Clearly the Volvo is feeling like it wants some attention with all the focus on Rovers, Minis and the flip series. Good to see it getting some love. Also, amazing that you managed to source the parts at such short notice
Two great tips I have learned from this video .... 1) Clamp off the flexy hose to see if fluid is bypassing the master cylinder piston. Good one. 2) Get some other sap to do the obstectrics in the driver's footwell and lie underneath while you pump the pedal when bleeding the system.
Matt I wish I could be as happy as you chum when cars break, very cheerful outlook. I'm usually swearing, launching tools and grabbing a hammer to fix it with rage!
1:28 i live in sweden right, i got an 87 volvo, i dont need to pay no tax, because its a classic. Thx swedish legislation!🥰 Really nice to see the old girl again!
great work to get the Volvo repaired , had a similar thing happen two days before the Easter shut down too , my alternator went on my Holden Commodore driving home , check alt warning appeared , then ABS fault , SRS Airbag Fault light , dash lights went dim , headlights dimmed , drastic loss of power , and just managed to creep it home , real kudos to my service center , was repaired the day before the break .
Coolant loss on our 940 was only ever caused by a leaking water pump rubber seal (you can almost see it, they all go) and... a cracked cylinder head. Hope you're lucky.
Nice one Matt! This video started off like a disaster movie with a hard end of the world type of deadline. Fortunately the part arrived and with the valuable help of Fiesta Van Man Kris all is well once again. It's always a pain when you get a new part and the bits that you expect as being part of the part aren't so it's time to carefully recover the bits from the old item. A great idea for getting those studs out sticking a nut on the end then hammer the nut. No nuts were harmed during the making of this comment.
I swapped out a clutch slave cylinder on my old Porsche 924 some years ago and used a cheap easybleed type set up u can do on your own. It worked a treat. Was less than 20 quid.
You've knocked the vids out at pace this BH, been a great watch and the grind very much appriciated. I had a couple of 9's, thirsty bricks they maybe however, there isn't a lot which stops them due to the mechanics used at the time they were produced. Glad you could get the part you needed, not a good time for something to go down, just before a BH. 👍
I'm trying to figure out why your 9s and this 7 are so hard on fuel. Must be that 2 litre engine. I have a 1990 240DL estate with the B23F backed up by the AW-70 automatic with overdrive gear box. On the highway, motorway there, I see a solid 35 miles to the gallon, which is not bad at all. It means I can get a solid 450 miles on a fill. That is the normal for Arthur and always has been. Ma bought him new, and at the moment he is at about 392,000 miles with the original automatic and rear axle. The engine got swapped after the oil pump failed.
He's a nice bloke but sometimes like this it was an easy job so he should have done this and saved a few quid,I know why he did it but a grease monkey £30-£40 an hour just to pump the pedal he could have given a young lad a tenner to do that job 😂
Like the Volvo content. I'm biased. Had a 1986 740GLE estate. A 1989 240GLT auto estate and finally have my 1996 940 SE low pressure turbo auto estate. All been good.
how you manage to keep yourself positive about something going wrong, I'll never know. i would be stressing, panicking etc right about now. i think you need a bigger barn 😊 already looking forward to the next video 👍
Nice job - but did you remember to put the cap back on the coolant expansion bottle? Kept seeing it sitting there through the video without it's cap after you topped it up, and was not convinced it was back on when we got the bonnet closing shot. So really hoping it went back on before you went off on your travels.
When doing clutch bleed with tiny tiny reservoir section as a tank. Use reverse bleeding method. With that you can do the bleeding in a swift and it is thorogly bled in the first time. Please check the upper (and lower) heater water hose. To my eye upper hose has very nasty bulge in it and that is bad thing when it bursts. Heater hoses are common thing on these to burst due very old age. Replace all of them at the same time.
The only time my Parents 2006 1.8 Volvo V50 has broken down in 16 years was with a burst slave cylinder (with me driving, half way from north London to Brighton to pick up a NOS Fiat Uno windscreen, even though I don't use theirs from one year to the next, & the RAC took 11 hours to get me home!), so I`d have been very tempted to change the slave on that at the same time (assuming its external, not internal like the V50).
I had one of these for about 2 weeks. Luvly cumfy motor to drive but an absolute barge. The one i had was a 740 i was gettn about 15 mpg. Got shot for that reason and other ones as well.
