Unfinished Volvo and Alfa jobs...finished!

[@RetroGamerVX]

I was distracted by somebody exercising in your house lol

[@delukxy]

FuriousFitness - Coming soon!

[@markzehetmeier195]

I couldn't keep my eyes off the keep fit routine in the background either lol

[@ckm-mkc]

@8:17 The misses exercising (dancing?) in the background is classic....

[@repairupdaterepeat5815]

Next up on furious yoga.......

[@Rich-on6fe]

Kinda seems like we shouldn't be seeing that.

[@moran68]

@@Rich-on6fe I'd prefer to watch that !😊

[@bobjohnson205]

Yes, she seemed to be really getting into it! Working out to Jane Fonda or was it the 22 Minute Workout? lol

[@jackom11]

Matt you need to get inside and get exercising with the family. Best wishes mark

[@huntaway365_]

Brilliant wasn't it, watching matt and the exercising ghost in the window 👍

[@gosportjamie]

@Paul Sebastian Brainwashing for the win...

[@alisterwest6987]

@Paul Sebastian you got it right 😂

[@RichieRouge206]

Loving the exercising spouse in the background 😂 good job on the temp sensor too, they are tricky for sure. Loving the LEDs on the Alfa and quite like the green and blue combo set in that configuration

[@danielcostache]

I drive an '89 740 Turbo and every now and then my dashboard requires a good flick... just old volvo things lol

[@rhysanderson2034]

Same here, I have an '88 740 GL and whenever the dashboard lights or brake lights go out. Just hitting it a few times fixes it. I knew Volvo made these easy to fix but I never knew it was this primative!

[@Bratfalken]

I had a dashboardproblem in my then 1986 744GL, one meter, I think it was the temp, jumped up and down when using and not using the high beam, after a lengthy inspection I found a small crack in the circutboard on the rear of the instrument. Soldering on a thin wire across the board from two places where I could do that solved the problem. :) That step resistor for the fan is a standard faulth on the Volvo as well, as the fan gets more worn out and dropps speed the lowest speed which demands the most resistor and produces most heat don't get enough cooling. But at least both the fanmotor and the resistor is easier to get to in the 740 as it is placed in front of the glovebox. On the 240, Volvo started with the fan motor and buildt the car around it!

[@samsdadalways888]

Hey Matt 😁 I was pottering in the garden yesterday after my first attempt at welding on my Triumph Spitfire, when a thought came into my head - I hope Furious Driving uploads a video soon. Your channel is one of the better ones.

[@richardjohnson3463]

Possibly the best...

[@furiousdriving]

Thanks, trying to get them out every 2-3 days, but had a day of 'normal' work this week and made a photography video as well so fell a bit behind!

[@TheStan80]

I enjoy tinkering videos more than test drives.

[@AJB1]

Given the Volvo was cold, I'd have left the radiator cap on. There won't be pressure in there anyway, and as the coolant leaks out it starts to form a vacuum and slows the flow down. Although I normally find that something goes wrong and I end up leaking it all out down to the level of whatever I've taken off anyway!!!!

[@johnsbox]

Great stuff, and just like Ian Hub Nut and Steph (I drive a Classic) great soothing voice! My favourites, all of you!

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

I'll second that Lucky !

[@furiousdriving]

Thanks, thats very good to hear!

[@seancooke4127]

Lovely display in the Alfa Matt. I just knew that the Volvo temperature gauge would work. I have found my Volvos to be easily the equal of Mercs, Audis and BMWs but they never shout about it. They seem to be quiet, unassuming yet utterly brilliant executive cars.

[@gihanprabash]

green and blue mix on the gauges is quite nice, really.

[@DashCamSerbia]

Maybe better would be green, white, red.

[@histriamagna1014]

Early morning happiness. When the first thing you do in Office is watching furiousdriving.

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

Good job with the sensor and with the gauge, the old Fonzie touch always comes in handy. 👍

[@frothe42]

Another brilliant video! You got most accomplished, which is better than what I could have done! I guess I wasn't the only one distracted by someone who I thought was your son, but later to see someone doing exercises! I prefer that than some of the other videos on here. It just makes this pandemic much more bearable.

