Why you should have brakes profesionaly refurbished

[classicswede]

I sent my pair of 164 calipers for over hall by a local refurb company. I had a phone call off them saying then had found a crack in one on pressure testing and therfore could not repair it. I checked them over before sending them off and had seen nothing wrong.

Anyway i had the one done and collected the dead unit at the same time. Well a crack was a little understated







If I had reuilt this unit myself with a seal kit I would not have found the crack and the unit could have burst in use!

[trabitom99]

Looks scary

Tom

[jtbo]

Good thing they did pressure test, quite bad crack it revealed

Luckily Volvo has dual circuit brakes, one of first manufacturers to use them

[foggyjames]

That's pretty impressive.

I've just picked up a 164

cheers

James

[classicswede]

What age / spec 164 is it that you have? James you are going to end up like me with a huge number of volvos

[jtbo]

I think James has already have huge amount of Volvos Great job preserving these cars guys

My two Volvos is just pathetic level of enthusiasm

[classicswede]

I had been thincking about listing out all my volvo's in my sig but I'd end up missing some of and possibly listing some I shouldent have!

[volvosneverdie]

I had been thincking about listing out all my volvo's in my sig but I'd end up missing some of and possibly listing some I shouldent have!

Have you got a link to pics up anywhere dude?
Be interested to see the horded masses of sweet sweet Volvo youve got stashed away.

[trabitom99]

I remember seeing a street filled with Volvos in one of Dai's photo comp entries ...

[volvosneverdie]

I remember seeing a street filled with Volvos in one of Dai's photo comp entries ...

Oh yeah, with the volvo trailer as well iirc.
Hardcore volvo lane that was.
Highly impressive.
Bet the neighbours love him.

[Chris_C]

I've seen pics of Brace barn... somewhere in the region of eleventy billion I think

[foggyjames]

It's a '69 model B30A with an M410 (4psd+OD)...creme/white with blue leather...and after the PO ran it dry of fuel, it doesn't run. I think it's not getting fuel...porous lines, or similar. The weather has been too crappy for me to want to sort it out...

cheers

James

[jtbo]

It's a '69 model B30A with an M410 (4psd+OD)...creme/white with blue leather...and after the PO ran it dry of fuel, it doesn't run. I think it's not getting fuel...porous lines, or similar. The weather has been too crappy for me to want to sort it out...

cheers

James

That sounds pretty nice, running problem indeed can't be nothing too serious if PO told the truth and why wouldn't he.

Hopefully weather allows to check it soon, 6 cylinders is quite nice music and once one gets used to it those 4 bangers starts to sound some kind faulty, like something would be missing

[classicswede]

It's a '69 model B30A with an M410 (4psd+OD)...creme/white with blue leather...and after the PO ran it dry of fuel, it doesn't run. I think it's not getting fuel...porous lines, or similar. The weather has been too crappy for me to want to sort it out...

cheers

James

Same as one of my brothers ones then. It would not supprise me if the pump has packed in after been run dry.

[foggyjames]

Good thought Dai. As you can probably tell, I haven't even got that far yet.

Luckily I have ~1/2 mile of private road from my unit to 'real' road, so it can take a few outings once it's back up and running...

cheers

James