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    I bought a worn out 98 Volvo S70, aka how older cars can get so expensive so quickly

    I came across a 98 S70 for sale, 254k miles, turbo with manual transmission. I went to check it out and it has non-torn front seats!!! The car was sold with an engine with dead cylinders and I have a working engine at home, so that is not big deal to me. I was told the car have its clutch changed a few years ago, there were also around $1800 worth of receipts of radiator change, struts change, brakes, and etc done few months ago. After a short negotiation, car was mine. Plan was to fix it up and sell it for profit.

    After I took everything apart, here is what I found:

    Has two dead cylinders on the engine.
    Clutch disc worn to the rivets (factory 254k clutch, most likely)
    Leaking heater core
    All vacuum hoses have cracks
    All torn boots on CV shafts
    All torn boots on ball joints
    Motor mounts are all broken, yes all 5. Transmission mount is ok.
    Steering wheel light tan leather is worn to grey
    Arm rest skin is all cracked
    Rear main started to seep a little
    Exhaust gasket are all in pieces
    8 rivets are missing on the front mud flaps
    Wire plastic insulation crumples when you touch them
    A/C clutch gap is at .6 mm
    Cracks on the coolant surge tank
    PCV system is plugged
    Hand brakes adjustment is way off, due to one side brake shoes have no meat
    Dead fuel pump
    Air pump code
    Turbo coolant hoses are old and worn
    Dual mass flywheel is worn
    Volvo heater hose junction came apart when I undo the heater core hoses



    See the shiny rivets? The disc is worn down to the rivets!







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    I went to junkyard to get a better looking seatbelt, a master windows switch, and ABS module.

    Put in the new seatbelt and windows switch


    Someone failed at repairing the ABS module.


    Open up the NEW ABS module and redo all the soldering.


    Fixed the ABS/TRAC lights!


    Found both shifter bushings are broken!


    Homemade bushings to the rescue! 5/8 heatercore hose, 5/16 silicone hose, and stock bushing sleeve in the center with a bracket preventing the cable to come loose.


    Had to put in a spare 850 info switch, the S70's switch came apart when I touched it.

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    Re: I bought a worn out 98 Volvo S70, aka how older cars can get so expensive so quic

    Something feels like Deja-Vu here... You made a profit with the last flip like this so why not right?

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    Re: I bought a worn out 98 Volvo S70, aka how older cars can get so expensive so quic

    Sounds like the same car??

    Both are missing 8 rivets on the front mud flaps.

    He made approx $20.00 per hour on the last one.

    Only reason I remember is he asked my advice on the mud flaps!!

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    Re: I bought a worn out 98 Volvo S70, aka how older cars can get so expensive so quic

    Harry, you trying to pull a fast one or are you just reusing pictures?
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    Re: I bought a worn out 98 Volvo S70, aka how older cars can get so expensive so quic

    Harry wouldn't do that, must have been hacked..

    Thanks
    Randy


    There is no logical reason to call an Engine a motor.

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