1971 Volvo 164

After an evening spent outside in the cold drizzle, and another where it was just freezing cold, I finally have the carburetors running well.  A lot of my struggle was with the throttle stop screws.  This was a pain in the ass to adjust with a flashlight in my mouth and rain dripping down the back of my neck.  You can either call this being hardcore or being an idiot.  It’s still idling around 1000rpm, which is high – but it doesn’t stall out or backfire when I’m driving around and it runs great with the choke pushed all the way in when it’s cold.  I am (probably) not going to touch them again till Spring if I can manage it.

The next projects are fixing the heat and putting in new seatbelts.  The heat wasn’t an issue until about a week ago - it is really starting to get cold.  I think the blower motor may be shot but it doesn’t seem to be a huge deal to put a new one in, I just have to find the right part.