My $50 VOLVO 740 Broke down while Drifting - Let's fix it

[@kevinglainez8151]

Man I been waiting for the 740 videos I actually thought you might got rid of it Thanks for another great episode as always very informative save some money and learning something new Cheers

[@ejoautovideos]

Really appreciate that, have a great day. 😊👍

[@chazbganster]

You need to remove the cowling and reseal the guard over the blower motor, or it will flood again, and probably short/burn the fuse box. Is a poorly designed plastic cover held on by sticky black butyl putty. Under cowling is also access to seal the area around the wiper blade motor, which often leaks into passenger floorboard. Love the 740 videos! Cheers!

[@ejoautovideos]

Very good tip, thank you so much! 😊👍

[@BackmansGarage]

Love the 740 videos! And yes there should absolutely be a cover on the passenger side there 👍 Where did you buy the solenoid only ? 😀 Great video

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much! 😊 Yeah, thanks for clearing that up! I bought it at skruvat.se 👍

[@sanusius]

Excellent and professional as always 👌🏽

[@Ebbsilen]

Yay! Some news from the 740! It looks so nice to work on! When my S70, my Tercel and my SL2 are sorted out, i think i will finally buy the 740 that i have spotted!

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you so much for checking in! 😊👍

[@Jake-im2lv]

I had an old celica with the same symptoms and the fix was to wire in a relay to the solenoid that fed 12v from the battery to the solenoid trigger when the relay was activated

[@bobdelaplage690]

Socket tip is great, thx!

[@ruudmobile6726]

Now you make me curious about your drifting skills 🙂

[@EnriqueLopez-hb5jn]

The passenger side uses a cover, made of molded plastic, and that piece that you saw there is because it is held bbn in place by a plastic screw like , not like the 240 where the cover is like felt, now what has me puzzled is how can ice get in there if that system is supposed to be sealed, and that the ice if melted would have shorted it out

[@db192]

Yay another 740 video, I can’t wait to get my wagon on the road. Any videos of it going sideways?

[@ejoautovideos]

😁😁 No, not as of right now. Might do a short video on that. 👍

[@MJ-fh9hj]

härligt me en ny video och dessutom med volvon, tack! Kan knappt hålla mig till nästa gång hehe. Tummen upp som vanligt.

[@ejoautovideos]

Tack så mycket Magnus! 😊😊

[@Kai77884]

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

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you very much 😊

[@Kai77884]

@@ejoautovideos 👍😉🤝

[@carlseiler6441]

Don’t let anyone give you any lip about buying a store brand battery. If it is like here, there are only a limited number of manufacturers who make batteries no matter what the brand. It is all just a label.

[@ejoautovideos]

Exactly, most of the time people don't even know who is the OEM supplier, and store brand can often times just be re-brands. 👍

[@masihpemuladiduniadetailin7905]

Please keep this coming! 2:57 wait, is that power cord attached to the power socket? is it come from the factory?

[@charleshultquist9233]

Kupévärmare

[@ejoautovideos]

It's an aftermarket outlet for a cabin air heater. This way you can plug the car into a 230V power outlet and pre-heat the engine and cabin in the winter time. Super nice to have in a cold country! 👍

[@masihpemuladiduniadetailin7905]

@@ejoautovideos oh i see, nice stuff!

[@charleshultquist9233]

Drifting? These treasures should be preserved, not driven into oblivion for your illicit amusement. When they're gone they're gone forever.

[@ejoautovideos]

If you are not snow drifting these things you're doing it wrong. You can actually take care of a car AND have fun with it! 👍

[@Eero_V]

Hey, 740 is made to go sideways!!

[@motokid1492]

740:is är gjorda för att brukas ! Brukas ska dem ända in i slutet !

[@MrPuggen]

Nice. Har också bara hört gott om Biltemas bilbatterier. Alla bilbatterier mår bra av underhållsladdning med jämna mellanrum. Min pappas gamla bil fick laddning via motorvärmaren regelbundet varje vintertid. Batteriet höll i 16 år. Då hade laddningen via motorvärmaren slutat fungera samt att bilen kördes väldigt lite hehe.

[@ejoautovideos]

Exakt! Konternuerlig drift/laddning är nyckeln. Som exempel har jag bytt flera batterier av dyrare märken men som har blivit kassa bara efter ett par år eftersom bilarna i fråga inte har använts och betterierna laddats ur gång på gång.

