Just giving you all a big hello, because it looks like I might be tinkering with Volvos again. Wasn't sure if I was going to or not.

I haven't had too much to do with my 245 since it got moved down to sydney about a year ago. It was started a couple of times after delivery, seems to run ok except the battery is dead. It's probably 10 months since it was last run at all.

Common sense dictates to scrap the thing, sadly, but I need something with manual transmission that I don't mind knocking around as a learner vehicle. I've got three people who need to learn to drive. My girlfriend only needs about another 20 hours logged, but my brother and cousin will each require a minimum of 100 hours onroad supervised time before they can be issued with a proper license, so I'm looking to flog at least another 250 hours of running time out of the old 245.

I've got to start it up and move it in the next few days, because my cousin no longer lives at the apartment where it was stored, so I'll have to move it out of the reserved parking before someone complains.

I really shouldn't be dicking around with a second car, I just got my motorcycle license last week, so I actually want a bike first up, but I've got to get it running to move it, so I may as well get on with it. If I register it, I can legally leave it parked on the street, which is less of a headache.

I've gotten pretty good at getting old KJet cars running, but your input is always appreciated. Where should I be checking on a car that's been sitting for a couple of years? Many of the make it go components were new when it was left, but of course that's doesn't mean anything after two years not driven.

I think I'm just in denial and refusing to get rid of it, but this just might be a bit of fun. It was a great car to drive, M45 four speed, no power steering and a 3.9:1 diff. Somewhere along the line it acquired stupidly heavy aftermarket clutch springs, so it kept your left leg strong. Pulled surprisingly hard in 2nd. The old loose shifter was a mystery known only to myself. To be honest it handled like a pallet of bricks on a trampoline with its original 1977 suspension, but that was half the fun. It was very forgiving on winding dirt roads, which I used to go looking for.
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