340 1.7... Project moosefail.

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mrgreggles
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340 1.7... Project moosefail.

Post by mrgreggles » 03 Mar 2014 11:47 am

Bonjour!

Clearly, I took leave of my senses over the weekend and invested in a 340 (which was also for sale on here, by the looks of it) having no prior experience of volvos and an inbuilt hatred of carbs.

So. Here's the beast:

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1.7L of poor-running gas machine (it's trying to kill me, I'm sure of it).

Got a few issues... It idles like a pig. Cleaned the carb up, set the butterflies and whatnot... needed a carb to manifold gasket, so made one of those too... still won't idle below 2k! If I lower the idle to 1kish, it just stalls. Now I'm on the hunt for a new carb. If that doesn't work, I'll set it on fire :p

Also it has the hilarious issue of the wipers not stopping. The dude I bought it off reckons it needs a relay... but god knows! Has anyone else had this issue? The motor is currently unplugged.



Just ordered some bits for it: -75mm lowering blocks, a smaller steering wheel, a flat cap and a window winder (while being gassed, the drivers' side winder kept coming off in my hand, which isn't ideal).

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Re: 340 1.7... Project moosefail.

Post by macplaxton » 03 Mar 2014 01:41 pm

mrgreggles wrote: and an inbuilt hatred of carbs.
Just learn about them, then there's no need to hate. ;)

Dodgy float? Spongy things so they are.

Read here: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=9289

It'd be to your advantage (and more rewarding) to fix the problem by testing / repair rather than just substituting bolt on assemblies. Any questions, don't ask me, ask "mac" of this parish as he knows about those Solex things.

(I like both carbs and fuel injection, but I've a bit of an inbuilt hatred for all Solex carbs) :lol:
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Re: 340 1.7... Project moosefail.

Post by Hell Driver » 03 Mar 2014 10:33 pm

I've had a problem with the wipers doing that on the GLS. I just pulled the wires off that stopped it working on that speed. I think they still work on the other speed though, I can't quite remember. I'll find out whats wrong and have to fix it this spring.
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Re: 340 1.7... Project moosefail.

Post by macplaxton » 03 Mar 2014 11:54 pm

Hell Driver wrote:I'll find out whats wrong and have to fix it this spring.
You better hurry up then as it's already started*










*if you're a weatherman
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