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That was a great story to add to memories and extract some of my own!
I still have the same '78 242 car as well!
I can't say I will ever forget that it has the split pulley though.
That is because, when I first got the car, it had the air conditioner installed but without that split pulley!
The "V" belt broke just after having the "Volvo dealership" do a 30k service on the car.
Needlessly to say, I was not happy when I had to put the next belt on. I had never heard of a split pulley belt adjustment on anything until I called the dealer up.
No belt on it meant there it was will no power steering to boot!
So, 35 miles off to that dealer I went, on my trusty motorcycle, to get one "free" from the dealer, but only on a trade it basis.
Sure, I don't trust them either, I thought! The last of the seventies was the beginning of my distrusting period.
If I go back to my "74 Ford truck, definetly the manufacturers.
I Went to Volvo's!
No Granada's for me, thank you! Ever seen one running today? Not me!
The service manger said they had installers put A/C in the cars as Sweden does not use A/C and bah, bah.
It looked like factory to me then and when I compare it to other later Volvo cars, it still does up to the '84s.
I just said to them, they had a gorilla put that on and it's the reason the belt failed!
Why didn't the service guy see the bad belt. Oh, I get it, maybe it was still under warranty.
Then it was like two years or 30,000 miles. The only reason I had it serviced.
By the way, that was the last time that car has seen service by a Volvo shop! Or any shop really I do my own work!
Later I had my '86 done under warranty later for rear muffler falling off, also an occasional miss and the rear tailgate failing to unlock occasionally. The rear tailgate was too intermittent to fix, bring it back when it gets worse. Warranty is close to over. Yeah right!
We all know that it is in the wiring harness of the hinges, don't we!
Next, was the missing. Their claim was it had one bad spark plug and wanted to change ONLY the one. They said it was the platinum plugs I was using. I was skeptical as they were not that old and I couldn't find the miss. My big mistake was, I said, "change them all if that's the case!"
I got a bill for a tune up, not cover under warranty of course, which included a "diagnosis."
They must have down graded to "gold" plugs.
The '86s 3 year or 36,000 mile "bumper to bumper" (buzz word) warranty, now cost me like a $145 and some change for TAX on parts of course!
That rotting off rear Muffler was a good business to them!
I have gotten a "thinner" skull from all the wear by now! Slow learner?
Three times, that is all took for me to discount or distrust warranties on cars forever!
The one other one was with that brand new '74 Ford truck. 12,000 mile warranty . At 19,000 miles I had to have valve guides knurled. Because of a loose head was leaking coolant and it steam cleaned them. My wiser brother-in-law, who knew engines, popped the bolts with a hand ratchet only.
A Year later my complaints were answered by a form letter from Ford. Saying, that they had issues with my particular engines. It only offered to replace my parts, if I showed receipts. No labor.
Knurling valve guides and some gaskets. Who keeps receipts for that.
Thanks to them, I have always bought used ever since. No Fords so far!
Got a '87 Chevy motorhome that sucks as well but it was given to me. Guess why? Only because there was Thicker spot on my head left!
The occasional engine missing on the '86 turned out to be a corroded injector clip on number four, that I found myself no less!
I wished later that I had asked, On which cylinder was that plug in? It would have saved me some effort! It's a rare thing but I take no chance with any of them anymore as they get sprayed ever few years like the fuse panel!
The cars PO live in Santa Barbara. He must have lived or parked it at the sea surf line or something?
I did fix a rusted drivers side rear floor pan well about 15 years ago.
I also have a rusting area at the base of the tailgate under the aluminum threshold plate. The round metal lip that makes up the rear wall.
This is inside the shallow trunk.
Still got to come up with a fix for that!
Here is a thin skulled and thin haired mans Phil-osophy!
If it's made by man it's going to fail eventually, as he is not perfect, so what else can you expect?
Plan on knowing how it works, as you may be the next human working on it!
:-)
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