Thanks for the help; I fitted the hose onto that t-piece and the other is a broken block heater cord. I guess I'll have to get that sorted before Winter then... Where does the block heater cord go / connect to and is it possible to just replace the cord? Regarding the delay value, what does that do exactly, and would it make much different with/without?
I went to Lube City yesterday and the service guy was pretty good, he talked away to me, let me check out the underbody of the car and even went out of his way to check the gearbox oil (the bolt was pretty well glued on, in the end had to use a pipe wrench), before topping it up. Rear differential oil was low and very dirty so they serviced that. The gearbox mount doesn't look to bad but is pretty well compressed. Overdrive wiring seemed fine down there to, and the buzzing is the fuel pump - I'm told the buzzing fuel pump could be the tank pump under strain, so how does one tell which is actually on the way out?
I was at the pick-n-pull yesterday morning again and pulled a few switches and stuff. There's a couple of Wagons sitting with Corona alloys fitted - they are in good condition with nuts and I really want to buy them (I've always fancied a set!) but just can't afford to at the minute, same with a couple of good big bumpers I noticed.
I also picked up an overdrive relay and a gearknob with overdrive button and fitted it last night. Today I finally got to see how the replacements worked out; Overdrive stays on for longer now but it is still popping out. When it does pop out I usually have to wait a few seconds (10 or so) before trying to engage it again so it works. I'm going to a car show tomorrow in Tofield so it'll be interesting to see how it holds up. I'm keeping to the minor highways so I can take it easy in 4th if overdrive decides to throw it's dummy out.
I loaded the dash up with an extra gauge and a load of switches to give it a nice fully loaded feel. I was going to fit my map reading light but didn't have any extra wiring so I'll leave that for next day - don't really want to fit it to the side pillars either. Cigarette lighter now works, and one of the three speakers I got with the Volvo works, I've hooked that up anyway so I at least have some sound. I'm planning on upgrading the speakers at some point, but no rush. The wipers, just like my old '79 245 are 'slow' and they clunk (motor possibly needing lubed)? I wonder if later 200 wiper motors any better/stronger/faster?
Anyway, I'm getting used to driving the car and it's a 'different car' compared to my old 245 (B21A-Auto). I must admit, I also prefer the later style dash as apposed to the early type. I've taken a couple of pictures of how the cabin looks now after fitting a few goodies, but there's still more to come. The back seats look pretty cosy, in more ways than one!
Short video I took the other night;
http://www.vimeo.com/5869487