Happy New Year! 2021!

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Happy New Year! 2021!

Post by Amskeptic » Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:12 am

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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Happy New Year! 2021!

Post by Abscate » Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:46 am

Happy new year from sequestered upstate NY!

I’ve managed to gulp a valve on my favourite Volvo, but taking it as a sign from the Creator that I have time to do a head job without impacting anything at work

No travel for the next three months at least

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Re: Happy New Year! 2021!

Post by Amskeptic » Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:38 am

Abscate wrote:
Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:46 am
Happy new year from sequestered upstate NY!

I’ve managed to gulp a valve on my favourite Volvo, but taking it as a sign from the Creator that I have time to do a head job without impacting anything at work

No travel for the next three months at least
... and how is the Volvo?
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Re: Happy New Year! 2021!

Post by Abscate » Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:38 am

Well, it took forever into November 21 but I got the head reworked, back on the car, and back on the road. Did a power steering rack too. In fairness, three of the kids plus SWMBO relocated to new jobs over summer so I had to refurnish three Volvo’s for each of them. I did three charity Volvo refurbs too.

The 1999 T5 is a really fun car. Gets 25-29 mpg highway ( top end if you stay off the boost) but is a zippy near 300 HP with the M56 fivespeed. It’s still on the original clutch after 6 -9 girls learned stick shift on it

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