Philia_Bear
Looks like a good stage zero is required
TerryA
Nice car Gav.
gavinh
Cheers @TerryA it's nice to drive too, replaced all the seat belts today, Im gonna swap out the power steering rack to a manual rack (have one sitting on the other car) tomorrow, tackle the exhaust and the speedo's erratic bouncing.
gavinh
Pulled off the manual rack form the 1980 244, removed all the pas and rack from the car today, and sorted out the bouncing speedo cable by using a 70ml syringe and pushing oil down the internals of the cable. This made a huge difference, now the speedo is nice and smooth. Got a price from @AshDVS for the bushing, engine and tranny mounts.
A_Volvo_Driver
Shame that you didn't keep the black body, it had a lot of character.
gavinh
Still got the whole car/shell, stripped the front end off it. It had alot of corrosion in it.
A_Volvo_Driver
Coolness. It did look pretty badass though.
gavinh
She was, but it was just gonna cost more and more. Most of the rust was structual. The silver one is in very good nick and was too good to pass up
gavinh
Big thanks to
@AshDVS for the bushes for the 240, ashamed it will have to wait toll I next get back from rnr. Hopefully make a huge difference to the ride
gavinh
So finally got the 240 over the pits today and put a set of licence plates on itB-), all in all the car drives really smooth thanks to the new bushing, engine-trans mounts and strut tops and the engine still has reasonable pick up after 400000km. Well impressed with it but still some stuff to do to it like lube up all the locking mechanism as my daughter can't open the door, wash it, change the oil in the doff and gear box. Cheers for the help @AshDVS and @iceton1975 for supplying the parts.
TerryA
Well done Gav
egads
Awesomesauce
timmykroek
I was interested in the matt black banger but God damn the 85 244 looks clean. Love it. Good to hear it is now on the road!
gavinh
And she is relatively, the only thing it's bubbling under the front of the windows... So gonna remove the glass (hopefully in one piece) and sand it back in the summer and fit the pre 80s front end
timmykroek
Love it, good luck with the glass and repairs.enjoy driving it in the meantime!
gavinh
Oh I will, it been about 10-12 years since I last had one
AshDVS
Great stuff, Gav!
Glad to hear it's coming along!
Angus242164
'84-'85 240's had solid discs on the front from factory (except GLE's), for some reason they did that after having vented discs in '81-'82, there were no more solid discs after '85.
The white two pin connector is for the rear foglight switch which can be fitted in the cutout above the headlight switch.
The black relay socket is for a buzzer to warn you that the keys are in the ignition or headlights are on when you open the door, annoying as well, probably removed by a previous owner.
The three pin flat connector may be for the central locking switch in the driver's door.
Not sure about the single black wire.
Don't waste your time trying to remove the glass intact, they are held in with a thick bead of butyl which is a real pain to work with. It might be possible to do it using professional windscreen installer tools, but by the time you buy those you'll be spending almost as much as getting a new screen installed anyway.
gavinh
Angus242164;86280 wrote'84-'85 240's had solid discs on the front from factory (except GLE's), for some reason they did that after having vented discs in '81-'82, there were no more solid discs after '85.
The white two pin connector is for the rear foglight switch which can be fitted in the cutout above the headlight switch.
The black relay socket is for a buzzer to warn you that the keys are in the ignition or headlights are on when you open the door, annoying as well, probably removed by a previous owner.
The three pin flat connector may be for the central locking switch in the driver's door.
Not sure about the single black wire.
Don't waste your time trying to remove the glass intact, they are held in with a thick bead of butyl which is a real pain to work with. It might be possible to do it using professional windscreen installer tools, but by the time you buy those you'll be spending almost as much as getting a new screen installed anyway.
Cheers for that
@Angus242164 with the connectors! With the windscreen I was thinking of thin stainless wire and use it like cheese wire?
Angus242164
I think the main tool the windscreen guys use works along those lines, a strong wire with a rigid needle at one end and a handle on the other, they poke the needle through the butyl then attach another handle to the end with the needle, and use it to cut through the butyl with one hand inside the car and one outside, or with two guys working together.
They do that for the top and sides, then they usually push it outwards (smashing the crap out of it in the process) and use a knife with a long blade to cut the butyl along the bottom edge.