Great job, Matt. This is what happens when a Volvo sits! It needs to be driven hard. Too bad the 2 litre is so rotten on fuel. The 2.1 with a carburetor uses less, and the fuel injected 2.3 less again! English and European tax laws make no sense, as they are forcing compromises that cause higher fuel consumption, and that means a larger carbon footprint. The lowest fuel consumption of all my cars was a 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis with a 5.8 litre V8. A solid 40 miles per gallon on the motorway in bone stock form. I could have coaxed another 5mpg by improving the exhaust and swapping in a different intake with a 4bbl carburetor. I shudder to think what the road tax would be in that, based on engine size.
On most uk roads, smaller engines are more frugal for sure. Even on the motorway, the smaller (normal size, 2 liter for example) engine wont consume more if everything else is like for like.
I find the Gunsons Pressure Bleeder good enough for home use. But you need to set the tyre pressure to 20psi. I did my Clutch and all 4 calipers just yesterday. However you do need to pump the tyre back up when finished.
Get a sealey or laser brake bleeder. I have 1 and it's brilliant. Don't know how many timesheets I've used it and my mate borrows it off me all the time
Getting that hose off was as hard as getting money out of my Mrs 😂 with about the same strength of suction 😉, yep I know she wears the trousers 😞 so she keeps telling me, gosh I’m lucky she don’t read my comments 😂. Well done Matt in avoiding a complete disaster for the trip and can’t wait to see your next adventures 👍🏻.
Quite a 'lucky' failure given the aggro that might ensue if it failed on a european trip or on the ferry. A relative had a Rover SD1 fail in france many years ago - needed a new camshaft - and that was a nightmare!
I expect that the two dollies were needed to get the Volvo past the Mini and out the door, you really need two more then the cars can be spun on the spot. If only that staircase could be hoisted out the way, a future modification, landlord permitting?
The car tax in the UK is getting far to expensive. I normally have a 2 or 3 cars on the road all before 2003 and over 2.0 engine size. Do about 1000 miles in each.. This year will cost over 1000 quid for all 3 without insurance etc
In Serbia, for a three 2003 cars with say 2.2L engines it would cost 1.580 quid with insurance. And salaries are a lot lower here. In they where 2L engines, it would be more like 600 quid for the three cars.
Hi Matt, Just a question over car storage.. At Present I live in a 3rd floor flat Housing Association within a village in South Wales and as I own 5 vehicles and my cars get damaged by kids around the village I feel with my health and vandalism I feel its time to move.. I love my cars mainly 3 convertibles Mercedes CLK 320 2002 and 52 plate Astra Bertone convertible and my latest purchase Astra twin top convertible 1.9CDTI And my Audi A6 2.7 TDI 2007 and MY 14 plate transit van.. I miss my Jaguar and MGF se one I scrapped and one I lost in a repair bill.. (I never trust garages) one day it be nice to replace with a couple of Jaguars and few MGF'S And a possible Morris Minor Traveller but Recently I see Ford Capri 2.8 injection /and triumph Spitfire 1500cc. Old man syndrome or mid life crises.. How much do you feel you spend per car on storage...? I feel that if I want a really cool place the bungalow is only part of the deal I am looking for. I see property with driveway and some with garages. One such property was a 7 car garage with driveway amazing place but £400+ a week for rent.. My rent presently is just under £95 a week.. I guess if cars are off the road you don't pay road tax which saves cash and also insurance saves cash and per car that's Weekly £25. I am not looking at a barn just the property and driveway.. Looking forward to any ideas you can give me Tim
You've learned the hard way (and almost even harder): always replace BOTH cylinders at the same time (and the flex hose of the same vintage). And I very much support the proper approach of now calling them Primary and Secondary cylinders (cue the eye-rolling of some members of a certain race that lucratively benefited and still institutionally benefits from their ancestors enslaving other races).
Or not as that proved how easy it is to keep on the road. Try doing the clutch cylinder swap on the 75 or anything newer than 2000. Bet it wouldn't be that simple!
Have you thought there are too many cars for one person to make video content about? I’m being serious. Could you not team up with, say, to other like-minded people and between you you would be able to use more of the cars more often as well as generate more content.
