Repair-It

Bought another one off eBay with a cracked screen. Will arrive later this week. Should be an exciting swap-over, stay tuned for pics.

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Makes since that these did not come with A/C. Because....race car.

You think it would gain 400lbs from the swap? That seems high to me. More of an over-estimate. The stock Volvo engine is cast iron also, so it is not light. Which would you rather drive? I think the Monte Carlo would be a more enjoyable car to drive. Not as hilarious as the Volvo, of course. The Mo...

Speaking of things I already have, one of those is a 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS. That might be a better candidate for a Chevy V8 swap for fitment reasons, but not for sleeper-factor reasons. This car was originally slated for a big-block swap. I have a 454 from an '87 Suburban already along with ...

This site seems to have some info and some conversion parts. http://www.jagsthatrun.com/Pages/Volvo_200_V-8.html as well as a hilarious name. Some good pics here too: http://www.warrensweb.com/volvo/index.htm It seems the easiest way to bolt the engine in is with a custom cross member, which they se...

So it has come to my attention that there is a 1993ish Volvo 240 wagon for sale. It is a manual transmission with ~160K. According to the owner it needs a set of tires and wheels(?). So as much as I want a 114hp 4-cyl wagon, what I wouldn't mind is a 260hp V8 wagon that weighs ~3100lbs. How would I ...

Parts. WP_20131026_014.jpg A small piece of tape holds the antenna cable to the battery. WP_20131026_018.jpg Two screws hold the speaker to the screen. One is a T-5 while the other is a Phillips #000 screw . WP_20131026_016.jpg A piece of tape covers the battery connector. Peel this off. WP_20131026...

This thread is useless without pics!! Sigh. Here you go. Look a phone! WP_20131026_001.jpg The back of the phone: WP_20131026_002.jpg Pull of the upper cover. There is a small lip you can grab with your fingernails: WP_20131026_003.jpg Upper cover removed. If you have an SD card installed, remove i...

I am interested to see how this turns out. We need a better way to take pictures while working on this stuff. Currently, my phone gets all greasy and the dirtiest (and therefore most interesting) parts of the job go undocumented.' I have Amanda's old digital point and shoot. I don't think she cares...

kevm14 wrote:I better learn how to do backups so I don't have the great Repair-It forum crash like the SS forum.

rsync is your friend. You could add a cron job to automatically do it at some interval. Not sure what the storage layout on the server is.