35 Minutes Wrench Fest on my Volvo 740

[@ejoautovideos]

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[@oliverjocher2999]

Just last month rescued a 740 survivor wagon from a local boneyard...only real issue was the intank mounted fuel pump had said goodbye, now ive driven the car nearly every day...of course she's not the first. I bought that one - a 1990 744GLE as a 7 year old, and never sold her ❤. Love these old cars, reliability that you cant buy any more.

[@indra3apermana593]

Nice to see your restoration on 740, i am fan of 940.

[@shepshepherd]

Volvo 740s are very special cars. I've owned my 1990 wagon since 2003, and it's content like this which inspires me to keep it going.

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you for this comment, it means a lot. 😊

[@RockyBlocky6130]

So much love for this old Volvo❤

[@paulsjoerd]

We owned a 88 740, still love them. You wrench like a pro. I would love to wrench the way you do but doesn’t have a place to wrench. Rather expensive here in The Netherlands. Keep up the good work!

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much! 😊 Yes, they are lovely cars. 👍

[@svaffe]

Amazing to see my dream car being kept alive and well :)

[@motheolebelo]

i love maintenance videos awesome work

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you Sir 👍😊

[@ThatNewCarSmell]

Good deal of coverage here! Keep Your Turbo World!

[@peterd.1165]

To avoid cross threading the spark plugs - particularly the rear, nearest the bulk head, (which is hard to get at) I normally put copper grease on the plug threads before inserting the other end of the plug - including the insulator, into a small length ( 3 inch) of garden hose - this makes it easier to manipulate the spark plug threads to get the correct alignment (by feel) before screwing in the spark plug until it is 'finger tight' before applying a plug spanner/socket to nip it up fully.

[@carlseiler6441]

Great video. Good to see more Volvo 740. Things like press and lifts are so helpful, but hard to justify as a home mechanic. That’s why I end up paying a professional on many similar jobs. So glad we we don’t have rust like that here.

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you very much Carl. 😊 Yes good equipment really helps. Still a lot of tools and machines I would like to add to the workshop, for example a lathe and a CNC machine.

[@filip39]

It would look really good with GLE chrome doorhandles and also the GLE chromelists on the doors! Gives a fresh look.

[@ejoautovideos]

Good idea, problem is to find a good used set. I really need new trim for the lower sections of the windshield, but I can't find any... :(

[@jamesinc87]

It's a factory 8V head, they usually have those machining marks/taper on the intake ports

[@abyssalsoul6216]

I was about to say the same thing. Saw that when I removed the intake on my 91 740

[@Scoztrix]

this is great, great video!

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you! 😊

[@brityn6514]

Great video

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you 😊

[@Eisenhammer78]

Some good old background music that the Goonzquad also used back in the days, when they used to only do good videos about wrenching on cars. Nice

[@veryrancid3128]

Another great video!

[@livebyMick]

Recently found your channel, and loving your content man! I sit and watch with a cup of coffee, learning stuff about cars! Keep it coming

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. 😊

[@e-rj8984]

Wonderful and very helpful instructions and informations 👍 Thank You Very Much EJO 🌷🇸🇪

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much! 🙏😊

[@MakeYourVision]

Simply but clever made car, pleasure to see how easy it maintain. I owned for 4 years V70 first gen with B5254T which is base very close to 740/850 and his underhood with this engine more complex for a “relaxed” service :D But i have only pleasant memories of this car.

[@kimnss1270]

Head intake ports are like that from fabric. Good work!

[@22mbh]

Nicely done

[@mds2465]

RobertDIY or David Bello would know about those headers for sure!

[@Allias1337]

I like my new Koni shock absorbers too :)

[@andreasbrolin2244]

Med tummen mitt i handen och allmänt oteknisk, är det jätteroligt o intressant att se dina videos. Super 😃👍!