@@LesterLovesWatches I have less knowledge about the Amazon, but they have used different ways to operate the clutches in different models of Volvos, from just mechanical steel levers on the PV544 to cables on the LHD on the 140, 240, 740. And some have had hydraulic actuation, I think it boils down to what is easiest to build into the model sometimes depending on which side the steeringwheel is placed, and maybe Amazon was the first test with hydraulic operated clutch. Odd thing about the PV544 was that the clutch and brake pedal was hinged underneath the car, the strut under the pedal was shaped like an arch and was only closing the larger hole in the floor when not depressed. That meant cold air rushed up your trouser leg in the winter while coasting and braking! 🥶😆
They're very different beasts. The rover is a much more modern vehicle. Safer, better equipped, more refined, faster. The Volvo more simple and more practical. If I wanted a car for taking the dog places in the country or a run to the tip I'd pick that. Lovely break away somewhere with the wife take the 75. Want a bit of fun use the rover 200vi. The Merc is almost encroaching on the Volvo's territory and it's a massive project with all the rust. Maybe that's the one to let go?
Clearly the Volvo is feeling like it wants some attention with all the focus on Rovers, Minis and the flip series. Good to see it getting some love. Also, amazing that you managed to source the parts at such short notice
Two great tips I have learned from this video .... 1) Clamp off the flexy hose to see if fluid is bypassing the master cylinder piston. Good one. 2) Get some other sap to do the obstectrics in the driver's footwell and lie underneath while you pump the pedal when bleeding the system.
The only way I learnt about old cars is via their breakdowns! You now have extensive volvo clutch mechanism knowledge and fixing it is a bonus!
Matt I wish I could be as happy as you chum when cars break, very cheerful outlook. I'm usually swearing, launching tools and grabbing a hammer to fix it with rage!
1:28 i live in sweden right, i got an 87 volvo, i dont need to pay no tax, because its a classic. Thx swedish legislation!🥰
Really nice to see the old girl again!
Absolutely love this car. And one you can actually fix and it doesn’t need nannying under a blanket of electronics! Great result Matt
great work to get the Volvo repaired , had a similar thing happen two days before the Easter shut down too , my alternator went on my Holden Commodore driving home , check alt warning appeared , then ABS fault , SRS Airbag Fault light , dash lights went dim , headlights dimmed , drastic loss of power , and just managed to creep it home , real kudos to my service center , was repaired the day before the break .
Coolant loss on our 940 was only ever caused by a leaking water pump rubber seal (you can almost see it, they all go) and... a cracked cylinder head. Hope you're lucky.
Nice one Matt! This video started off like a disaster movie with a hard end of the world type of deadline. Fortunately the part arrived and with the valuable help of Fiesta Van Man Kris all is well once again. It's always a pain when you get a new part and the bits that you expect as being part of the part aren't so it's time to carefully recover the bits from the old item. A great idea for getting those studs out sticking a nut on the end then hammer the nut. No nuts were harmed during the making of this comment.
I swapped out a clutch slave cylinder on my old Porsche 924 some years ago and used a cheap easybleed type set up u can do on your own. It worked a treat. Was less than 20 quid.
You've knocked the vids out at pace this BH, been a great watch and the grind very much appriciated. I had a couple of 9's, thirsty bricks they maybe however, there isn't a lot which stops them due to the mechanics used at the time they were produced. Glad you could get the part you needed, not a good time for something to go down, just before a BH. 👍
I'm trying to figure out why your 9s and this 7 are so hard on fuel. Must be that 2 litre engine. I have a 1990 240DL estate with the B23F backed up by the AW-70 automatic with overdrive gear box. On the highway, motorway there, I see a solid 35 miles to the gallon, which is not bad at all. It means I can get a solid 450 miles on a fill. That is the normal for Arthur and always has been. Ma bought him new, and at the moment he is at about 392,000 miles with the original automatic and rear axle. The engine got swapped after the oil pump failed.
