for a few days, (the S80 is all fixed now, 11 hours later!).
After which Duchess went back to the grandparents until the garage was ready to receive her.
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Here she is at work

A week has passed and now she is down in cornwall, few little bits done.
Belts tighten up as they were slipping
New heater resister pack fitted with special thanks to Mac
located the squealing noise, coming from the distributor cap, new one on order from Mac.

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Few more bits to work on like the fitting the new roof gutters, if anyone has a good idea on how to fit these and get them to stick please tell me.

Ben

Epic work on your faithful satellite.

Maybe run a bead of sikaflex down the centre of the roof gutters and fit them, then wipe away the excess?

Hi Ben.
Love the Hella. Might put mine back on.
There is a saying here in Belfast,
ITS A CRACKER.
Cheers Mark.

Hello sorry for the quiet time on here, had a few problems to sort.
19/12/17
Had a squealing coming from the distributor so tried a 2nd new arm.... this broke, so found a spare distributor and fitted the whole unit on, new cap and all is great
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25/25/17
Christmas day goodies
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05/01/18
The new LED bulbs arrived so got them fitted, got to admit there is a good difference, not so much brighter, but a lot crisper light.
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07/01/18
Today saw a little job i forgot to do which was to seal in the rear light with silicon
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Night time shot of LED's
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09/01/18
Trying to track down the misfire at light throttle...
plugs from cylinder 1 to 4
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1 to 3 look normal and 4 looks bad..... however 1 to 3 are not good... more to follow

15/01/18
After changing the plugs and still getting misfire, more inspection was needed all 4 cylinders had a good 170psi average pressure
so took the carb off and the manifold
Found a little exhaust leak there
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but then it came off to find this!
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the ports on the head look ok
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So the head is to come off
fist bolt to come out has oil/water mix on it
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you can see now that water was getting in to 3 of the cylinders
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Headgasket does not look bad....
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So now have a new genuine Volvo head gasket to try. Lets hope that solves the issue

more to come soon

Ben

Awesome work, indeed.

Bugger! Are you going to use new bolts too just to rule them out? The fact water is in 3 of the cylinders AND down the side of the block and there's nothing wrong with the head gasket suggests a clamping/sealing issue? The head mating surface looks kinda contaminated/dirty?

SteveP wrote:Bugger! Are you going to use new bolts too just to rule them out? The fact water is in 3 of the cylinders AND down the side of the block and there's nothing wrong with the head gasket suggests a clamping/sealing issue? The head mating surface looks kinda contaminated/dirty?

Agreed, the bolts are 100mm long. The others i have found are also 100mm so i dont think it is the bolts.
I have a new gasket (volvo one) going spend some time cleaning up the block mating surface, the cylinder head is clean.

Hope this solves the issue

Ben

I think that will be the issue - how clean was the mating surface when you fitted the new head gasket before? If it wasn't seeping out of the side of the gasket also I'd be checking liner height? But from them pics I'd say clean up the mating surface.

Could it also be related to the head bolt torque settings? Are you supposed to re-check the torque setting after its first heat cycle on the B14?

SteveP wrote:I think that will be the issue - how clean was the mating surface when you fitted the new head gasket before? If it wasn't seeping out of the side of the gasket also I'd be checking liner height? But from them pics I'd say clean up the mating surface.

Could it also be related to the head bolt torque settings? Are you supposed to re-check the torque setting after its first heat cycle on the B14?

I dont trust my torque wench (not now) I am borrowing one in the morning so could be under torqued and the wench was a fault etc

re check is after 300 miles ish.... she only just got to that when this happened

I thought you were supposed to get the head skimmed before refitting it - I am mechanically quite ignorant so don't trust my advice, but its what I've heard several times in the past. Good luck anyway!

bogbasic wrote:I thought you were supposed to get the head skimmed before refitting it - I am mechanically quite ignorant so don't trust my advice, but its what I've heard several times in the past. Good luck anyway!

It is good practice, but my head was perfectly smooth and flat, I did test it with a straight edge.

Ben

benji1985 wrote:Few more bits to work on like the fitting the new roof gutters, if anyone has a good idea on how to fit these and get them to stick please tell me.

Just wait until it is 20-25°C, the warmer the better (softens the gutters).
I have never used any adhesive to keep them in place, but have instead used a slight "dusting" of vaseline (underneath the trim) to keep the gutter rustfree.
Starting on one end I slid/hung the trim (vertical motion) on the gutter for some length and started to roll it over the corner a few finger widths at a time.
The idea is that it will roll into place and not to put too much twist on the trim.
So hang it on the gutter for as long as possible
Start to roll it over the corner at the very end, but not for the entire way, but gently working it
Return to where it has snapped into place and progress a bit further working the trim
And so on, and so on.
If it is too cold the gutter will snap.

volvomania wrote:

benji1985 wrote:Few more bits to work on like the fitting the new roof gutters, if anyone has a good idea on how to fit these and get them to stick please tell me.

Just wait until it is 20-25°C, the warmer the better (softens the gutters).
I have never used any adhesive to keep them in place, but have instead used a slight "dusting" of vaseline (underneath the trim) to keep the gutter rustfree.
Starting on one end I slid/hung the trim (vertical motion) on the gutter for some length and started to roll it over the corner a few finger widths at a time.
The idea is that it will roll into place and not to put too much twist on the trim.
So hang it on the gutter for as long as possible
Start to roll it over the corner at the very end, but not for the entire way, but gently working it
Return to where it has snapped into place and progress a bit further working the trim
And so on, and so on.
If it is too cold the gutter will snap.

Hello RJ, your quite right i didnt work out the whole roll bit, i tried with my broken one this however broken even more
Do you have a chrome gutter trim, after one to make a pair.

Ben