Looking to buy a brick

[GavinAtkins]

They are pretty easy to work on, but there is no OBD port on a 740. If its a 92 or later ( I think) it'll flash out a trouble code from a test point under the hood. Other than that there are test procedures for pretty much everything, but it's all manual hands-on stuff.

The biggest advice I can give is that for almost every part on the car it is best to go with OEM Volvo or Bosch stuff. If you can get NOS items, even better because Bosch doesn't make every part anymore and it's often better to grab ab AMM from the junkyard than it is to buy and offbrand one online. The quality of knockoff parts is absolute dogshit today. Its a waste of money.

You should be able to tell if its the turbo by opening it up and spinning the vanes and wiggling the shaft. It's just a fancy fan.

I’ve torn down 7.3 turbos before. But they’re a special animal in that they’re likely the easiest turbo ever. Most important bit was that they have zero play in and out, right? I need to brush up on my spinny Boi info.

 

[ZVOLV]

Bless your heart.

I then assembled the guts and dropped the case onto the guts:

 

[GavinAtkins]

I can’t get the picture to load. But the last auto trans I had wouldn’t of let a 5 gallon bucket survive under it. I believe I was told it was 320 lbs.

 

[ZVOLV]

I resize pictures down to 20% and they become a small enough file to load.