[@furiousdriving]

Its all real life here, I didnt know Joe Wicks was happening indoors!

[@frothe42]

@@furiousdriving And that is why I like your channel!

[@scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain]

Another cracking video,nice to see the conclusion to both the Volvo and Alfa.

[@timbre7999]

Well done! That must have been weird to actually destroy the old sensor but it seems to be the best way to gain access.

[@furiousdriving]

I didnt like doing it, and was worried the new one wouldn't tighten

[@timbre7999]

@@furiousdriving I can certainly understand that, having replaced one a while ago on a Citroën engine where the new one didn't thread in very well despite cleaning and extra care in finding the thread-start.

[@llaeeZ]

0:15 Fun thing. The nickname for Minis in Sweden is "dog cage/pen". :D

[@mspriensma]

That temperature gauge made me laugh so hard. Mine has a mind of it's own as well 😂

[@joaofarinha7953]

You and I got two things in common with our cars. My air con is not working , although I fully charged it a couple of months ago , so possibly is the compressor , and the fan speed works on 1 , 2 and 3 but not 4 which is the full speed. It's a Renault Mégane MK2 😁😁

[@rydermike33]

Success and success, well done sir. Glad you managed to get that old sensor out without scuffing your knuckles. The times I've done that....Ouch!

[@johngoodall7097]

You are getting some of your chores done, it`s a pity you couldn`t take the grill off to access the compressor that way but I guess the radiator would have been in the way. I also saw a person exercising inside a house nearby but it might have been a neighbour.

[@furiousdriving]

thats right, you still have the radiator and slam panel to deal with, it can only go in from underneath

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

And modelling the new furiousdriving baseball cap too, sir!

[@furiousdriving]

oh yes, thats been getting a bit of use in the sun this week!

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

An excellent investment, sir, every home should have one!

[@marklittler784]

Yeah new bulbs brighten up the car, usually best I believe changed in two's for headlamps for example.

[@furiousdriving]

Finding the right size for the dash is really hard for this, the LEDs were some Clover Breakers had on the shelf - all of them in fact!

[@marklittler784]

@@furiousdriving Yeah people put brake light bulbs in the wrong way round, scratch the yellow off the indicator bulbs trying to get them in and some bulbs don't have pins prominent enough to fit properly, there's certainly a difference in price and quality out there.

[@FernandoIjurco]

It's incredible how my Tipo and you Alfa share the same issues! Some of my dash bulbs had been replaced by LEDs and the original sockets were not there when I bought it, so I had to buy some and I couldn't find the right ones, I had to "modify" the closest ones I could buy by cutting a bit of plastic to make them fit...

[@StevesMachines]

Good job, glad you got that sensor sorted.

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hi Matt,great video,all hands on deck doing two cars,the fuel gauge is working hoorah,and new bulbs 👍,less things to do off the list lol.

[@furiousdriving]

The tricky stuff done..apart from the Volvo dash lights!

[@gentlepersuader]

Always surprises me when I see car speedometer and/or tach needle stops not set to 0 from factory (7:35). Manufacturer: yep, that's close enough!

[@aaronbiggin1103]

I changed the temp sender on a rover 100 and still the gauge didn't move, so bridged the connector and the gauge worked. Never did figer out what was wrong, needles to say it had a head gasket fail. Glad the volvo was more straightforward.

[@dainsmart6237]

It's a shame you didn't have a crow's foot and a breaker bar for the sensor that would have done it ok, looks like a right pain anyway done now lol ,I always look forward to your blogs. Thanks. Have a great weekend mate 😎👍

[@gosportjamie]

