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Originally Posted by Jason
I have only seen one diesel wagon with a manual in it for sale.. It was up in Maine and I almost bought it back before I bought my car. I then found out my wife would divorce me if I bought a wagon... Who knew?? lol Obviously I ended up with a sedan. Good luck with the hunt! Have you joined the volvo diesel mailing list? You might want to and put out your WTB through that.
Jason
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Hah... guess what?? The wagon you nearly bought in Maine is probably the same one that I now own. I bought it last spring from a guy who was a diesel freak and lived on Mt. Desert Island. I drove it back across the country, then immediately took it apart. It's just as well you didn't buy it... it wasn't a great deal. The interior is beautiful, but it has plenty of rust on the body, and had a tired engine and a seized pilot bearing. I finally fixed those, and then a few weeks ago the injection pump had some kind of internal disaster that resulted in the governor letting go and the engine revving unloaded to about 8000 rpm! I was barely able to stall it and couldn't turn it off with the key. Scary. Got a new pump on it last week and it still runs but I haven't yet had a chance to fully check out what kind of damage has been done, if any.
At any rate, you're better off not having this wagon, trust me... I overpaid and it's been the biggest PITA of all my Volvos so far. It was my first Volvo diesel so I have learned plenty from it along the way, but it's now the one I wish I could get rid of... Tyler, any interest?? :-P
On the D24 List, Tom just posted that Ross Converse, the V8 swap guy, drives a 745TD/M46 that he wants to swap an automatic into and drop the drivetrain into a 965. Maybe you should contact him and see if he wants to just save you both a bunch of trouble, and sell you his original manual trans TD wagon outright then start fresh with a D24T/ZF from Tom to put into his 965?
The TD wagons are indeed very rare. They were only available for one year, 1985, and only as a 740. I am lucky enough to own two of them, though as mentioned one of them has some rust and the other one has legal issues that will keep it from ever being able to be registered and put on the road again. I have only ever driven one other besides those two (a white one that is probably somewhere around Seattle still), and saw one that is owned by Tom Bryant, and have seen a couple for sale in CA that you should have jumped on when you had the chance!
If you look long enough, you'll find another, but they are uncommon.