Picked up my first Volvo last night - a UK '89 740 GL 8-)
I'm a furniture maker, so after my Citroen XM blew its gearbox a few months back, I was looking for a big estate. This one belonged to a friend's parents who've had it since a year old. It has 220K, but was well maintained, garaged and is in pretty good condition.
It also has the rear-facing child seats in the rear and a factory towbar. I'll probably use the towbar.
Known faults:
- Tailgate lock - doesn't always unlock electrically, and the key barrel certainly doesn't.
- Mileometer is stuck. I suspect this is the motor drive gears stripped, as described at:
- Suspected oil leak around the rear axle somewhere.
Anything else I should watch out for ?
Thanks for any advice
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