Your misbehaving Alfa heater blower could be down to the switch then, it could be that the contacts on the most frequently used setting, which, from experience with the air con in my old Focus, was setting 3, may have burned out or corroded. You have 3 out of 4 setting working now so that's a definite improvement on the previous situation, but it might be worth considering replacing the switch, if it's not too difficult to do, i.e. you don't have to dismantle the heater controls to do it as setting them up again can be a real nightmare, and you can get a new, or tested and guaranteed used unit as, it rather seems to me, that if your switch has failed out like this, then others have probably done the same. The switches burning out isn't a common issue across all vehicles, but the blower fan does draw a lot of current, so if there is the right sort of fault with the relay then it would seem likely that the switch is going to be carrying far more current than it would be designed for and could suffer appropriate thermal damage as a result... An illuminating success with the Alfa otherwise... I would say the temperature gauge sender unit on the Volvo has been out for a while, so the gauge has got a little sticky from not operating. I'd say keep an eye on it for the time being and it will probably get a lot better as you use the car and the gauge gets exercised. Sometimes the regulator unit on the back of the instruments can start to break down or fail completely, but that usually effects both the temperature and fuel gauge, which doesn't seem to be the case here...

[@furiousdriving]

I dont think it was the switch as it worked straight away when I put the latest resistor in, if the 2nd resistor works when its back in CloverBreakers car (Ive stolen his!) then Ill know for sure

[@martinross5634]

I think the multi colour LED's look really good.

[@machiningbasics1729]

Nice one

[@TheDutyPaid]

9:54 full strip down underway.

[@patokaa93]

Haha I was just about to comment about your instrument cluster being the faulty bit, since your rev counter shows some silly idle as well (since the engine was clearly idling at about the right mark from the sound of it, love that good old Volvo clatter). But then you cut straight to the bit where the temp gauge works and the idle displays correctly on the rev counter as well. Hooray!

[@furiousdriving]

I walked away and it was working on its own!

[@victorpelini5995]

This type of job (on the Volvo) is one of the reason I ditched the K Jet

[@pumagepard9592]

your videos are good energy bravo

[@cappaculla]

Thanks for the vid, was happy to to find it in the subs list 👍

[@GREYHOUND1874]

cheers for another great lockdown vid..at 9.08...what song was your missus dancing to...or due to being in lockdown for 6 weeks is she taking sneaky substances..❤

[@furiousdriving]

Joe Wicks!

[@patrickhostler5939]

Is that mrs yoga furious in the background?😮

[@tonys1636]

Sod working under a car these days, too old and creaky now, in to the garage every time, would need a hoist to get me up off the floor!

[@doveronefoxtrot4417]

Same here!

[@peugeotdudeandson4485]

Me too

[@rimmersbryggeri]

you should probably change the AC dryer aswell before you regas it if it has one..

[@richardjohnson3463]

Magic

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Damn that volvo revs to 12000 by noon. Thats cool. LOL

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Noo it had a rev counter.

[@kdproductions2008]

8:17 is a plug by the other half for the new furious exercise channel coming soon!

[@furiousdriving]

haha Ill just download Joe Wicks and upload it again!

[@kdproductions2008]

furiousdriving 🤣🤣

[@SuperFIFTHGEAR]

Saved by a Furious Driving video! Is that your wife exercising in the background while you're working on the Alfa? 😂😂😂 Got a bit distracted there. I had that on my Golf when I got it, temperature sensor on the dashboard would work very intermittently (about once a month) so changed the coolant temperature sensor (VW originally used a black type which was prone to failure, then 3-4 other types and the final one is a green one which is the "good" one) mine had the black one so just automatically bought one. First off eBay for about £8, which didn't work properly. So then a decent one from a parts supplier for £15 - that one worked. They only pushed in and then had a plastic U-type connector - seems a much better design than the Volvo. Then found out the thermostat wasn't letting the car get hot enough...Which to be fair is what I suspected anyway. Had the garage change that when it was in for its MOT as it looked awkward to do. "that doesn't look too hard". Famous last words... Stay safe Matt.

[@furiousdriving]

yes, she's not too happy to be famous now

[@LOTPOR0402]

Sure those sensors a slightly cone shape to aid sealing ,may be wrong .It's amazing how many people never but antifreeze in , a big no no

[@Shane_Marsh]

That was nice

[@trabali5168]

@11:07 (give the gauge cluster a bit of a wack), I thought it broke for a while the way you hit it................your fist that is!! Now is not a great time to be going to any A&E!!

