1982 volvo 240
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allardj412 said:
Thats a great example of a 240.
My brother has a 240 Torslanda which he has built from the ground up. Air ride and all custom components made/fitted by himself. The test drive was down to Worthersee, Austria. No problems what so ever.
It's now off the road, air and wheels coming off and going for a full rebuild. But has a MK1 golf with a B16 vtec giving him a few headaches.
He wishes his was a tidy as yours. If you require any spares also, visit " Volvo heaven" on the A1 around St Neots way.
That's awesome, may even have to put that onto my facebook page My brother has a 240 Torslanda which he has built from the ground up. Air ride and all custom components made/fitted by himself. The test drive was down to Worthersee, Austria. No problems what so ever.
It's now off the road, air and wheels coming off and going for a full rebuild. But has a MK1 golf with a B16 vtec giving him a few headaches.
He wishes his was a tidy as yours. If you require any spares also, visit " Volvo heaven" on the A1 around St Neots way.
After an awesome summer of wafting about in the 240 beast, it was time to do some general maintenance and whatnot, so being fortunate enough to have a family member with a two post lift in the garage, and after some serious grovelling i bought myself a week slot to get a little bit of work done on the 240. The car by all means is in good condition but a bit of winter proofing never hurt anybody plus i do have to store this car outside.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
The first issue i hit was simply with the wheel nuts, they are an old style steel nut with some sort of chrome finish cap. Over time the steel nut rusts underneath and this makes the chrome cap swell which made just getting the wheels off a bit of a b
h.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
No huge drama really just some professional level swearing and a bit of patience, i did just order a set of replacement ones not original from Volvo. As i later found out finding genuine parts for these that are not just service parts, is harder than i first thought.
First on the list was brakes as i didn't get to have a look at them after the bit of a driveway service i did shortly after buying the car.
i intended to change the pads and anything else but after a quick look things didn't look to terrifying and i thought i was in the clear plenty of meat on the pads and the pistons in the callipers moved with relative ease.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
but oh how looks can be deceiving.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
The front pads were split and cracked, i am assuming just from age as with the mileage on the car they could very well be the original if not just the second set of pads this car has had.
So that was no real shock the rear pads on the other hand as you can see from the picture were shot to st and worn at an angle after a bit of further investigation i discovered that the seals on the rear callipers had just tuned to dust and the pistons were badly scored.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
new rear callipers it was £40 each which i didn't think was to crazy, but a surcharge of £50 if you didn't return your originals with them which i did think was fking insane.
I would of liked to of kept the original callipers and repaired them but i didn't have the money to waste on keeping them so they had to go.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
while the brakes were off the car i thought it couldn't hurt to have a look at the front wheel bearings, there was no play or anything but i just though hey i am this far in it wont hurt to have a look and all was good so just a simple job of repacking with some nice new grease and putting it all back together again.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
now the job i had been putting off, after getting caught driving in the rain i noticed a small leak in bottom driver side corner of the windscreen, and as the rain got a bit harder this was no longer a small leak and more of a gentle stream of water.
I managed to put it off through summer buy purchasing a half decent car cover and not purposefully driving in the wet (but i mean come on this is england).
so i knew i was going to have to do something about it after having a gander, i realised that Bottom half of the windscreen had come loose from the sealant and was basically no longer attached to the car, the windscreen had without me knowing just become a giant cat flap.
i didn't want to just get a new screen fitted as it was the original glass with the reg plate etched onto it, so came the task of removing it without breaking it which i suppose wasn't to bad as it was already half done.
if any one wants to know how its done things you will need.
1. cheese wire or 0.6mm welding wire in my case
2. the patience of a saint
3. a friend with the patience of a saint
4. an afternoon to spare
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickr
Ta Da no windscreen and i didn't break it either so win win i was glad also that i didn't find any rust behind the sealant as that was my biggest fear. Because for all i know that seal could of been loose a week after it rolled out the factory so just some dirt and crap to clean out then it can go back in.
I have a bit more to do the car so i will chuck that on here when i have got it finished.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on FlickrThe first issue i hit was simply with the wheel nuts, they are an old style steel nut with some sort of chrome finish cap. Over time the steel nut rusts underneath and this makes the chrome cap swell which made just getting the wheels off a bit of a b
h.Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on FlickrNo huge drama really just some professional level swearing and a bit of patience, i did just order a set of replacement ones not original from Volvo. As i later found out finding genuine parts for these that are not just service parts, is harder than i first thought.
First on the list was brakes as i didn't get to have a look at them after the bit of a driveway service i did shortly after buying the car.
i intended to change the pads and anything else but after a quick look things didn't look to terrifying and i thought i was in the clear plenty of meat on the pads and the pistons in the callipers moved with relative ease.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickrbut oh how looks can be deceiving.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on FlickrThe front pads were split and cracked, i am assuming just from age as with the mileage on the car they could very well be the original if not just the second set of pads this car has had.
So that was no real shock the rear pads on the other hand as you can see from the picture were shot to s
t and worn at an angle after a bit of further investigation i discovered that the seals on the rear callipers had just tuned to dust and the pistons were badly scored.Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickrnew rear callipers it was £40 each which i didn't think was to crazy, but a surcharge of £50 if you didn't return your originals with them which i did think was f
king insane.I would of liked to of kept the original callipers and repaired them but i didn't have the money to waste on keeping them so they had to go.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickrwhile the brakes were off the car i thought it couldn't hurt to have a look at the front wheel bearings, there was no play or anything but i just though hey i am this far in it wont hurt to have a look and all was good so just a simple job of repacking with some nice new grease and putting it all back together again.
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on Flickrnow the job i had been putting off, after getting caught driving in the rain i noticed a small leak in bottom driver side corner of the windscreen, and as the rain got a bit harder this was no longer a small leak and more of a gentle stream of water.
I managed to put it off through summer buy purchasing a half decent car cover and not purposefully driving in the wet (but i mean come on this is england).
so i knew i was going to have to do something about it after having a gander, i realised that Bottom half of the windscreen had come loose from the sealant and was basically no longer attached to the car, the windscreen had without me knowing just become a giant cat flap.
i didn't want to just get a new screen fitted as it was the original glass with the reg plate etched onto it, so came the task of removing it without breaking it which i suppose wasn't to bad as it was already half done.
if any one wants to know how its done things you will need.
1. cheese wire or 0.6mm welding wire in my case
2. the patience of a saint
3. a friend with the patience of a saint
4. an afternoon to spare
Work in the 240 by jack simpson, on FlickrTa Da no windscreen and i didn't break it either so win win i was glad also that i didn't find any rust behind the sealant as that was my biggest fear. Because for all i know that seal could of been loose a week after it rolled out the factory so just some dirt and crap to clean out then it can go back in.
I have a bit more to do the car so i will chuck that on here when i have got it finished.
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