Post 729558 by t5_jim on 2014-08-13 21:29:45
Hi guys and girls.
New to this forum but not to volvo`s, spanners or cars.
My misses owns a C70 2.5T cabriolet(silver) and I recently picked up a `96 850 T5 auto in Aubergine (which has cost me loads in my own man hours over the past week replacing all the old boost and vacuum hoses along with a new maf and temp sender +o2 sensor diagnosing its faults, will it is 18 years old)
will be looking into getting a Hlm(bromsgrove) ecu for the 850 in the near future, as I used to work not far from them,
Forum appears great with lots of info, We will be posting some pics of our cars sometime over the weekend.
Great site, keep it up :)
Post 729561 by tichai on 2014-08-13 21:39:22
Welcome to the forum, look forward to the pics
Post 729570 by t5_jim on 2014-08-13 21:58:51
thanks all, will get the piccies up soon
Post 729572 by martybelfastt5 on 2014-08-13 22:08:07
welcome to vpcuk :B_steerin
Post 729578 by stribo on 2014-08-13 22:19:58
Welcome to the forum, only 2 Volvos, we currently have 3, but good to see you have a C70. :D
Post 729582 by classicswede on 2014-08-13 22:56:54
Welcome to the forum.
I have a few Volvo's myself, there was one point where between me my dad and brother we had a collection of over 50 but thinned down a few years ago but the number are picking up again
Post 729586 by Wobbly Dave on 2014-08-13 23:16:17
:welcome: - we have 2 Volvos - a C70 T5 Coupe in Silver and an S40 R-Design 2.0D in Navy Blue.
Post 729640 by t5_jim on 2014-08-14 12:49:46
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well this belongs to the misses, I paid less than £450 for it with a headgasket failure last december
below is the 850, picked it up off ebay for £295, looks a little different now so will update the piccies
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Post 729641 by t5_jim on 2014-08-14 12:53:19
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and another one.....my misses adores this car, and for the money so do I
Post 729646 by Liddo on 2014-08-14 14:32:03
did you get that off Ebay?? I was tempted too :D Was it starting at £350 or somthing like that??
EDIT: Just saw the comments between the pics :D Well done, bargain at that price. I love that colour
Post 729719 by jdavis on 2014-08-14 21:24:01
2 tidy looking cars there
Welcome
Post 729727 by t5_jim on 2014-08-14 22:56:45
[QUOTE=Liddo;729646]did you get that off Ebay?? I was tempted too :D Was it starting at £350 or somthing like that??
EDIT: Just saw the comments between the pics :D Well done, bargain at that price. I love that colour[/QUOTE]
yeah got the 850 off ebay, made him an offer and he accepted, happy days :)
Post 730992 by evo230 on 2014-08-22 14:24:19
Holy crap that was cheap!
Welcome to the forum - looks different now?? Pictures please :D
Post 730995 by Bones on 2014-08-22 14:53:41
Welcome along! Look a good couple of motors there. I do like bargain cars! :)
Post 733016 by t5_jim on 2014-09-02 17:32:21
[QUOTE=evo230;730992]Holy crap that was cheap!
Welcome to the forum - looks different now?? Pictures please :D[/QUOTE]
How the 855 looks now
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We just came back from a 400 mile round trip to devon(to pick up the wheels that are now fitted to it) then north somerset.
drove without fault until we got home.
You see that dark patch under the car?........fuel line had split from pressure regulator
Post 733019 by Biff on 2014-09-02 17:57:58
Bargain motors! You just have to love them!!
Good to see your progress & like both of them.
My dad is looking for a soft top & I'd love him to get a c70.