[@petterbrannstrom4067]

Bra video. En grej som jag tror skulle lyfta bilens utseende (göra så den så fräschare ut) hade varit och måla trösklarna svarta nu när dom är så gråa och tråkiga

[@ejoautovideos]

Tackar! Håller med till 100% har faktiskt tänkt på att göra detta. Även en snabb slarvig lackering med mattsvart hade gjort susen. 👍

[@januariflickan1]

Snyggt!

[@FeeeshEP3]

Curious how long that new solenoid will last before it starts giving you problems. Hope you kept the old Bosch item.

[@ejoautovideos]

Yes, I'm keeping it as a spare. I also re-lubed the piston and carefully sprayed some WD40 into the pin, it actually felt like it was moving more freely after that. So probably it would have worked after that, however the contact points might be worn so I just went with a new one. 👍

[@thomasjansson2019]

Biltema 4-life! ✌️😎

[@ejoautovideos]

Hehe 😉

[@91fisher]

har svårt att förstå hatet mot biltema batterier. har nog köpt 10+ och alla har fungerat över förväntan i många år.

[@ejoautovideos]

Ja, precis. Jag har haft bra erfarenheter med de. Ok om det är en nyare/dyrare bil, då hade jag nog kört med Bosch eller liknande, mest för att det ser bättre ut när man öppnar huven 😂

[@ossianholmberg]

Biltema batterier är de absolut inget fel på. Varta och biltema har till och med samma tillverkare, bara olika logor :)

[@ejoautovideos]

Där ser man! Tack för kommentaren ha en go helg 😊👍

[@ossianholmberg]

@@ejoautovideos Tack detsamma :)

[@kapex6334]

3:00 yes, there should be cover

[@ejoautovideos]

Thank you for answering that 👍

[@motokid1492]

Kung video som vanligt, Har du jobbat som mekaniker ?

[@ejoautovideos]

Tackar! Aldrig haft det som mitt jobb, men jag är utbildad på pappret. Sen så har jag hållt på hela mitt vuxna liv med bilar. 😊

[@jimmy2367]

Japp de skall vara en kåpa under handskfacket 👌

[@ejoautovideos]

Tänkte väl! Tack för svaret 😊

[@jimmy2367]

@@ejoautovideos är ju mest estetiskt men hindrar ju att nån sparkar upp med foten i fläkten osv

[@ProfSPb]

18:18 Is this plastic cap original spare part? Är detta plastlock original reservdel? Hello from Russia, Saint-Petersburg))

[@ejoautovideos]

I don't know if it's an original Volvo part, but it has been there since I bought the car.

[@pontushaggstrom6261]

poor car. oh well it was 50$ There should be a cover there, yes. Don't think those edges are broken. I know some interior pieces of the 740 are a bit crude

[@rallipete]

Where do you buy the parts for the car?

[@ejoautovideos]

Differnt, usually for this Volvo from a couple of Swedish stores, for example skruvat.se lmr.se I also shop a lot from autodoc

[@emilwivler5799]

Jo där ska sitta ett skydd under handskfacket

[@rallipete]

What do you when lubricating the starter? I'm pretty new to cars.

[@ejoautovideos]

There is a lot of moving parts in a starter. When rebuilding a starter here is what I do: •check if brushes and wear ring (rotor) is ok, if not it's usually a better idea to buy a new complete starter especially if the rotor is bad. •check bearings, if bad replace. •Clean everything. •lube all moving mechanical parts with suitable grease (gears, piston, axels, bendix mechanism etc.) Don't over lube! You don't want grease on the brushes or windings. •it's not a bad idea to replace the solonoid, they are usually pretty cheap. And it's not uncommon for them to go bad. •Put everything back together 👌👍

[@rallipete]

@@ejoautovideos thanks!

[@focus678]

Where are the BBS wheels?.

[@dannelolyaysupercow]

winter tires. the summer tires probably has the bbs rims

[@ejoautovideos]

BBS goes on in the summer 👍

[@imedmhissen3849]

🇹🇳🇹🇳

[@Motor_O_Mer]

how TF did you get a 740 for 50 dollars?!

[@ejoautovideos]

Check out my first video on the 740 on my channel, I think I speak about it there. 👍