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sorry it posted twice 700 1990

hi, im kinda new to brickboards, i have read before but only posted once or twice. anyway i just read through about 15 posts on people recomending the 760.
i'm 19 years old, my first car was a 240, and now i have had my 90 760t for about 2 years, and i probably have about 12-14 thousand in it. i have a hard time finding the right mechanics, sources for parts and everything else, i have most of it worked out now. a looooooot of money later. i rebuilt my own turbo, put a radiator in my car, valve cover gasket, tail lights about 100 times, i have had 2 in the tank pumps replaced and 3 out of the tank until i finally found someone who told me that you need a bosch or volvo pump that costs 500 dollars, so i did that, all new rims and tires, new seats... and on and on. but now i am having a problem with the crank pulley, it wont stay spinning it's little nub breaks off, i have put 3 new pulleys on it. my latest attempt was i took it to a volvo specialist and had him put a whole new crank and both pulleys and new timing belt and tensioner. the only thing i can think is my radiator shroud is hangin down on the fan a little, and maybe the stress is breaking the pulley nub???? and i'm almost ready to give up on the whole thing but i really love the car. it has 147 k on it, and i wanna know if its worth trying to make a daily driver or not? i appriciate any input from anyone... thanks mike








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sorry it posted twice

Sorry to hear your problems..... I've replaced about everything on my two 740's myself. Saved a ton of money. On the in-tank and external pumps, I did use aftermarket(autozone) parts and have not had any problems after about 15-20K miles.

As for your crank pulley problem. Could you be getting the wrong roll pin (the nub). I think that when I redid mine, I had to go to a OEM one, because I could not find one that fit perfectly. I doubt that the fan banging into the shroud could cause the pin to break.

If you were doing the job I might suspect that you were not torquing the bolt enough, but if a pro is doing it....

anyway, after some initial problems, both my cars start and run reliably, Handle very well, (IPD swaybars and Bilstien shocks). And are very easy to work on.

good luck and keep everyone posted on you progress.

jc
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1985 740gle na, 1990 740gle 16 valve







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