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cabbage340
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by cabbage340 » 04 Oct 2011 09:57 pm
Hi all
Well I am very pleased to share with you 300 series lovers that our "young lady" passed her MOT today. After a 5000 mile European tour (on the 1first day in Rennes, France, we unfortunately got rear ended, the french van was a write off, our "young lady" just took it. Barely a scratch. We were convinced that by Friday it was going to be on ebay to be sold as a spare or repair!! No, to our shock and amazement it just needed 4 new tyres, headlight adjustment and a bulb. Whoo whooo. Hope you 300 series owners have a nice experience with yours. What has yours needed this year? Hopefully very little like ours.....
Take care and all
P.S. We are going to take her to Africa for Christmas!!
Volvo 340 - 'G' 1990 (No.1)
Volvo 340 - 'F' 1989 (No. 2)
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volvosneverdie
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by volvosneverdie » 04 Oct 2011 10:04 pm
cabbage340 wrote:
P.S. We are going to take her to Africa for Christmas!!
Blimey!
Love to see pics of that jaunt!
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macplaxton
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by macplaxton » 04 Oct 2011 10:09 pm
cabbage340 wrote:What has yours needed this year?
Nowt, as she's* exempt from testing
The '82** needed nowt either, oddly enough.
*the '78 Black Beauty.
**the '82 is UK-based.
72 DAF 44 Estate 78 Volvo 343DL Black Beauty
82 Volvo 343DL CVT
88 Volvo 340DL Diesel
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Nimminz
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by Nimminz » 04 Oct 2011 10:47 pm
mine needed nothing
'88 360 +T LSD - sold
'87 760 TDI (D24TIC) - sold
'04 V40 D sport (F9Q, decat, Remapped, launch control)
'89 740 SE (b230ft, 12psi, V-cam, headwork, 'remapped', banded steels)
'86 340 DL 1.4
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Chris_C
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by Chris_C » 04 Oct 2011 11:28 pm
New suspension top cups/bearings/mounts.
For Fake that's a huge achievement and a really good list
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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L14MNP
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- Location: Sunderland/Durham
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by L14MNP » 05 Oct 2011 12:05 am
Africa sounds great mate! I really want to do some travelling in a car some time soon. I reckon I will go for one of those scumball rally type affairs initially though.
as for the 360, she's in pieces at the moment, but last MoT it failed on front springs dislocating (my fault for cutting them) and emissions a tiny bit too high. Removal of the air filter and standard height springs and all was well. Not bad to say prior to me buying it from a dealer with what I suspect to be a dodgy MoT it had been laid up for around 16 years!
Oh yeah, I also cleaned out the carb and fitted a new fuel pump, but that was prior to any MoT in my hands.
STREETO WITHDRAWL
INTO BURNOUTSsince1982
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TurboTomSportive
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by TurboTomSportive » 05 Oct 2011 07:27 am
Mine needed a pair if wiper blades and a washer jet unblocking, not bad for 89' I guess, no rust at all either
1989 (G) Volvo 340 1.4 4-speed 5 door. More Doors - More whores
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MCHUDD
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by MCHUDD » 05 Oct 2011 01:19 pm
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jarlidge
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by jarlidge » 06 Oct 2011 09:07 pm
hi
both of my 360's never needed anything for the mot. and hasen't for the years i have owned them. but my silver 360, will be nedding a body shop after some twat pulled out of a junction and hit the rear quarter panel...........
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Hell Driver
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by Hell Driver » 06 Oct 2011 09:18 pm
New coil spring (old one cracked). Changed the pair and new shocks and painted struts/inside domes while I was there...one thing leads to another! Also put in new bottom ball joints.
360 GLE Saloon (D 86)
360 GLS (A 84)
343 DL (W 80) 
340 GL 1.7 (G 89)
360 GLS (Y 83)
440 Turbo (J 92)
Transit Tipper 125 T350 (02)Alive Again!
Transit Tipper Smiley face Q reg
Mitsubishi Colt 1.1 (54)
R.I.P. 77 343 DL vario 
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spike4073
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by spike4073 » 08 Oct 2011 12:19 pm
less than i was expecting
just needed a little welding round rear suspention stress points and a replacement number plate
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jon-ovlov
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by jon-ovlov » 08 Oct 2011 01:08 pm
Rear wheel cylinders, new rear copper hard line, H-brake cables, brake bleed.
The ONLY thing I couldn't test at home were the breaks. Figures.
Speedy88 wrote:
Leave choke on, idling obnoxiously until neighbours peer out windows at the noisy exhaust
Give neighbours thumbs up
Rev engine to 7K
Exit street sideways
Win at life.
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macplaxton
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by macplaxton » 08 Oct 2011 01:42 pm
jon-ovlov wrote:The ONLY thing I couldn't test at home were the breaks.
Not having a go, as I mash the keyboard a lot too, but br
eaks are for t
ea. Brakes are for stopping. But you (k)new that! Damned homophones!
The only reason I mention it now and again is that when it comes to doing a search, it helps find things.
72 DAF 44 Estate 78 Volvo 343DL Black Beauty
82 Volvo 343DL CVT
88 Volvo 340DL Diesel
