The whole staircase is made by us , same structure on top.
Due to size and weight we made it in smaller parts that were fitted and welded on site.
Just to share how we work in the north of France !
Have a good day welders !
I (22m) bought my first Volvo 3 months ago here’s how its going so far :
Bought it for 3.6k€ 311.000km automatic back in june with a good ass interior (beige velvet interior , sunroof , metallic paint and all the chromes) and an okay maintenance history (AW71 was taken care of , timing belt in 23’, brakes in 24’)
Work done on it :
Distributor cap , rotor , spark plugs , ignition wiring.
Automatic gearbox partial flush (2.5liters of fresh ATF)
Differential oil change
engine oil and oil filter change
Planning to take care of some electronic flaws (fuel gauge not working) and maybe a lil K jet tronic adjustement cause sometimes she’s coughing a bit on cold starts (2-3 seconds) but runs good right after.
Now at 314.000kms and still runs great, so far so good !
If you have advices or things i should have a look at feel free to tell me !
Have a great day yall !
Today was pretty exhausting , i took care of almost every fluids on my 314k kms 740 B230E automatic.
Started with a differential oil change (80w90 gl5) cause it havent been changed in ages, the magnet was pretty clean (only a bit of metallic dust , nothing above 0.5mm) so good news !
Then took care of the automatic gearbox , i prefered flushing only a small amout for the moment and not changing the whole oil , on an old auto gearbox like these i prefer not moving to much of the mess that can be inside so i took 2.5L from the oil pan then added of clean atf so around 30% of fresh fluid is good i think for the moment.
The previous oil was pretty dark but not shiny or sprinkly so its giving me solid evidence that gearbox has been taken care of earlier in its life (i will do another 2.5L this winter)
and finished with a classic engine oil change , went for a 5w40 oil instead of the 10w40 used before , since im doing a lot of small drives (living in a big city 90% of the time) i prefer having a slighty fluider oil for those cold and short starts.
First time putting my hands inside an old volvo and what a pleasure , everything feels like it has been made for being changed and repaired easily!
Hope she enjoys it !
Bought last month my first ever volvo in the south of france,
a nice 740 GLE b230e coupled with a nice 3 speed + overdrive AW71 gearbox.
310k kms on the clock but feels like 200k less !
Good job swedes !