“Nice easy job”……says the man holding the camera lol
I was thinking the same😂
@@simonharbour1701 same here
He's a nice bloke but sometimes like this it was an easy job so he should have done this and saved a few quid,I know why he did it but a grease monkey £30-£40 an hour just to pump the pedal he could have given a young lad a tenner to do that job 😂
@@dainsmart6237 start offering young lads a tenner to “pump the pedal” and you’ll end up living somewhere you won’t need a car lol
@@ThatMicro43Guy different times lol
Like the Volvo content. I'm biased. Had a 1986 740GLE estate. A 1989 240GLT auto estate and finally have my 1996 940 SE low pressure turbo auto estate. All been good.
how you manage to keep yourself positive about something going wrong, I'll never know. i would be stressing, panicking etc right about now. i think you need a bigger barn 😊 already looking forward to the next video 👍
I love watching your positive videos, even when the chips are down you seem happy.
@My Cancer Journey you have the wrong page. Try going to 1 where spam is welcome.
Great to see You and Chris, get the Volvo sorted for the roadtrip, looking forward to seeing the videos on this Top Secret roadtrip.
You do know, that you need that Fiesta Van..... 😉👍 Love the Volvo as always 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Glad to see the brick is fixed Matt,enjoy the trip
I hear the Isle of Wight is very nice this time of year ......
Nice job - but did you remember to put the cap back on the coolant expansion bottle? Kept seeing it sitting there through the video without it's cap after you topped it up, and was not convinced it was back on when we got the bonnet closing shot. So really hoping it went back on before you went off on your travels.
Yes! Put it back and topped up the oil too
When doing clutch bleed with tiny tiny reservoir section as a tank. Use reverse bleeding method. With that you can do the bleeding in a swift and it is thorogly bled in the first time.
Please check the upper (and lower) heater water hose. To my eye upper hose has very nasty bulge in it and that is bad thing when it bursts. Heater hoses are common thing on these to burst due very old age. Replace all of them at the same time.
I think he changed the hoses when it blew the radiator!
I'm sensing some Swedish/Nordic adventuring on this road trip! Then again there were a lot of subtle French accents in the video lol
The Volvo lives!!, I’m looking forward to the adventures in store for this classic Nordic veteran ❤.
Another great video. Thinking of buying an 80’s classic just so I can spend my weekends tinkering
The only time my Parents 2006 1.8 Volvo V50 has broken down in 16 years was with a burst slave cylinder (with me driving, half way from north London to Brighton to pick up a NOS Fiat Uno windscreen, even though I don't use theirs from one year to the next, & the RAC took 11 hours to get me home!), so I`d have been very tempted to change the slave on that at the same time (assuming its external, not internal like the V50).
Nice work and not an E-torx insight got to love the 80s, good old Volvo 👍
Ah, looks much more relaxed than changing a slave clutch cylinder on a 2002 Renault Trafic. Just had that party...
I had one of these for about 2 weeks. Luvly cumfy motor to drive but an absolute barge. The one i had was a 740 i was gettn about 15 mpg. Got shot for that reason and other ones as well.
Something was wrong with those cars. I see over double that on my 240 estate and it is an automatic!
@@michaeltutty1540 Absolutely correct. My late uncle had one back in the day and it was a lovely vehicle. That's why i bought one. Thanks for comment
Great job, Matt. This is what happens when a Volvo sits! It needs to be driven hard. Too bad the 2 litre is so rotten on fuel. The 2.1 with a carburetor uses less, and the fuel injected 2.3 less again! English and European tax laws make no sense, as they are forcing compromises that cause higher fuel consumption, and that means a larger carbon footprint. The lowest fuel consumption of all my cars was a 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis with a 5.8 litre V8. A solid 40 miles per gallon on the motorway in bone stock form. I could have coaxed another 5mpg by improving the exhaust and swapping in a different intake with a 4bbl carburetor. I shudder to think what the road tax would be in that, based on engine size.
On most uk roads, smaller engines are more frugal for sure. Even on the motorway, the smaller (normal size, 2 liter for example) engine wont consume more if everything else is like for like.
My 940 2.3 is shocking on fuel as well, lucky to get 18mpg
I find the Gunsons Pressure Bleeder good enough for home use. But you need to set the tyre pressure to 20psi. I did my Clutch and all 4 calipers just yesterday. However you do need to pump the tyre back up when finished.
Get a sealey or laser brake bleeder. I have 1 and it's brilliant. Don't know how many timesheets I've used it and my mate borrows it off me all the time
Nice work guys…never to be defeated👍
Great video again. Really enjoy the Volvo series.
Great to see a video on one of my Furious favourites on my birthday. Absolutely love this car
Happy Birthday!
