New 850 owner

Post 716953 by xllifts850 on 2014-06-04 21:51:22

Hi people, I am now a proud owner of a 1996 850 T5 estate! My word what a car, looking forward to enhancing and nurturing the power, some really nice cars on the forum here hope I can make mine half as good. All the best Dave.

Post 716956 by Jamest5r on 2014-06-04 21:58:55

Welcome :) pics needed around here unwritten rule :)

Post 716960 by xllifts850 on 2014-06-04 22:10:48

Lol thanks, will take some tomorrow when I get back from work..... Please don't ban me just yet :pirate:

Post 716963 by WOODY T5 on 2014-06-04 22:15:23

Hello mate

Post 716964 by xllifts850 on 2014-06-04 22:18:47

:wavey:

Post 716980 by M-R-P on 2014-06-04 23:06:18

Welcome aboard :)

Post 716990 by woz on 2014-06-04 23:22:29

Welcome aboard - I too have a 96 t5 estate and was new on here once - its a great forum, I have learned a lot and had great help in times of need. Pop some pics up - bet yours looks better than mine which is now a bit of a shed, though still running its orginal zorst. Its been a landlord and odd-job man mobile for me and previous owner, plus family and dog mobile for 5 years. happy years i add. Better fuel consumption than my 1.1L Metro and more fun tool!! I hope yours does you as well as mine has!!

Post 716993 by abdul on 2014-06-04 23:24:16

Welcome

Post 717004 by smithy on 2014-06-05 05:49:13

Welcome to the forum

Post 717014 by ajc106 on 2014-06-05 08:53:40

hello and welcome along:worthless

Post 717022 by tichai on 2014-06-05 10:12:15

Welcome and what he said ^^ :)

Post 717034 by LeeT5 on 2014-06-05 11:07:37

[QUOTE=xllifts850;716960]Lol thanks, will take some tomorrow when I get back from work..... [COLOR="#FF0000"]Please don't ban me just yet[/COLOR] :pirate:[/QUOTE] You got one week or your out! :buttkick:

Post 717035 by stribo on 2014-06-05 11:15:56

Welcome to the forum.

Post 717092 by theflyingbrick on 2014-06-05 18:12:22

welcome along :)

Post 717096 by V70 Graham on 2014-06-05 18:31:20

Welcome to the club.

Post 717099 by T5frankie on 2014-06-05 18:39:12

welcome

Post 717100 by Shinsplintz 101 on 2014-06-05 18:40:46

Welcome!

Post 717181 by boycdon on 2014-06-05 22:27:10

welcome mate...im new here and have already recieved some very good advice and ideas,brilliant site and some really helpfull people...enjoy!! :welcome:

Post 717182 by Santa on 2014-06-05 22:28:15

Welcome :)

Post 717280 by xllifts850 on 2014-06-06 19:45:44

Thanks guys, Nice to have so many people welcome me not often found on forums these days! I have some photos on my phone that I will post up when they download to pc then will try to get them on here. Spent this afternoon doing a brake bleed and oil change along with some boost pipe changes, this car just gets better every second driven it for about 50 miles in total and brings a smile to my face, a Volvo SHOULD not make these noises o be this quick!

Post 717324 by AndysR on 2014-06-06 22:00:45

Welcome to the fold, good to see your enjoying your new toy. Your quite right though, you wouldn't expect a Volvo to go or make noises like the T5's do, imagine what it will be like if you start modifying it ;)

Post 717343 by jdavis on 2014-06-06 22:54:00

Welcome

Post 717351 by xllifts850 on 2014-06-06 23:16:37

[QUOTE=AndysR;717324]Welcome to the fold, good to see your enjoying your new toy. Your quite right though, you wouldn't expect a Volvo to go or make noises like the T5's do, imagine what it will be like if you start modifying it ;)[/QUOTE] Oh I am in trouble with the wife already on the modifying part lol, want to get it running right as standard before starting to modify, that won't be long ;)

Post 717453 by xllifts850 on 2014-06-07 19:48:58

Okay here goes before I get banned for non posting of pictures :) She looks a bit scabby at the moment and will be brought back to former glory eventually. Have spent the last two days chasing a boost problem but have now got it sorted, after changing all the actuator hoses and shutting off the boost bleed kit someone had fitted before. need to try and get it back perfect running order as a standard engine before starting to play with some goodies. think I am nearly there now though so a quick blat to Le mans and back next week should iron out any unexpected issues. The car is amazingly fast in standard tune, am really pleased with the car and look forward to fettling and bringing her back to the glory she deserves. Once again thanks for your welcome guys :)

Post 717456 by Harvey on 2014-06-07 20:04:58

Hi & welcome As said about the photos well done..

Post 717548 by Darkstar-SFX on 2014-06-08 17:00:57

Welcome to the Forum! As others have already said, it's a great place to be and chock-full of cracking advice! Your car looks very much like my sadly stolen and burnt-out 850 T5 did - except mine had several parts from my previous V70 P1, including a dark grey/black spoiler and the "V" stuck in front of 850 to denote that it was 20% V70 :pimp2: I replaced her with an R - fast? Well my £88 donation to the "Old Bill Benevolent Fund" for 81MPH on the A14 speaks for itself :cop::yikes:

Post 717559 by Darkstar-SFX on 2014-06-08 17:14:21

[ATTACH=CONFIG]25506[/ATTACH] Arse end for comparison :biggrin:

Post 717614 by xllifts850 on 2014-06-08 20:18:28

[QUOTE=Darkstar-SFX;717548]Welcome to the Forum! As others have already said, it's a great place to be and chock-full of cracking advice! Your car looks very much like my sadly stolen and burnt-out 850 T5 did - except mine had several parts from my previous V70 P1, including a dark grey/black spoiler and the "V" stuck in front of 850 to denote that it was 20% V70 :pimp2: I replaced her with an R - fast? Well my £88 donation to the "Old Bill Benevolent Fund" for 81MPH on the A14 speaks for itself :cop::yikes:[/QUOTE] That does scarily look like mine, sorry to hear of its sad demise! Just got back from workshop and have titivated the rear as a stop gap until I get time to have her in for a total strip down and respray. It now looks almost identical, down to the black roof spoiler. I now want an R but want to make this one faster and shiny first . Will post some more pictures in a bit of todays work, but probably in the general discussions bit. Thanks for the welcome :)

Post 717714 by LeeT5 on 2014-06-09 10:42:39

Looks like you got a totally standard, unfetled car there. Well done and look forwards to the mods and bring back to life threads!!