Post 769510 by Nicojack on 2015-04-22 13:12:58
Dear All,
Here is a quick post to introduce myself. As a Volvo enthusiast, I own a metallic red 940 estate, 2.3T, from 1998. One of the last I guest, with only 121000km on the odo!
But my dream was a yellow 850 T5R. Not that easy to find out, so I started looking for something else... still a bit special. I found my car on ebay few weeks ago and stopped by London to get it last week. Car is a full stock 1999 V70R, in Cassis (purple) color with oak interior, AWD, Automatic transmission. I have to change tires and refresh the interior, work on the exhaust cam solenoid and details, but this car is awesome :-)
I am glad to join this forum, as I am sure it will be really helpful to me :-)
Have a nice day!
Nicolas
Post 769544 by MoleT-5R on 2015-04-22 18:06:21
Welcome, thats a fairly rare car now and in a lovely colour, get some pic's up please, so we all can she her and your 940.
This is our 1999 V70R AWD
Post 769553 by Orca2 on 2015-04-22 19:30:12
Bienvenue , you came to the right place.
Post 769587 by Nicojack on 2015-04-22 21:20:49
Thank you all :-)
Sure I will post pictures. I will have to do some work on the v70 before I bring her to the technical inspection, and will have to work on the driver seat, as leather has some wear and tears.
This was a pleasure to drive her home and I will do my best to take care of her :-)
Post 769588 by Nicojack on 2015-04-22 21:21:58
Nice car!!! I like the silver color on the R !!!
Post 769594 by MoleT-5R on 2015-04-22 21:43:41
[QUOTE=Nicojack;769588]Nice car!!! I like the silver color on the R !!![/QUOTE]
Being rotten really putting up a pic with the car you really wanted in the background, will be working hard on my V70Rawd for the next few weeks with her six speed manual conversion, which will make an already brilliant car absolutely fantastic
Post 795993 by Nicojack on 2016-02-01 23:17:43
Dear all
After several weeks of work on my R, i decided to bring her to the car wash!!! I have changed: brakes, tires, shocks, head lights, exhaust silencer, timing and drive belts, cooling system hoses, etc.
So... Here is a picture!!!
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Enjoy!!! I hope you will like it, cassis color seems to be quite rare... Maybe you can confirm?
See you!
Post 795995 by Redbrick on 2016-02-01 23:24:10
Very rare! The last one on here owned by cassisR (?) was broken as the gear box failed :(
How is yours doing?
Post 795996 by Wobbly Dave on 2016-02-01 23:25:59
Bienvenue monsieur - :welcome:
Good colour!
Post 795997 by Doingitsideways on 2016-02-01 23:30:42
Excellent colour, especially rare on an R :)
Looks lovely after a wash too.
Post 796024 by Versus on 2016-02-02 16:07:58
Bienvenue.
l'ami sur ce forum anglofrancophone
Post 796039 by Nicojack on 2016-02-02 20:15:29
Merci à tous!! Thank you all!!
My car runs fine, and transmission looks ok. It does not slip and shifts fine. I will have to flush the fluid and replace the oil sometimes as I can tell the maintenance has been badly done. Poor car :-(
Angle gear was not empty but i put 0.75 l of fluid in... So I will have to find new seals and gasket to stop the leak, if it can ne found.
Interior is ok on driver seat will need some care/repair on a bolster but overall, it looks good.
I can't wait to drive it again :-)
Some more news to come soon...
Now I have to change the heater matrix as it died when I put the car back on the road last week-end.
Post 796690 by martybelfastt5 on 2016-02-16 08:34:06
lovely colour welcome to vpcuk!
Post 796695 by t5 pete on 2016-02-16 08:50:36
Hello and welcome that's a lovely colour and looks a great car keep on top of the servicing for the awd and auto box and with a little bit of luck all should be fine
Post 797124 by Nicojack on 2016-02-24 07:00:08
[QUOTE=t5 pete;796695]Hello and welcome that's a lovely colour and looks a great car keep on top of the servicing for the awd and auto box and with a little bit of luck all should be fine[/QUOTE]
Thanks! Hope it will be fine, as the previous owner did not really care about. I refilled angle gear and changed timing belt, water pump and other items related to the timing, including the solenoid. I also changed tires, brake pads, heater core, rear silencer, front shocks + bump stops and a few other details.
I heard about the awd driveshaft. Is a maintenance possible on this item? About auto gearbox, it seems to shift with no noise or trouble but oil is over the top mark on the stick. Maybe oil change can be à good thing...
