Nina's 1981 244 GL - "Billie"

Klaptrap24

jamesinc;76197 wrote2.5" turbo back. 100-cell cat, hot dog, and Lucas chambered muffler.

Where'd you get the 100 cell cat from??

jamesinc

The exhaust shop. They're not hard to come by! Plenty on eBay too.

Klaptrap24

jamesinc;76201 wroteThe exhaust shop. They're not hard to come by! Plenty on eBay too.

easy, thanks

Philia_Bear

Very nice.... more 3" required though!

jamesinc

We took the old towbar off, it is some aftermarket POS. Doesn't even use the big through-chassis bolts, just had four smaller bolts holding it on (at a guess, M10 with a 14mm head). It is a straight bar that hangs down quite low and fouls on the exhaust tip. Kind of disappointed we didn't think to do it before getting the exhaust done, could probably have tucked it another 10mm toward the bumper.

jamesinc

I moved the gear selector and shift linkages conversation to its own thread: https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/4625/240-gear-selector-and-linkage-differences-aw70-71-bw35-55

pauljloz

Try comparing the difference in the parts catalogue pre and post 85. 240.se/litteratur/res-kat.htm

user48736353002

Klaptrap24;76199 wrote Where'd you get the 100 cell cat from??

http://www.performanceexhaust.com.au/category/cat-converters/
I've found these guys to have a great range of exhaust parts, and slightly cheaper than their ebay store if you order directly from their website.

jamesinc

Yesterday @powder_hound and I went to @Philia_Bear's place, where we adapted some S40 seats into the 240. We only ended up getting the driver's done. The brackets are also kind of temporary. The good news is you can adapt an S40 seat to a 240 rail with no welding. The rail widths are just right to accept ~5mm steel plate adaptors which botlt up to the S40 rail mounting locations. Seat is still height adjustable although we had to delete the little gas struts that help the seat go up, so raising the back is now really only doable when you're not sitting in the car.

Credit to @Philia_Bear who did the bracket fabrication, which let's face it is basically all the work. I'm going to measure up the bolt relative locations and see about having some adaptor plates CNC cut out of plate steel.

Seat adaptor consisted of four pieces of plate steel with a hole drilled in each end.

Credit again to @Philia_Bear for owning the greatest oil filter removal tool ever, I have to buy one. It's like a pair of rounded pliers with square pincers on the end, it can just bite into an oil filter from virtually any angle. Made getting the filter out easy despite the very poor access with the turbo and oil cooler lines there.

This guy: http://www.harborfreight.com/2-inch-to-4-1-4-quarter-inch-oil-filter-wrench-36778.html

I forgot to take any good photos. Mike I think has some, hopefully he'll post them.

Vee_Que

Autotools in Melbourne have them too.

A_Volvo_Driver

Are the S40 seats better than 850 ones (850 seats seem to be a common conversion into a 240)? @Philia_Bear , do you plan on making more brackets?

Do we have pics of the S40 seats?

nickm

They are very similar to the 850.

Philia_Bear

Simplest swap ever

jamesinc

@Philia_Bear I think I see why the front won't go any lower, the pipe of the seat chassis probably hits the bolt in the adapter on the rail side.

jamesinc

Might also just leave this here. knowing nod.

Philia_Bear

how bad was the overheat?

jamesinc

Philia_Bear;79869 wrotehow bad was the overheat?

Dunno, Nina noticed white smoke billowing out from the bonnet and dutifully shut the car off. I'll go out in a bit and smell test the oil.

jamesinc

On the weekend we finished installing the seats. Revised the front bracket to be an L shape so that the front height adjuster works better. I think if I can get some brackets cut out from sheet steel and find the right size nuts with unthreaded shafts for where the adjusters pass through, I could make a really professional adapter bracket.

Philia_Bear

Almost want to just have a run of water or laser cut ones done

Could include pre done holes so no drilling required

jamesinc

Yeah that's my thinking exactly. Also having them done as a single piece each side would make it strong beyond a doubt, and would allow full vertical adjustment.

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