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P1800 ES - finally end of a saga! 1800 1973

posted by  rabs on  Sun Sep 22 19:18 CST 2019
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greetings & happy sunday All,

no, have not performed welding or spraying since i owned. Carbs - yes i have already bought a 1973 Jensen interceptor.

So i was finally able to kajole a mechanic to come over the house (bribery in evidence here) he is not familiar with volvo of any kind let alone vintage but is a gr8 in diagnosis. On first crank, he said too much fuel, he disconnected to CSV and backed off the fuel pressure regulator until the screw fell out, first crank after that it was running on 2 cylinders, as we had the other disconnected. 2 minutes later we were purring away happily, if it were down to me i would never have got it to start as i used my pressure gauge to set nut at 30lbs and locked in place never to be touched again. The fuel pressure reading on the gauge is 18 lbs and runs fine.

An hour later, i had installed new spark plugs to get good sealing (i had plugs which had been in/out of the head more times than i had hot dinners) swapped back my MPS as a test (it tested good) and set idle speed as well as final timing setting.

So i have now permanently disconnected the CSV and mounted a fuel pressure gauge in its place, i have turned it up to read 30. I will try to start early tomorrow morning when Florida cold to see if it starts. I will make adjustments from there, but i do not think i can stick to book setting as i do not have OEM injectors, the inj are from VP and i have no idea what they are. It is here where my experience & expertise breaks down, i follow instructions and setting, but when that doesnt work i m lost!

I am going to attend to a few other issues - brakes need bleeding now its been laid up so long and sell her on, its just too much for me to handle now i have an ongoing health issue that does not really allow me to do physical work on it all day and i have to attend to other things around the house like cutting grass etc that leaves me little to no energy left. I have spent too much time repairing this car to actually enjoy driving it, i ll leave that to someone else! There is still too much work for me to make this truly a reliable daily driver, and if it cant get to that point the car is of no use to me.


Thanks to all for patience advice and due diligence, a special shout out to Eric of HIgh PErformance automotive of Torrence Cali in providing MPS for swap out testing,

Rob






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