@@johncallaghan4616 Thank you John!
Bleeding clutches solo, is really easy with a long pipe, just bring it back up to the reservoir.
top tip. will remember that
Nothing can kill a Volvo! Nice work!
Good to see the Volvo working again - I do like the 240/740 cars.
I hope u keep this car old Volvo's never die they live forever mate love watching your videos mate
Hey Matt, just take Kris with on this journey to Europe! Better than AA/RAC Cover!! 🇪🇺
Shame he cant come with us, he'd be a great addition to the crew
@@furiousdriving Ja! He’s a character for sure!
Nice work chaps!
Getting that hose off was as hard as getting money out of my Mrs 😂 with about the same strength of suction 😉, yep I know she wears the trousers 😞 so she keeps telling me, gosh I’m lucky she don’t read my comments 😂. Well done Matt in avoiding a complete disaster for the trip and can’t wait to see your next adventures 👍🏻.
i like the way you chose the colour coordinated jacket to ware in the mini 😉
always planning ahead
last year you had the bad luck of the Tomcat letting you down just before an event without being fixed, a better result this year 👍🏴
Volvo - It's boxy but it's good.
Quite a 'lucky' failure given the aggro that might ensue if it failed on a european trip or on the ferry. A relative had a Rover SD1 fail in france many years ago - needed a new camshaft - and that was a nightmare!
thats quite a big failure...
@@furiousdriving it was indeed - the story even got into the local nuwspaper.
Great to have a mechanic as a mate, paid for not Matt.
Would love a unit like that. Have you considered putting a ramp in there?
Yes, but its not a great floor plan for one
You and Mark are like Ian and Tim from HubNut and Cambrian Classics!
Another interesting video .What about an update on the Rover v8
waiting on the garage
I expect that the two dollies were needed to get the Volvo past the Mini and out the door, you really need two more then the cars can be spun on the spot. If only that staircase could be hoisted out the way, a future modification, landlord permitting?
I have 4 for that purpose, but they are all under the Morris and its bits. Once the front clip and engine are stripped Ill have some back
The car tax in the UK is getting far to expensive. I normally have a 2 or 3 cars on the road all before 2003 and over 2.0 engine size. Do about 1000 miles in each.. This year will cost over 1000 quid for all 3 without insurance etc
In Serbia, for a three 2003 cars with say 2.2L engines it would cost 1.580 quid with insurance. And salaries are a lot lower here.
In they where 2L engines, it would be more like 600 quid for the three cars.
Wish I had a mobile mechanic like Chris in my area of essex .
Lovely job and another good video Mat 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
That's the joys of motoring matt
Can you promote Chris who has done the work - his serials so others can use him and well done Chris on a brilliant job
His details are in the description if you need a mechanic in Kent
Noooooooo not the Volvo most reliable car ever, love the Volvo.
You will have to think about a set of skates to move the car round in tight places
perfect timing for a clutch master cyl failure.
Better now than on the road I guess
Hi Matt,
Just a question over car storage..
At Present I live in a 3rd floor flat Housing Association within a village in South Wales and as I own 5 vehicles and my cars get damaged by kids around the village I feel with my health and vandalism I feel its time to move..
I love my cars mainly 3 convertibles Mercedes CLK 320 2002 and 52 plate Astra Bertone convertible and my latest purchase Astra twin top convertible 1.9CDTI And my Audi A6 2.7 TDI 2007 and MY 14 plate transit van..
I miss my Jaguar and MGF se one I scrapped and one I lost in a repair bill.. (I never trust garages) one day it be nice to replace with a couple of Jaguars and few MGF'S And a possible Morris Minor Traveller but Recently I see Ford Capri 2.8 injection /and triumph Spitfire 1500cc.
Old man syndrome or mid life crises..
How much do you feel you spend per car on storage...?
I feel that if I want a really cool place the bungalow is only part of the deal I am looking for.
I see property with driveway and some with garages.
One such property was a 7 car garage with driveway amazing place but £400+ a week for rent..
My rent presently is just under £95 a week..
I guess if cars are off the road you don't pay road tax which saves cash and also insurance saves cash and per car that's Weekly £25.
I am not looking at a barn just the property and driveway..
Looking forward to any ideas you can give me Tim
If you can pay less than £100 PM a car in the south east youre doing well as far as I can tell
put your coolant cap back on!
