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Well. according to the records, the timing belt was changed at 200K but only made it to 253K until it snapped in the parking lot of my daughter's school this morning. I got rescued and came back at noon with tools and parts. at 1:20 I had the thing started.
This is on the '82 turbo wagon so it entailed a little extra work to remove the intercooler and the dang shimmed A/C belt is always a pain. Luckilly, it seemed to be in the mid 40's with bright sunshine and no wind. This is the first job I've used my Harbor Freight nitrile gloves on and I really liked them. I'm typing this without even having washed up. My arms are a little dirty but no grease under the fingernails. The dang water pump's been leaking from the top seal for years now and I was right in there and could have fixed it, just didn't want to make a green puddle on someone else's property so it's still not fixed.
I felt like an anachronism, wrenching on this thing with a pile of parts on the roof and people coming and going all afternoon. It's pretty darn rare to find people working on their cars in parking lots anymore, even if they could save a few hundred bucks.
Cant remember who it was (RHaire?) who said they did one in less than an hour in the rain at night. I thought of that story a couple of times today. Here's something I learned: If you think your timing belt is broken, take off the distributor cap and crank it, you can see the rotor through the crack in the hood. Mine didn't move so I knew it was cell phone time.
Keep on rolling!
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Volvo Farmer: 21 Volvos '58-'91 445-544-122-144-1800-240-740 sorry, no FWD
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