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Mar 21st, 2023, 10:33 | #1 |
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H Reg 240, Project Thread
Good morning all,
As promised, I have made this thread to document the acquisition, enjoyment, and frustrations of my newest car - a 1990 Volvo 240 GL estate. A few of you may have seen me commenting on other threads and generally making myself present on this lovely corner of the internet. I also posted up a thread about an electrical gremlin I encountered when I collected the car. Link to that thread is here. So without further ado, let's delve into the specifics of the car. It is a 2.0 5 speed manual, blue (need to get paint code) with a blue interior. 122,000 miles on the clock, with the cambelt changed 20,000 miles ago and it's not missed an MOT. From the history provided with the car, as well as what I was told by the motor trader / friend I bought it from, this 240 was owned by one family from new. First bought from Fisher's of Horsham by a gentleman who worked for West Sussex Council. At some point in its history, he then transferred the V5 into his wife's name. The story goes that the car went in for a primary injector and MOT work, which was completed, only for the owner to say they no longer needed the car. It then went to my friend who is a trader, I saw the car and bought her. There are some great bits of paperwork, like the original service book, dealership contact cards, et al; as well as a guide to English country pubs and some West Sussex event flyers from the mid '90s. The car drives very nicely, albeit a bit lumpy on idle. The bodywork isn't amazing, with rough rear arches and tattiness all round, but overall is quite tidy. Welding work has been done on the sills and door shuts but this looks to be of a good standard. The boot area looks quite solid. The wiring on the boot is very poor, and is on my list of things to fix. The plan is:
I will also look at having the arches welded later this year, I've just gotten a gasless welder (as am restoring a '68 Beetle in my spare time) so may attempt to do the job myself. I also intend on Waxoyling later this year. The car is my only working vehicle and thus my daily driver. I don't anticipate her to ever be in showroom condition, but I aim to polish her up a bit more than the previous owner did - she was certainly bought as a workhorse and fixed as such. Now for some photos: |
Mar 21st, 2023, 15:13 | #3 |
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Welcome to the forum, and in particular the 200 series section.
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Mar 22nd, 2023, 08:14 | #4 |
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Thanks guys; she's not half bad. A bit of a 6 footer but we shan't complain too much.
As a bit of an update to the thread, the indicators may now be fixed, but the main beam (intermittently) decides to stick on when I flash someone with dipped beams on. It was stuck on this morning, but I turned my lights off, flashed someone with them off and, when I pulled up to work, the dipped beams had returned and mains seemed unstuck. I think it is either the in-dash relay, or the stalk. Thankfully I have found someone on the FB group to send me a stalk; I shall try that and see what happens, as well as clean up the contacts on the relay. Aside from electrical foibles, I have started to fill my basket on a motor factor's website, ready to service the car this weekend. I shall be doing: oil and filter (10w40 Castrol Magnatec, same as I use on all my classics, and the MANN 917 filter); as well as the air filter, some new fuses all round and potentially spark plugs and HT leads. If anyone knows the correct sparks and leads to buy, please let me know. I am currently waiting on my Haynes to arrive in the post, so can't check that yet. I also have some annoying belt squeal upon start-up, for about 5 minutes until warm. Anyone have any ideas on that? All in all, the old girl is doing alright. Drove her 35 miles into work today (into London ) and she performed well. P.S - I called my local Volvo dealer and got the radio code. It worked, but the radio is utterly terrible. I shall survive using my phone / portable speaker for now, but will look to change the radio and associated wiring + speakers soon. I will be going for an OEM style Blaupunkt radio, as I'm not a fan of modern looking headunits. |
Mar 22nd, 2023, 08:45 | #5 |
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Main beam relay
The main beam relay is a latching one - it locks on so you have to flash twice to reset it to dip.
Someone did a write-up on how to convert it to the more conventional flick-to-flash but I think it was in the Volvo Driver magazine rather than on the forum.
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Bougicord leads bud! Nothing else.
Learned this on here, it’s correct!👍
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It could be an old glazed belt, worn, too loose, or the pulleys misaligned. Even so, I've sometimes found a perfect belt still noisy, but a quick squirt with silicone spray while it's running often stops that, as well as identifying the culprit. |
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