1984 242 TIC Texas

Vol242vo said:

Heck yeah man, I love what you?re doing. Looks like a great weekend project with rapid results!

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I thought I was taking forever

Just put in a rock auto order, $260 worth of belts, tensioners, ignition,cooling hoses, seals, everything serviceable in the engine bay. Now the real hardship starts. I'm praying it's just the pumps that are bad !

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Had a bit of brown weavy material knocking around - more a test of concept than anything, I'll find something more durable/fitting down the line. The vent plastics crumbles away in my hands and I've no speakers to replace the old ones with just yet so a plain wrap was in order.

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It's a bit thin but nice material and would look nice for a re-trim of back seat to tie in with the beige - the black and white seat covers not so much !

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Just sitting there until I can find those vents and some speakers - I'm a bit meh about the color now - might go for something plain black.

or use more of that seat cover material

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Center console armrest got two headrest covers

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Then I started making a list !

Then I bought the list!

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Hopefully that will get her running - the heat here in Texas is killer, so it may take me a while !

Well got the plugs out after a good overnight soak in penetrating oil - two different types of bosch an 1 ngk in there. Replaced the plugs with the ngk's - sold tops rather than screw on type - hoping the leads I ordered fit them. Listed as oe replacement on rockauto.

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Fresh air filter !

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Had to do something about the red paint, I know it makes it faster but underhood I just want it a bit more subtle.

Still waiting on my external fuel pump and need to get the bung nut tool to do the in tank pump.
That and a timing belt tool I think I'll save up for next !


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Had a bit of por15 lying around so did some painting and rustproofing on the inside lip of the hood - only space I found surface stuff!ldn't get the last elbow of the intake off so it remains red for now !

On the parts list i've fit the distibutor cap, rotor, ht leads, plugs and a new uro relay - my in tank pump is cycling but the in line is dead as disco. So at a standstill till that comes in !

So back to the body:

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The black trims were quite washed out so a quick dose of vht trim paint and they look about right, wiper arms got a lick of paint and added new wipers too!

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Only real rust I found in the car other than the aforementioned.

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Quick wire brush and a dab of Por15 has her right as rain!

New plastic tray and longer hardware

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Nice work. Bringing lots of life back into this one. Love the updates.

Vol242vo said:

Nice work. Bringing lots of life back into this one. Love the updates.

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Hopefully it'll start when all the mechanical work is done. Still waiting on my external pump, have the bungnut tool inbound from a member on here and just got a new distributor from a member too with new wiring - mine wasn't sending out consistent spark.

I really should do the service items too but really ant to hear it running before I go too far !

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Tank pump time, thanks to the member who sent the bung nut tool, at least that bit was easy ! I had a dog of a time getting the nylon line off and then used a barbed splice piece to tap into it with a fresh piece of hose to the pump for the return.

I did try getting underneath with the 14 and 15 mm spanners to release it from the hardline but it wouldn't budge and a bit of pick my battles kicked in. I'm trying to locate the fuel line from pump to the external pump - hard got it seems. Mine is okay a bit wet looking at the external pump end, so I may just end up replacing the whole thing later if I've to order parts.

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This is what I was greeted with on taking out the sending unit/pump, insulation on wires shagged, pump sock 1/2 eaten alive and the pickup pipe between pump and fuel line completely gone.

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I've got the proper submersible line to replace it with. New sending unit on the way from autozone, the uro parts one I believe. I'll hunt down the fuel line today - maybe Napa will have it - 11mm I think?

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Well this is an arsepain of a job - I think I've got like 20 small cuts all over my paws

Never again hopefully~

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I did forget which way the fuel sock went - so I angled it slightly away from the return line pipe.

Oh and I used my old float - figured it's lasted 36 years and god knows what cheap plastic the new one is made with!

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Also replaced the fuel line to the external pump (which I've yet to replace), went with regular fuel line to the external pump - the high pressure stuff was 10 dollars a foot, I figured this tiny tank pump is maybe max delivering 2-3 psi?

Checked all the wiring was correct, submersible fuel line fitted between pump and outlet pipe and proper hardware, new bung nut and volvo seal and threw it all back in, at least now one of the pumps is delivering fuel !

I'm enjoying seeing the progress. Keep it up. Keep us posted with lots of pics.

So I've a single, solitary spark from the coil but none at the distributor. Had a look inside it before and one of the trigger pins seems to be raised vs the others. Got a distributor from a member on here with a new harness as it was going realtively cheap and sprayed some kroil into the mount and general vicinity. Couldn't even rotate it on the mount after removing the bolt for love nor money!

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Finally received my bentley and haynes manuals so started with the process of checking the system, teseted my coil which was a bit suspect, replaced it with new, same deal.

checked the resistence of the ballast resistor - crusty looking but all good, cleaned the connections but then the harness is always a possibility.

Hitting the pause button for now, save for a new harness before I really take to removing the distibutor, covid has things tight so it may be a while !

