1987 Volvo 340 DL from Ukraine

Hi all.
I have long been aware of your forum, and today decided to still register :yummie:
Sorry for my spelling, I live in Ukraine in the beautiful city of Lviv. I write with the help of Google translator. If I write in Dutch - please do not laugh. I hope for understanding.

I own a Volvo 340 DL with a 1.6 diesel engine is 9th year.
The car gives me pleasure to drive, economical and nimble
Transmission from the plant should be M47R, but for some reason the last owner replaced it with M45R.
The machine has got me in a state of higher than average, but with a good engine and clean, not smoky interior.

3 months ago did a complete engine repair, replace all parts. Now run after the repair is 2600 km.
Perhaps the following year, the body will do. I want to paint in a light color, because on my very visible dust and dirt (I have the paint code 304-6).
I plan on it very much, from the replacement discs to car body style complete body kit GLT, and the spoiler on the trunk of the same version.

welcome to our dutch forum! it is - of course - very much appreciated to see these little Volvo's pop-up all around the world!

Are there a lot of 340's in Ukraine? keep us updated!

Jos

In our city, we are no more than 15 cars.
I would not say that they are many in our country, the car does not have much popularity. Main opponent - Lada 2109 (I think you know what kind of miracle car: D)
Many cars have been in accidents, the state body is far from perfect. And my car is not the standard of beauty, there are problem areas that really want to remove. In principle, the problems in parts almost there. I know people who are engaged in making each car 300 series, and their price is much lower than on the official Volvo service in our city.
We have our own Ukrainian Volvo forum where many registered users, who have a car 300 series

Welcome! It looks nice

Vermilion;205479 schreef : Welcome! It looks nice

Thank you
I have a lot of plans for this car, a lot of images are made in Photoshop. If interested - I can upload to this topic)

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Welcome, very nice of you to check in!

We'd very much like you to send us more information about your experience with the car in Ukraine. What's the exact history, where did the first owner buy it? That sort of information. You can send pictures/text to: redactie AT volvo300club DOT nl (replace AT & DOT with @ & . and remove spacing). We love pictures of 340's in other countries (that we don't know that well).
We understand your "Google Translate"-English perfectly, so we can translate it and publish it in our magazine! You can get a copy of it too if you'd like.

The diesel version is very rare! Where did you get/ordered all those new parts? Some of those parts we can't even find over here. Hope to read/see some more here.

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Unfortunaly I do not have complete information on the previous owner of my car.
The last owner said that was on the trunk sticker "F" (car was in France). As the car came to Ukraine - unfortunately I do not know = (

With the parts I have no problems. In my town there is Official service that specializes car brand Volvo and Saab. Some parts are in stock, some need to be ordered. Maximum time taken for delivery of piston group - 1 day. The remaining parts I ordered in the morning and the manager in the late afternoon I brought them close to the house
All parts for the engine (piston, valves, gaskets, etc.) I ordered the Volvo Service. I have them consider a regular customer, they know me in person and always welcome my return: D. A complete set of spare parts for repair cost me $ 410. The person who collected the engine went to work $ 250. for about $ 100 spent on the job with the engine block (grinding, etc)
Total $ 770 - and my engine just like the factory
I had put a 1.9 diesel version of Renault Kangoo (without turbo), but I thought it best to leave the same motor.

Two years ago, there was a problem with the drive shaft (soured slots near the gearbox), well, I had a spare. Advised him to restore our Volvo Service. If you need to - I can write detailed instructions as to me it was restored.

At the expense of the magazine - I was interested)
I'll try to understand)

Ah, nice. A lot of work. The 1.9 engine is in fact a perfect substitute for the 1.6, a bit more power, but it is nice you used the original engine again!

Did you replace the vaccuum pump as well?

By the way, I meant it is possible you can get a copy of the magazine if you contribute to it 'officially'. Sorry if that wasn't clear to you. Otherwise it is a lot of work for something you can't read

Yes, the 1.9 diesel - it is a very good engine. But our people are cunning. They say that the engine is in perfect condition, but it so happens that it was a pile of "dead" metal. On this, I would not risk money.

Do you mean the high-pressure fuel pump?
I did not make a replacement. I have it in working condition and does not require replacement
I had a problem with starting the engine when the car is not working day.
Master, who was involved in assembling the engine, connect a hose to a strange high-pressure pump, because of what the appearance air in the fuel system. I could not remember whether he was there to repair and decided to throw out and replace the transparent fuel hose. After that, the car at any time of day and weather start to the first turn key)
Mates from Ukrainian Volvo forum wrote that it is possible to get a new high-pressure fuel pump, but its price is space, we have for the money you can buy the same car: D

At the expense of the magazine, I did not realize where to send the information about the car, I'm sorry

I added some photos in large size and in good quality. The first 3 pictures are made on the old camera, this quality is a little different.