1978 Volvo 242
 What started out as a cosmetic exercise on this 240 ended up finding this and repairing many |
 here to fore undisclosed problems like... |
 ...a frozen alternator connection... |
 ...rusty air box housing clamps... |
 ...too thick valve shims... |
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 ...badly corroded thermostat housing... |
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 ...and ultimately a bad engine lower end. |
 So after all this work in the test drive, the engine bearings failed. |
 I have never ever seen this happen unless work has been done to the lower end; |
 and sure enough, that has been the case with this engine. |
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 So back to square one-even further-the engine damage was too great to repair in place... |
 ...the crank shaft was so badly scoped that it needed to come out. So now we have a clean sheet... |
 ...empty engine bay and a used engine. |
 Although these engines are bullet proof, we decided to take no chances and at minimum check everything. |
What we found was remarkable! |
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