[@ejoautovideos]

Vad kul att du gillade videon, betyder verkligen jättemycket! Ha en fin dag! 😊

[@Notona777]

This car has never seen a better care :)

[@Involvod]

I don't know if it's possible to remember to put the bracket on before the thermostat housing nuts, I've never managed it 😄 Great video

[@ejoautovideos]

😂😂 thank you!

[@yannikair]

Bro I like your Videos. They are so wonderful to watch. 👍🏻💯

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much! 😊🙏

[@maxjansen8181]

Du fick mig att bytta motorkuddar och växellådsfäste, bilen går så fantastiskt lugnt nu.

[@ejoautovideos]

Härligt! Kul att få inspirera 😊👍

[@sonyhk3824]

Well done man, i love it. Cheers

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you a lot, appreciate it! 😊

[@MichailDoc]

More videos like these mate. Love em. Also, love this car

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you 😊

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Just found your channel, absolutely loving it, great work 👍🏼

[@ejoautovideos]

Really appreciate that thank you 😊

[@bobjohnson1587]

Over the course of the past 8 years I have pretty much performed all of the jobs - and much more - on my Canadian assembled '90 740 GLA that you just did in this 35 minute video. Even though mine has 445K kilometers on it it still drives and looks like new and I can confidently drive it knowing that it will get me there and back. (The back part is especially important! Lol) I haven't winter driven it much in the past 15 years, so I don't have quite the amount of corrosion underneath the car that you appear to have which helps when performing jobs in that area. But then again you have a garage and a hoist and I don't! Lol Keep up the good work! :)

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you for the comment Bob. Yes these cars certainly have their charm! 👍

[@FilipMilenkovic01]

Älskar denna videoserie och har binge-kollat hela. jag är mycket imponerad av din skicklighet och att du väljer att göra allting 100% rätt och inte tar några genvägar, påminner mig om youtubern M539 Restorations. Väldigt fin bil som jag tycker du bör fortsätta behålla så nära orginalutförande som du kan. Känns som att alla 740 man ser nu för tiden är risiga skrothögar eller pimpade epa-traktorer. Jag tycker du ska skaffa OEM avgassystem, för att behålla looken och ljudnivån. En rak fyra låter ändå inte särskilt fräsigt i min åsikt.

[@ejoautovideos]

Tack så sjukt mycket, din kommentar uppskattas verkligen! 😊

[@В.Ш-о8й]

Делай побольше таких видео и почаще!

[@galgolan8534]

THANKS MAN!

[@bavelnaard]

I guess there weren't any Bosch Super4s available for spark plug replacement. Nine years ago I came across your website with all the Micra tuning bits and I remember you praising them. Since then I try to get them whenever possible

[@AliHussein-xu2gv]

I like this volvo.... Keep on

[@ejoautovideos]

😊👍

[@Kai77884]

Hello a great video perfect job greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 👋👋👋 Kai 🙏🛠🔊

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much! 😊👍

[@ETA555]

Nice video 👍 Alot of work done in only one video.

[@ejoautovideos]

Thanks! 😊

[@willwelch5700]

Great video as always, man. Been looking forward to this one for a while 👌🏻👍🏻

[@ejoautovideos]

Appreciate that, thanks 😊

[@alfistialfisti1072]

good luck

[@SimonL9000]

Riktigt bra filmat och mekat! Kvalitén på filmerna har verkligen blivit bättre med tiden, tummen upp! 👍

[@ejoautovideos]

Uppskattar det! 😊

[@humppanen9130]

Love the work you do! Not too many old volvos being done here. Maybe ease with the background music..? Wrenching sounds are perfectly fine!

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much! 🙂 I've actually tried a couple of videos without music, but most people seem to enjoy with background music.

[@zloychechen5150]

Can't tell you for sure, but i think the head has been ported. I have a 230gk (so, a 530 head, like the one the F has, IIRC), and i had my head rebuilt when the gasket was being replaced, so my mechanic showed me that the head has these intrusions around the port circumference, which he ground off. I can't tell if that made any difference, since the car already had the VX3 camshaft, and it runs a Lada ECU for around 250 hp on a td04-19 at 0,5 bar.

