WANTED: Bits for the 240 estate '92
 

Hey all!

I am new to the community but have been lurking for a little while.
Thought I might start here with a few odd bits I wouldn't mind getting my hands on for the right price.

Parts for a 240 se estate:

New old stock/ low mileage shock absorbers.
Clear front head lights
Clear rear tail lights
break master cylinder
new old stock cam shaft drive belt
New/ low mileage 40 mm lowered springs front and back.

Bushes/ poly bushes front and back
(not sure which is preferred within the community but I recently drove "Big Red," a 240 automatic estate with polybushes and the ride was excellent.

**edit - would love some boot seats, blue velvet if possible but any colour would be fine.

Hello.

What part of headlights do you need? For later models, the reflectors in particular are readily available. I recommend Charlton Volvo Centre. Their kits include ALL the clips you should need.

Volvo dealers sell cambelts at a good price. I would avoid old stock - EEK. Would you use an old stock, protective .... rubber has a shelf life.

Polybushes are like Marmite. I know one member who fitted them, and reverted to Volvo bushes. I suggest trying a comparable car fitted with polybushes, before deciding. Same suggestion re lowering.

Does that help?



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That has helped massively!
Thank you so much.
I've managed to pick up some clear indicator housings, clear rear lights with the block red.
springs (new), (brand new) belts - fan, power steering, camshaft drive belt, oil filter, oil and oil plug washer.
I opted for a polybush kit as I really did enjoy the firmness of the ride in the one I test drove.

All in all that is roughly everything I need. (for now)

But I will look into the new reflectors! as mine are looking a little tarnished and dim.

Next big purchase will be welding to the passenger side rear arch and sill. Hopefully Blue steel will be mint after all this work and last me a number of years thereafter.

I'll try and remember to take pictures as I would like to post a thread of the repairs as it is my first time and it may be interesting to individuals during the lockdown.

I replaced all of the bushes on my car with polybushes and the rear suspension was binding afterwards which made the ride bouncy and crashy. I swapped the axle to trailing arm bushes back to rubber and the ride improved markedly, whilst still staying firm.

For my car at least, the rear suspension mountings didn’t line up accurately enough for polybushes, I need a bit of flex from rubber bushes to allow for the slight inaccuracies in the mounting points on the car, the trailing arms and the axle.

Also, the axle needs to be able to remain flat on the road as the car body rolls in a bend, replacing all the bushes with poly doesn’t allow this movement.

Based on my experience I’d recommend leaving the axle to trailing arm bushes as rubber and replacing the others with poly.

Cheers