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Well, it used to be that I was the LAST owner of most of my cars. However the Volvos are proving to be too good for that, so they get shared and passed down in the family.
The 82 245GLT Turbo Wagon is now my wifes car. It's registered, and running great. There is one little problem, however (see below).
Her 88 744GLE, that we bought a little over 4 years ago with 159K, now has 233K. It's been to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, Maine (many times), VT (several times including the annual VCOA shows), upstate NY a bunch, CLeveland a couple times, VA Beach more times than I can count. Never once been towed.
We sold it to her brother's girlfriend, and as with a couple others I sold, they rent from us, so the car stayed put- only the registration changed. In fact, it's already been pulled over because the reg didn't match (CT's transfers take up to a month to go through the system. Dumb, huh?) Anyway the important thing here is that the girlfriend's Omni left, for $100, to a guy down the street. A great deal too since we were thinking about giving it away.
Now for the major outstanding annoying issue with the Turbovagen, the ignition switch is broken. The finger on the back end of the lock cylinder is snapped off. I gotta start it with a screwdriver, as well as using the key to unlock the wheel. My wife is only mildly entertained by hotwiring her car every day, so I will be fixing it ASAP. I see how everything comes apart, I think, and have a new ignition switch complete. However I can't get the security bolts out of the column to free the lock from the column. I've been told a few different approaches. What do you think?
I've been told to cut the housing with a grinder and split it off since it's junk anyway. I've been told the black steel crossmember under the dash comes off the column piece, but I thought I had all the screws out of that, and it didn't. This piece shrouds the security bolts to prevent access with heavy artillery. I've broken a few drill bits trying to come in to the bolts from below, and it's a place that induces muscle cramps besides, not to mention chips in the eyes.
Any ideas to simplify this will be welcome. I just had the whole dash out of it and I'd like to not repeat that adventure... Thanks in advance.
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 230K, 88 744GLE- 220K, 82 245T-181K Also responsible for the care and feeding of: 88 745GLE, 231K, 87 244DL, 239K, 94 855GLT 189K
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