[@gorannilsson1366]

Mycket trevlig video👍👍💯😊

[@ejoautovideos]

Uppskattar det, tack! 😊 Ha det bäst! 👍

[@patrikpersson1191]

Härligt o mojjigt att se att klipp på lite omhändertagande av en svensk klassiker 👍 enda bilar jag åker i. Kör hårt gubben! 👌

[@ejoautovideos]

Tackar!

[@januariflickan1]

Nice!

[@AlexanderGill]

Snyggt jobbat 👍

[@ejoautovideos]

Tack så mycket! 😊

[@VPARTSGARAGE]

The thumbnail is 🔥🔥🔥 Snyggt mekat! 😁

[@bluej511]

Great video, love the work, but please buy impact sockets. I'd hate to have a normal one shatter and hurt yourself. Auto tech for 20 years I've had it happen a few times. Happy wrenching.

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you! 😊 Yes, you're absolutely right. I need to buy a complete set of impact sockets. 👍

[@DScottDay]

To change the flame trap. OK, just take off everything on top of it! Thx, DDay, MAINE

[@epp9122]

No bolts rust like they do on a 740 😋

[@sellekan5149]

Grym video

[@sellekan5149]

Ärligt om du bor i Stockholm skulle jag vilja tvätta min hoj med dig. Som du gärna får spela in och visa hur man bör tvätta sin hoj noggrant och vilka koll man bör göra. Du har en sån video men en update hade varit kul. Har följt dig länge. Grymma videon ❤️

[@VNAV_PTH]

Learned how to drive in a 1985 740 GL. Or maybe I should say drive well enough to pass the driving test 🙂 Since then I have owned two 740 GL, one manual transmission and one automatic. Great cars. Maybe the best Volvo through times if it wouldn't be for the mediocre corrosion resistance. In that sense I would say my 2002 V70 has been much better.

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you for sharing this 👍😊

[@agungwibowo8637]

Videonya menyenangkan, karena saya jg punya Volvo 740 GLE, tapi sayang sudah diganti dengan karburator

[@ogremgtow990]

I cried when I had to get rid of my 740. I jumped for joy when the wife left me. I liked the car more than the wife.

[@ejoautovideos]

😂😂😂

[@tahermanai2344]

la mayeur voiture de la route

[@tobiasskoog5422]

kul att se någon hålla liv i 740is och inte köra sönder dem 😀bra jobbat, kommer följa detta 🙂

[@ejoautovideos]

Tack så hemskt mycket! 😊😊

[@UfUff-oz6xx]

👍👍🏆

[@henriklarsson6870]

Jag har också "använt" Professional Parts reservdelar. Det är verkligen si och så med både passform och kvalite. Köpte ett Fördelarlock, Fördelararm och tändningsablar. Fördelarlocket var för stort och kablarna var lite för långa men passformen mot stiftena var inte den bästa. Men fördelararmen passade fint. Men annars en bra video gör mig sugen att köpa en 740 igen.

[@ejoautovideos]

Ja, varierande kvalité. Det börjar däremot bli rätt svårt att få tag i reservdelar till dessa klassiker. Proparts Swe tillhandahåller rätt mycket reservdelar som är svåra att få tag i på annat håll.

[@andywarrington4738]

nice

[@alexandereliasson5113]

Brukar köra tjärspray eller kopparpasta på bultar i hjulupphängningen särskilt justerabara leder som styrleder osv. Grym video!

[@ejoautovideos]

Fettade faktiskt in alla bultar och muttrar i underredet och på utsatta platser. Filmade dock inte det specifikt. Men bra att du påpekar det, jag borde ha kommenterat det i videon. 👍

[@alexandereliasson5113]

@@ejoautovideos Nogrannhet är guld!

[@gerwinvanderwal2070]

What kind of light did you use at @34:20?

[@will3102]

Its a timing light. Flashes at TDC or another marker point. However I can’t see he was using it on the timing belt

[@karlsundbeck1028]

Tummen upp, du pratar riktigt bra engelska. Hoppas din kanal växer å blir stor. Du har förstått att engelska är the way to go.