Also I know once I have it running I'll want to put tyres and everything else on it so saving a bit more might be a good way to go

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I did manage to get a handle on my garage in the meantime !

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Now I might be able to find something !

Do you ever run out of steam on a project? The weather here in Texas has been cruel - finally getting down to regular temps to work outside but enjoying the evenings at the lake or in the park for a change !

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When I got the car the washer bottle was in the trunk, I bench tested the old pump and it just got really hot and not much happened, so a new generic one was sought - partially because the wiring harness for it was fubarred anyways so I was going to be using spade ends !

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And that's where I stopped with that - the wiring for the car has been fecked around with so much I am not quite sure which wires hook to this washer unit. I've narrowed it down to four...

Then my friend crashed his car so I got to distract myself a wee bit !

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A welcome reprieve from the wiring issues (I hate electrical stuff so much!!!)

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A good lot of stuff just hanging there - it's a wonder it was cranking at all in fairness!


Picked up what looks like a nos dave barton harness on the turbobricks for sale forums for a decent price and have it sitting waiting to go!

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I'm suffering from severe procrastination as my benz, running as it is has a bit of lifer tick going on and that's the priority - the lifers may need some attention and that's outside my wheelhouse! so $$$ will be diverted to the living car for now !

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I did get some bits from IPD volvo before the benz started vying for my attention - side trim kit and window scrapers and the all important external fuel pump and filter!!!

In theory I now have everything to run the car, just need the motivation to do it

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Long time no update!

Finally got the notion of getting the wiring harness done this weekend!

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A bit of a pain to get the intake bolts off and when I took off the intake I saw the socket to thermal switch in pieces. I'm terrified of replacing it - it's still in the block and I may be able to get some wires onto it and use epoxy or something to do until I can afford a new one/ wait for one to arrive!

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What I was really surprised at was that a whole bunch of wires were already disconnected - especially under the intake but even starter wires were unhooked.

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I also threw together a bracket for the expansion tank.

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Inspecting the harness further it was pretty obvious it was cremated!

These vacuum lines are kicking my ass. A lot missing from the equation!

Main fuel pump time, relatively easy !

Had to redo some of the wiring. Kicking myself for not testing if power was getting to it but seems to be sending fuel to the filter underhood.

The filter is a total pain in my ample ass to remove. Not like I can break out the torch ! So it has got some wd-40 over night ! And hopefully I can get the damn thing out tomorrow.

Haven't tried starting yet, want to change the oil and filters first, the oil stinks !

Next on the list are all the service bits and pieces. Oil, filter, coolant flush too!

There's congealed crap in the header tank but no milkshake so hopefully can avoid a headgasket.

I have the timing belt, water pump etc but I do want to hear it run before going through all of that !

I actually had to break out the impact on a wobbly extension to remove this but on the fuel filter. Someone had used red loctite on the threads by looks of it !

I must've fecked up the fuel line when doing the filter. I guess it's good to know it's getting fuel to the damn thing at least. Ordered the smallest size (5/16) nylon line at AutoZone and forgot to buy a heat gun to fit the thing !

Tried starting today. It's not happy !

I replaced the fuel pump relay but they don't cycle on turning on and off the key, I jumped the pump fuses and I think I'm hearing both. They're both new anyways.

I cracked off the fuel line into the k jet fuel distributor, it's getting gas, then did the same for each of the fuel lines out of it. All showing clean fuel present. No visible leaks out of them despite the outer parts looking pretty cracked to hell!

I tried cranking again after loosening off the injector steel lines and nothing there, I was expecting something at least ???

At a bit of a loss now, I'll replace the fuel line once I get the bits and maybe fire in the spare ecu I've got to see if that'll wake things up a bit?

Confused, thoroughly!

I whipped off the intake from intercooler to throttle body and fired in some easy start, was rewarded with a pop or two and a lot of smoke



So I went to harbor freight to console myself and prep myself for the ball joints on the w124 !

So the bastarbing fuel line was leaking,
I must have linked it at some stage.

$25 / 10ft worth of nylon 5/8"fuel line ordered.

Not knicking the barbs on the fittings was taken care of by burning off the old line.

Then just heated the barbs and the line to get them together. All seems to be leak free now thankfully!

What seems like an infinity later, I'm very well acquainted with everything leaking under the car.

Somehow I ended up with an extra 4 inches (TWSS) of fuel line and did a quick loop and additional bracket

A job I hope to never do again. It's not in tank fuel pump bad but I have crud in pretty much every orifice!

Great thing is that there's no visible crud/ varnish in the fuel up to the filter at least.

I ran some bigger fuel hose over it to sheath it around the engine bay, just kept it away from top so I could see the leaks if any !

The little 8mm bolt that holds the sheathing on entrance to the Bay was a bit of a pain in the face !

But done, hopefully forever!

Little bits coming in after being backordered for months, like Christmas present s, I forget ordering them!