Oh so you are taking the Volvo on the roadtrip. Noice!
the volvo keeps on keeping on dont think anything can keep it down as happy as abba music
What is the flashing red light on the Volvos dash?
That would be the seatbelt warning lamp. Put the seatbelts on and it goes out.
I live in Bicester, and trying to get a decent mobile mechanic is hard work
You didnt put back the coolant cap😳
dont worry it was put back!
Exciting adventures! But also the sign that you will sell it afterwards? 🤔
still undecided..
Please don't sell Volvo
Did u use the tea shelf?
The garage tea shelf..
Wow, the Volvo was saved from the clutches (!) of disater.
Oh, come on. You know me well enough now. What did you expect?
lol!
Need dramatic music and camera movements before it can be proper Discovery Channel drama!
The kind of stuff that turns you off the content instantly? lol
You've learned the hard way (and almost even harder): always replace BOTH cylinders at the same time (and the flex hose of the same vintage).
And I very much support the proper approach of now calling them Primary and Secondary cylinders (cue the eye-rolling of some members of a certain race that lucratively benefited and still institutionally benefits from their ancestors enslaving other races).
Let’s wear the same colour hats to make it look like Mat does some work 😂😂
He made me buy the poxy thing as well!
Id have given you one but you ordered it online!
I need to do this on my mitsubishi
Result!
Any Chance of getting Chris's details could do with a good mibile mechanic.
in the description below
I'd take that as an omen to sell the Volvo and keep the Rover 75!!!
haha
Or not as that proved how easy it is to keep on the road. Try doing the clutch cylinder swap on the 75 or anything newer than 2000. Bet it wouldn't be that simple!
👍👍👍
Still one of my favorite cars in your fleet. Sorry to be in the minority lol.
🥺
How about a video on how you tax/insure your multi vehicle fleet?
I have covered it on a previous fleet update but maybe next time I do one of those
What a difficult changing a clutch master l have done that a couple of times dlav r vylindrr is much easier
I thought it was quite an easy one compared to some Ive seen, but much easier when someone else is doing it!
I think the Volvo should be sold and the Rover 75 kept. The Volvo is not so special, but the Rover happens to be.
The last 2 pumps always make it harder.👣
Could the Rover 75 push the Volvo out?????
Good to get these jobs done before this and the Rover 400 go up for sale 😂😂😂
Have you thought there are too many cars for one person to make video content about? I’m being serious. Could you not team up with, say, to other like-minded people and between you you would be able to use more of the cars more often as well as generate more content.
RUclips doesnt pay anywhere near enough to cover the cost of other people, I only have friends helping occasionally
Get yourself, a pressure blender a lot easier
Nah, turbocharge the Volvo!
Volvo Out, Rover 75 IN??!!😊
Please keep the Rover 75 and sell the Volvo. The Rover fits in the fleet much better.
Yipee I'm 1,411th today
Matt have you lost weight buddy
Dont think so
😴
I covet your Volvo.
If you brits wouldn't have insisted on driving on the wrong side 😉 your Volvo would have had a cable instead of hydraulic operated clutch! ;)
How come my RHD 1970 Amazon had a cable clutch?
@@LesterLovesWatches I have less knowledge about the Amazon, but they have used different ways to operate the clutches in different models of Volvos, from just mechanical steel levers on the PV544 to cables on the LHD on the 140, 240, 740. And some have had hydraulic actuation, I think it boils down to what is easiest to build into the model sometimes depending on which side the steeringwheel is placed, and maybe Amazon was the first test with hydraulic operated clutch. Odd thing about the PV544 was that the clutch and brake pedal was hinged underneath the car, the strut under the pedal was shaped like an arch and was only closing the larger hole in the floor when not depressed. That meant cold air rushed up your trouser leg in the winter while coasting and braking! 🥶😆
Keep the Volvo.. The Rover is a crapy car..
They're very different beasts. The rover is a much more modern vehicle. Safer, better equipped, more refined, faster. The Volvo more simple and more practical. If I wanted a car for taking the dog places in the country or a run to the tip I'd pick that. Lovely break away somewhere with the wife take the 75. Want a bit of fun use the rover 200vi. The Merc is almost encroaching on the Volvo's territory and it's a massive project with all the rust. Maybe that's the one to let go?