[@georgesimpson1354]

I liked the actor in the background today

[@jasoncornell1579]

Wow I thought I had insomnia problems but apparently not as bad as urs😁

[@Curiousdriving]

great video as ever

[@adrianrowden8266]

Did the replacement resistor get fan setting no 3 working?

[@furiousdriving]

yes, all 4 now

[@matthewkirby5394]

Im stressing over the 1 volvo headlight wiper blade

[@furiousdriving]

I need to get to a breakers yard, these seem to be about £50...

[@matthewkirby5394]

@@furiousdriving blimey! Thats crazy money... imagine the value of the whole car then!

[@DjNikGnashers]

If I take just 1 thing apart I have to fix it the same day otherwise I forget how it goes back together. How the hell do you do this with several issues on several different cars, and remember how it goes back together ?

[@furiousdriving]

badly...I do it badly

[@DjNikGnashers]

@@furiousdriving LOL Well, it's entertaining to watch matey !

[@guyemmott4009]

Blimey Matt, can't you sleep? 😴😴😴

[@richardbartholomew1272]

Do u know anywhere in Kent where I can get black leather interior for Mercedes love watching your videos mate

[@furiousdriving]

MK auto upholstery will recover yours but I’d search online as the chance of finding one locally is slim

[@barryroach1980]

what a fiddly job episode!!!! but good !

[@furiousdriving]

All the stuff I just couldnt get done in one go before!

[@aftergrowth]

Joe wicks PE?

[@furiousdriving]

yes, on catch up later on. 9 is a bit early...

[@robcorrente6065]

I’ve got one question. Once you have restored those cars. Are you selling them?

[@furiousdriving]

Not really planned that far ahead, if I dont have to I wont

[@darrencharlton5271]

Great stuff, why has work stopped on the Rover?

[@furiousdriving]

Been waiting on parts

[@dee106ful]

Got a yoga show to boot.....

[@peteramberley9952]

What happened to the blower heater matt? Was it the blower resister?

[@furiousdriving]

yes, this one fixed it

[@doveronefoxtrot4417]

What's your view of the alfa mate?

[@furiousdriving]

Really like it, good fun to drive, lovely interior, although a bit fragile, best leather going, just check for maintenance and rust

[@stud196761]

Wife doing keep fit through the window

[@coopers4491]

Great content as per usual matt /But are you doing two channels at once,exercise videos plus car videosSTAY SAFE MATT😄😄😄😄😄😄😄🔧🔧🔧🔧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍☕☕☕

[@furiousdriving]

got to keep busy..

[@fredyyfredfreddy]

Is the volvo a diesel?

[@furiousdriving]

thats what old Volvos round like

[@Hasdac]

Was the misses raving?

[@Hasdac]

😀

[@furiousdriving]

big box little box cardboard fish

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Dont those sensors have a conical therad?

[@furiousdriving]

doesnt look very conical

[@rimmersbryggeri]

@@furiousdriving Ok sounded like it when you said it was loose first and then got tighter. On such small threads it takes a keen eye to notice the taper because it's not very pronounce. since it's a water fitting a pipe thread seems fitting.

[@david1976aful]

Was that your wife exercising in the house? 😂👍

[@furiousdriving]

haha yes

[@dougfurniss734]

Are my eyes dreaming or did i see a roof lining already in the volvo?

[@furiousdriving]

you are dreaming, it must be the sun visors, still getting a dusty head

[@anttosuhonen2900]

when i bought my car, every single temperature censor in the bay was shot, odd

[@anttosuhonen2900]

1994 audi 80 2.0 abt

[@TheBossssssssssss]

👍🚗

[@hughbishopnh]

Mrs. Matt will either be delighted or horrified that she was filmed dancing. There's no gray area with wives. Are the flower shops open during lock-down? So if we don't see any more videos; RIP Matt. Hope not.

[@furiousdriving]

It was the 'not delighted' option...

[@terryatkinson3182]

Same here with my wife, they live in a bubble on a different planet than us and can get upset at the drop of a hat. Life is too short to be stressing about what others think of you, is my motto.

[@michaeldebrou7793]

WHO IS THAT DOING KEEP FIT IN THE BACKGROUND AT 8MINS 12 SECS! VERY DISTRACTING!