waltwd24

How old is "old" here? I'm 53 yrs old...LOL I think the name thing for cars is a generation thing and also builders of show cars like to give their project/creation a name. Personally when I have given a car a moniker I've only used it in vain when complaining about it. Usually before and aft with plenty of expletives sprinkled in for flavor. The "K" word is not allowed in my house, sorry... Here's another name choice "Raineesha" from the sitcom "Reno 911". Fans of the show will know what I mean. Got around to removing the spark plugs. All matching Champion UJ-12-no deposits on electrodes and in pretty good shape I must say. I saw the tops of 6 pistons (pretty clean too) and most important, no holes. I gave each cylinder a squirt of Marvel mystery oil. Received the shop manual in the mail today. Time for my rheumatizz medicine and put the reading glasses on and start some book learnin...

I'll give the seafoam a shot. I've never used it but many members of the Volvo forum I belong to swear by it. I hope to remove spark plugs tonight and spray some in. I noticed in another thread a pic of the bypass filter show the supply line at the top of the canister. The supply line on my D24 goes in the side (near the top) of the canister. Do I have a different generation/version of this or is not a bypass filter at all? I just bought a service manual (Ebay,reprint I'm sure). And am waiting for that to arrive before trying to manual crank engine over to see if its free. Looks kinda tight to get a breaker bar on the crank pulley. I'm guessing I need to pull radiator (looks like hood needs to be removed) for enough access?

Thanks! yep I have a wheel chock and the info here has been very good. Started pre-soaking spark plugs and other nut/bolts before I do some initial inspection of the motor. The only "shade tree" mechanic item I see at this point is the garden hose/heater hose swap... all other hoses are connected. I don't see any freeze plugs popped,original wiring seems to be intact and not hacked,has a complete exhaust system, radiator fins are pristine, not bent. starter, fuel pump are present. dipstick shows oil (not clean, but not sludge either). engine block is pretty clean, no external oil or sludge build up. Sure looks like she was running ok when put up. serial no. on drivers door matches title 3089 3607 two plates on firewall drivers side. Larger (top) I cannot read, smaller (bottom) one has 14198 TPC stamped on it. Firewall is stamped 13198 [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img] [/img]

I was thinking "Ba-donk-a-donk" but "sir mix a lot" works too. OD reads 78k. I bought car(march 2012) from a collector that found it in barn last fall (2011). He claimed it was parked in a barn in 1966 (last date on title) and the previous owner began the prep work for re-paint and never finished the job. Only parts missing are hub caps and small stainless trim between hood and door (from photos I see this is fairly common). front fender spears and lower sill moulding is in car. It has the Mopar heater too. Engine bay is 100% complete including battery! I'm going to go through the motor, who knows? maybe she still runs!

Hello all, My name is Walt and I'm new to the forum. Here's a pic of the D24 '47 business coupe I just purchased. [/img]