[@ejoautovideos]

Tackar! 😁

[@oliviersimonnin6983]

Volvo cars are not on holidays in Sweden! Thanks to their high quality, these cars can be fixed to start a new life, 30 years later. Which carmaker of that time could do better than Volvo in such bad conditions of driving, winter after winter? How long to take off the PCV? Thanks you very much for sharing!

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much for commenting! 😊 It took me a couple of hours for sure, maybe 5-6 hours with filming, cleaning and replacing a couple of vacuum hoses and most time consuming -struggling with the stuck thermostat housing. If you just want to replace pcv box as quickly as possible and you dont run into any problems you could probably do it in around 1 hour. 👍

[@oliviersimonnin6983]

@@ejoautovideos Thanks you very much for answering! Sorry, I am not a mechanics. So it may take more time for a DIY. If my English is poor, your pictures are rich! Carry on!👍

[@789costela]

7färs äla aldri fel! 😋

[@matthewshambler2644]

Engine mounts can make a massive difference to the feel and drive of a car.. my Mk1 Golf was like a new car after I replaced mine. My vote is a custom exhaust for the Volvo;-)

[@bobdelaplage690]

Hi mate, did the car still have good flow through the old filter? Nice video, we have 240 and 740

[@ejoautovideos]

Oddly enough the flow was good. But the quality of fuel in Sweden is really good and clean. 👍 Thanks for commenting. :)

[@F7csgo]

Sjukt bra video! Har du bytt din tankarmatur till en i plast? Hade super gärna sätt en video på när du byter den till en i plast i så fall.

[@ejoautovideos]

Tackar! Den kom med plastarmatur 👍

[@F7csgo]

@@ejoautovideos lyxigt, jag ska byta min nu på semestern. Otroligt tacksamt att du svarade mig! Får jag fråga hur du fick 744an för 500kr? Var det någon vän som sålde den eller någon okänd som ville bli av med den?

[@ejoautovideos]

@@F7csgo ingen fara kompis, tack för kommentaren! :) Det var en helt random person bara. Det var en otydlig annons där det bara stod bud (inget pris) säljaren hade ingen mekanisk kunskap. Hade ärvt bilen och nu stod den bara och kostade parkering ganska centralt i uppsala. Så ägaren var bara glad att bli av med bilen! 😁

[@HypnotizinDetailz]

Top job my Friend! 👌🏻🤩👍🏻 Are you going to get new wheels for it anytime soon? 😎😉

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much! 😊 No, I don't think so. Quite happy with my BBS wheels that I have for it (can be seen in other videos). 👍

[@ÖMERÖMÜR-i7f]

GOOD JOB, could you tell price all of spare parth to us

[@nilswauters8531]

hi ma, good work on the car. at 22:30 u pull of 2 vacuum lines. the bigger one where does it go too ? its missing in my car

[@ejoautovideos]

They go to the charcoal canister.

[@nilswauters8531]

@@ejoautovideos do u have a picture of this ?

[@Adam_Lynn]

For anyone that doesn't know PCV stands for Pretty Cool Volvo

[@СашаСаша-ч2р3ъ]

Все понятно,дякую.

[@alessandroneglia7076]

Nice intervention, only one thing: do not spread the images that close the socket with the Socket Wrench because it is VERY DANGEROUS. Thank you

[@tottitotti9024]

Koningen som du gjorde på broms röret är fel tror jag, det skiljer sig från hur den var från början. Se videon

[@ejoautovideos]

Dubbelkona vs "bubbelkona". Inget fel på den konan rent funktionellt, däremot gör det verktyget inte de bästa eller snyggaste konorna.

[@8tyfour]

Why didn't you do something about all that rust? Clean and undercoat everything?

[@wespeed7]

What is the car lift you are using?

[@Gronozzz]

Shocks from Ridex? better keep old ones 🤣

[@Jaksu74]

ridex is trash

[@abyssalsoul6216]

The bushings you replaced in the rear "rod" what is that rod called?

