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Need Information on a 1973 Volvo 145 S/W 140-160 1973

posted by  walrus3 on  Sun Sep 28 13:53 CST 2008
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There are known issues with heater fans on those models and they can be fixed but not without time and patience.
The fuel injection system is good but has a substantial learning curve - it is NOT intuitive and you HAVE to know where to get parts for them BEFORE you need them.
Automatic transmission on a 140 - Don't think so if I could avoid it.

You probably need two of these oldtimers so that you can drive one while you are fixing the other one. Once you know how they are relatively easy to fix but it takes time to learn.
Being from New York it may have a lot more corrosion in hard-to-fix places than is worth dealing with also.

They are nice cars and can be made pretty reliable but it takes a lot of work.

--
George Downs, Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!






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