So sorry for the later update, had a bunch of landscaping land in my lap at the house. We now have a small orchard and vegetable patch in the making as well as a rainwater harvesting system!
I had ordered the pumps about a month ago and got a delivery notification for them, never saw the package arrive despite me having signed for it, still waiting on the replacements.
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Of course I had drained 99% of the gas out of the tank in preparation- all clean and no rust so may have lucked out, the sender appears to be working and on testing the pumps my in tank one seems to have survived, I'll replace it anyways when I've the system drained. Then hopefully I can get it running. I know the external pump is bad - even without the relay, jumping the connection gives nothing. To be expected after 2+ years off the road I guess.
So mechanicals on pause until parts arrive I turned to the niggly bits I knew I'd live with once the car was driving so tried to get them fixed - the passenger door handle was broken. Drilled it out, tapped it and added an ikea screw and end with some loctite to keep the scandinavian theme.
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I then moved on to the keys scenario, the trunk, glovebox and doors/ ignition - got the trunk re-keyed and got some copies made and YES! I had to use every, single extension I could find in the garage to undo the trunk lock receiver from the ski-hole in the back seat. I was welcomed with various intake parts, a can of easy start and a rust free trunk pan/wells so very happy there!
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I finally got the title paperwork sorted last week - my county insists waiting 40 days for any previous owners to lodge an appeal for storage lien title transfers. Given the last time it was in their possession was over 2 years ago and the only hope of them getting ownership again was paying the $16,000 bill for the towing and storage fees I was pretty sure there'd be no contest.
Still waiting on the fuel parts I decided to do something I had the materials/ tools for and give it a bit of a detail.
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Half the reason I wanted this car was it's turbo intercooler setup, the other half was the body. Incredibly straight and rust free. I can't stand paint/body work!
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Just one layer of finnish kare sealant, buffed. I didn't even polish/ claybar it yet !
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Next up was fitting my momo I've had 15 odd years with my new hub from Estonia - cheap on ebay and seems to fit very nicely !
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It was last seen in my mk2 golf
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I've a generic horn push ordered, the volvo ones are stupid money and this is a beer change build !