[@ejoautovideos]

Panhard rod 👍

[@kamranmirza77]

Grym video =) kul o se 740n bli finare för varje video

[@ejoautovideos]

Tackar! Precis, det är min plan att sakta men säkert fixa till den.

[@nickthemilkmanlost3928]

Bought a 89 740 yesterday and the owner said the inline fuel pump isn't getting power, what y'all think it could be? Is it just bad wiring or what

[@johancthor]

Could be the relay being bad. Very common but an easy thing to fix. It’s in front of the shifter.

[@droidking614]

Use something else other than wd40 as a penetrant bro. Use some from crc. Way better for the amount of rust ur dealing with

[@datsunalzheimer]

There is something cursed about volvo thermostat housings, on my whiteblock it snapped off the head while i was changing the sensor

[@ПавелЛуцко-б7м]

Ты лучший

[@SE45CX]

Are you a German man? If so, your english pronunciation is superb.

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you. :) I'm from Sweden.

[@erikgehander7304]

Simply painting over the rust won’t fix it as you just saw in the beginning of the video you know 😅😅

[@linslus8952]

Witch country are u in and have imported that Volvo 744 /from a freindly swede

[@ejoautovideos]

I live in Sweden 😊👍

[@dzavelion]

I would like to know that o-ring kit you have

[@ejoautovideos]

It's from a Swedish store called "Biltema"

[@Meeix21]

Vart fick du tag på den där pureest dekalen som satt på bänken? Brukar bara få små när jag köper av dem😊

[@ejoautovideos]

Vet inte, fick med den för länge sedan med ett paket.

[@joernsaermark]

Alla orginaltoppar ser ut sådär i insuget 😊

[@ejoautovideos]

Tusen tack för svar! 😊

[@ebbewedstedt3620]

is it worth getting coils or should i cut the springs on my 940?

[@ejoautovideos]

If you just want to lower it then cut springs or lowering springs might be the way to go. But if you're looking for good handling you should get coilovers. 👍

[@enriquelopez9124]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👏👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌

[@cifyhd6641]

What is it for year 87?

[@ejoautovideos]

88 👍

[@Pēpā_cheisu]

JDM = EDM?

[@jimmy2367]

Ser ut som någon försökt porta lite. Inte sett de där tidigare om man inte grejat lite själv

[@ejoautovideos]

Tyckte också det såg ut som att någon har hållt på lite.

[@jimmy2367]

@@ejoautovideos en sak som är kul i dina videos är att jag tror du snott mina verktyg 😅

[@bullaniugnen]

Har själv haft 4st 530 toppar och alla hade liknande spår, tror att volvo själv har bara snyggat upp portana lite efter gjutning.

[@ejoautovideos]

@@bullaniugnen tack för svar! Jag tyckte det verkade lite kontigt eftersom nästan allt annat är orört på bilen...

[@claudeemmanuel2663]

i m wondering why such an investisment of time and money in this car Maybe a family car ??? The 740 Bof the 760 oui ; )

[@maxgglol5506]

Jag avstår nu mera Professional parts Sweden pågrund av alla gånger det har varit fel på grejerna man köper där, jag har själv bara köpt 2 grejer därifrån men på dom 2 gångerna så har det alltid varit något fel tyvärr men håller mig till lite dyrare nu för går inte att lita på något annat

[@ejoautovideos]

Förstår, oftast så tycker jag att delarna är ok/bra. Men ibland som i videon är det inte särskimt genomtänkt. Problemet är ju att det börjar bli sjukt svårt att få tag i vissa delar till dessa bilar... :/

[@maxgglol5506]

@@ejoautovideos håller med fanns inget annat o välja på heller,, och på just el komponenter så måste du köpa Bosch och det drar iväg ganska fort med priser på grejer när det gäller dom…

[@jamesinc87]

I like your progress, but I don't think it's okay to replace double flares with single flares on brakes

[@ejoautovideos]

Actually I did double flare.