Someone who used to be on this board took a Volvo 240 engine and transmission and put it in his LR with his own adapter. I always thought that was kind of a cool swap. I don't know what happened to him and his truck though.
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Someone who used to be on this board took a Volvo 240 engine and transmission and put it in his LR with his own adapter. I always thought that was kind of a cool swap. I don't know what happened to him and his truck though.
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Funny you said that because I have seriously been thinking about the exact same thing. Parts are dirt cheap, fuel injected, 5 speed transmision, extremely reliable, people practically pay you to take aperfectly reliable running car out of their driveway and the volvo forums are full of extremely helpful volvoites. Oh yeah and you can turbo them for a couple hundred dollars!
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Oh yeah, almost forgot, 33-36 mpg in my wagon.
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How did the battery/solenoid/no-start issue turn out?Originally Posted by cousindave
--Mark
1973 SIII 109 RHD 2.5NA Diesel
0-54mph in just under 11.5 minutes
(9.7 minutes now that she's a 3-door).
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I replaced the solenoid. All is well. These solenoids are cheap so they aren't made like they used to be!
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