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I bought a worn out 98 S70, aka, how these cars can be so expensive so quickly
I came across a 98 Volvo S70 for sale, 254k miles, turbo with manual transmission. Stock, they make 236hp, 5 speed manual options was rare. I went to check it out and it has non-torn front seats!!! The car was sold with an engine with dead cylinders and I have a working engine at home, so that is not big deal to me. I was told the car have its clutch changed a few years ago, there were also around $1800 worth of receipts of radiator change, struts change, brakes, and etc done few months ago. After a short negotiation, car was mine. Plan was to fix it up and sell it for profit.
After I took everything apart, here is what I found: Has two dead cylinders on the engine. Clutch disc worn to the rivets (factory 254k clutch, most likely) Leaking heater core All vacuum hoses have cracks All torn boots on CV shafts All torn boots on ball joints Motor mounts are all broken, yes all 5. Transmission mount is ok. Steering wheel light tan leather is worn to grey Arm rest skin is all cracked Rear main started to seep a little Exhaust gasket are all in pieces 8 rivets are missing on the front mud flaps Wire plastic insulation crumples when you touch them A/C clutch gap is at .6 mm Cracks on the coolant surge tank PCV system is plugged Hand brakes adjustment is way off, due to one side brake shoes have no meat Dead fuel pump ABS / Trac light Turbo coolant hoses are old and worn Dual mass flywheel is worn Volvo heater hose junction came apart when I undo the heater core hoses Stock fuel filter Both shifter bushings broken http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...e/S70/S70a.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../S70/pic50.jpg See the shiny rivets? The disc is worn down to the rivets! http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...ch/clutch9.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...le/S70/pcv.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../steering1.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...0/armrest1.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...ntrolarms3.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...rakeshoes1.jpg |
Plan was to change/upgrade the below
Newer engine with 142k miles, change cam seals, both front and rear main seals, change intake/exhaust manifold gaskets Single mass flywheel conversion and R 240mm clutch. New heater core with heater core hose conversion New silicone vacuum hoses CV shafts with good boots All new OE engine mounts Vinyl steering wheel Re-skin arm rest Put in new rivets for the front mud flaps Wireloom and tape all wires Re-gapped the A/C clutch gap to .4mm Change the coolant surge tank Change PCV system and upgrade the hose Put in new hand brake shoes Put in new fuel pump All new coolant hoses New fluids for everything, oil, brake fluid, manual trans oil, and coolant New o-rings for the engine oil cooler hoses Engine out http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../S70/empty.jpg Old engine and new engine http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...tengineout.jpg New Aisin timing belt kit with Aisin waterpump http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...S70/timing.jpg Changed to single mass flywheel so save $150 - $200 http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...0/flywheel.jpg 240mm R clutch http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...allclutch2.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...allclutch3.jpg New style exhaust gasket http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...ustgasket6.jpg New engine in http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...wenginein1.jpg Almost ready http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...wenginein3.jpg Ready http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...wenginein4.jpg |
Newer brake shoe and adjusted the e brake
http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...rakeshoes2.jpg New armrest skin http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...0/armrest2.jpg Interior done http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...0/interior.jpg Newer steering wheel http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../steering5.jpg A/C works! http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe/forsale/S70/ac.jpg 18 years is a lot of tolls on parts, and they seems to all worn down to nothing at the same time. This is how things can get so expensive! I expected to do maybe 80% of the work that I've done, and I was definitely expecting to see a newer clutch in there instead of a 254k original Volvo clutch. I was not expecting the fuel pump to be dead, nor that there was no meat on one side of the brake shoe. The moral is, when work claim is made, unless the seller have the receipts of the work done, expect the work not done. I finished up late afternoon few days ago and drove the car for 3 miles today. A/C and the transmission works flawlessly. Abs/trac light came on after I got the engine running, common issue for these cars. Solder joints needs to be re-solder, bad news is that the unit on the car is already re-solder by someone, that means I need to get a new one and solder it myself. |
Saturday, I went to junkyard to get a better looking seatbelt, a master windows switch, and ABS module.
Today, I put in the new seatbelt and windows switch http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...0/seatbelt.jpg Someone failed at repairing the ABS module. http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../old%20abs.jpg Open up the NEW ABS module and redo all the soldering. http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../new%20abs.jpg Fixed the ABS/TRAC lights! http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...slightgone.jpg Found both shifter bushings are broken! http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...terbushing.jpg Homemade bushings to the rescue! 5/8 heatercore hose, 5/16 silicone hose, and stock bushing sleeve in the center with a bracket preventing the cable to come loose. http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...erbushings.jpg Had to put in a spare 850 info switch, the S70's switch came apart when I touched it. http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...infoswitch.jpg All I have left is finish the coolant flush and fill it with coolant. |
Today was the last day working on the car! Changed the fuel filter, filled it up with coolant and changed the spark plugs. Total working hours was 73.25.
Buyer should be showing up tomorrow with cash. :) Looks like a stock filter. http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...l%20filter.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe...l%20filter.jpg |
Wow! That is quite an effort. Did you make any money?
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Car is sold and picked up. I made $20.08/hr for the hours I worked.
http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../S70final1.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../S70final2.jpg http://www.thelostartof.net/tryingbe.../S70final3.jpg Now, on to my other non-car projects... |
Sounds like that poor car gave it`s all to the previous owner(s), but she`s lucky you found her. Let`s hope the news owner wants to baby it from now on. I`ve got a 2000 S70 GLT similarly abused. Has a nice rod knock among numerous other issues. just want to fix it up to drive. Not a lot of Volvo experience here. Can you do rod bearings in the car?
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Sure. There is a little doodad on the frame that you might need to bend but otherwise pretty easy to get the pan off. (This doodad is probably used to drag the car along the assembly line). You might want to start a new thread.
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Nice job! I'd love to find a T5 manual. There was one for sale by me with a dead cylinder for $500 about 6 months ago. I'm mad that I missed out on it.
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I bought one on here in April. Nobody on this forum seemed interested, which really surprised me. It's a hoot.
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Nice. I am actually shocked a 1998 Volvo would have drum brakes. I had to go look at my 2000 S70 to make sure it didn't come with them. Even my base 94 850 had discs all around.
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Originally Posted by diambo4life
(Post 436435)
Nice. I am actually shocked a 1998 Volvo would have drum brakes. I had to go look at my 2000 S70 to make sure it didn't come with them. Even my base 94 850 had discs all around.
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