My New Project (Car)

[Gurm]

Then vents and ducts in a lot of cars is where a lot of the stink resides, especially when the drain tube for the air con gets blocked...I think you can get specialised deoderisers for them

My BMW, to this day, stinks the first few times you fire up the A/C in the summer, and the first few times you fire up the heater in the winter. *sigh*

[Gurm]

Depending on the odor level, this could be your biggest challenge. Long ago my old boss inherited a nasty small station wagon from his deceased father. The old man lived to be 90 something and chewed tobacco in the vehicle. God knows how he got that filthy brown spit residue EVERYWHERE, but there is was. We removed all the carpet from the car and power sprayed it with soap then lysol then soap again.. then put it back in. The funk remained.

Well, all-new carpet isn't THAT much. Sadly, getting some molded for a WAGON might be. So I'll see what I can do with this stuff. Might have to do a pull from a junkyard car, try to find a less smelly one.

The car doesn't really stink THAT bad, it just smells like ... old car and weed. *sigh*

[Technoid]

Hope you get the weed smell out of it, cant be a good thing if you get pulled over by the cops

[gt40]

There's one thing missing for that car.
Agallag got one for his new car - it really finished it off nicely.

[gt40]

Well, all-new carpet isn't THAT much. Sadly, getting some molded for a WAGON might be. So I'll see what I can do with this stuff. Might have to do a pull from a junkyard car, try to find a less smelly one.

The car doesn't really stink THAT bad, it just smells like ... old car and weed. *sigh*

pulling it out and giving it a REALLY good steam cleaning might work.

[cjolley]

pulling it out and giving it a REALLY good steam cleaning might work.

Better make it REALLY REALLY good

[xortam]

Sounds like they got off easy. They probably has pounds of the stuff elsewhere.

[agallag]

There's one thing missing for that car.
Agallag got one for his new car - it really finished it off nicely.

Yeah, you need to accessorize. Like this.

[Technoid]

So Gurm, how is the project going ?

[Gurm]

I apologize for the lack of updates. I bought a few interior trim bits (which I'll get pictures of up shortly), cleaned it (first pass), and removed the front seats. I haven't decided what to do about the carpet, but I'm tempted to replace it along with the headliner.

Also I took the brakes apart, they're sitting in a bucket of WD-40 waiting for me to do a further diagnosis, but nothing looked TOO broken.

So now it's up on blocks, cleaner than it was (although still pot/cigarette smelly), and waiting for me to have more money to tackle it further.

I got the repair manual from Chilton - the only one to address 1990 Volvos - and it also covers my 960 which is nice.

My budget took a hit because I had to put new rubber on the other Volvo last week.

[gt40]

Also I took the brakes apart, they're sitting in a bucket of WD-40 waiting for me to do a further diagnosis, but nothing looked TOO broken.

careful!
WD40 tends to swell rubber parts and seals

[cjolley]

careful!
WD40 tends to swell rubber parts and seals

But they seal much better afterwards*

PS. He took the breaks appart, so I assume he left the rubber out of the WD40.


*While they last.

[Gurm]

Actually no I dropped them in whole. I'll be rebuilding or replacing the calipers, so I'll have brandy-spankin' new rubber bits anywho.