1991 244 Build Thread by Smokeyfan1000

8 minute(s) of a 720 minute read

I prefer to use either the non wheel mounted tire, or the faux styrofoam shaped like a tire, and use either with the carpeted cover, in the OEM Volvo spare tire well.  Remember that I like to corner hard from time to time.............

The faux spare tire & cover, in OEM spare location,, offers protection to the metal of the 1/4 panel, and will keep it from getting dented from the inside, should the 260 Bertone jack, and tool bag, slide to the left/DS of the trunk. The floor mounted Virgo spare is protecting the PS 1/4 panel from the jack/tool bag. The bag is sandwiched beteen there..........

Seems like no one has thought of this but myself? Some of you aren't thinking hard enough.............

Applied one of Dave Barton's domed poly grille badges the other day. I like it even better the the R Sport decal I had there, which looked good too.

But this domed poly badge, looks even more like a OEM style Volvo grille badge. Really nice item Dave!!

1-24-2013

I'm so picky it took my 2 + years to find one of these. Got it today.

Isn't as faded as it looks in first pic. Indoor lighting & crappy cell phone pics. Maybe take better pics in daylight today



Up close better represents color.

Yep, told ya'll I have *lots of deer* where I live.

Well I got very lucky and found what I needed, in color I needed, and in great shape.

And you & I know , that don't/won't happen often with a 1991/-1993 240 Volvo in 601 Signal Red.

My understanding is , Volvo only made a limited production run of 601 signal red/w/ charcoal/black interiors 240s per year, (500 or 1000 not sure) and built them all in one production run per year. Probably something somewhat similar to the Classic 240s.

At least that is what I was told. I do notice not many red late model 240s around, compared to all the other colors.

Including mine & one I found for parts, I've seen 8 or 9 known different/separate red late model 240s in @ 9 years..........one of which was a brand new looking 1993 240 sedan /auto trans which only had @ 47,000 actual miles

That guy told me , he paid $10,000 for that one....looked new in/out/top/bottom

Got it at LQK..(stands for Likes Quick Kash?)
Yesterday I was told 80 or 86 bux, forget which he said.

After telling him today LQK online site says $59.95............

This door's glass was gone.. . (no discount either ) Power window motor is in it as well as regulator and 2 harnesses, and manual mirror.

$59.00 for door, plus a $12.00 core charge (hiway robbery there IMO. A "core charge" for a damn used part, you just *paid for* ??)

Then they charged me another $1.50 core charge on two *plastic parts*. Guess everything has a "core charge"? And for just the inner fender for frt fender, and under grill beltline trim?

Forgot to mention got both frt hockey sticks yesterday too. Didn't really need them, but got'em for spares just in case, as they were really nice ones.

And of course two bucks to just come in & get screwed like that.

But after checking online, in other states, guess I came out OK. Just seems like a lot after paying what I did in the 70s-90s.
The $2.00 entry fee, & core charge, really sucks IMHO though. But seems that's the way it is these days at JYs.

But I did get a pretty nice door & fender though...and in the color I needed. Guess it's worth it...........

Almost $200.00 for what I got,( a few other odds & ends too), as opposed to buying a 242 Turbo whole parts car (engine, trans diff sways and brakes and a few body parts) for $150.00 at a JY, a good while back, seems expensive to me for fender ,door and peripherals.....................

GUYS........the days of " the party goes on forever, and the road never ends" are loooong gone .

1-27-2013

I went back to the LKQ today, and picked up the driver's side door. I brought it home and cleaned it up as clean as I could.

Still need to clean the mirror hsg. Will do that later today.

The door's paint, like the fender's, is in pretty good shape, and shined up well with just a waxing by hand.

And I'll need to either touch up the flat black on the surround trim for the window, or swap the current door's trim onto this door. Undecided as to which I'll do right now.........

Pics of it , in the house, at night with poor lighting and cell phone pics at that.

2-27-2013

My red 240 sedan turned over to 200,000 miles today.............

3-13-2013

So I received the DS taillight printed circuit board and installed it. Tailights should be trouble free for a few years.

P/N of vlvworld's new replacement circuit board



Old circuit board.






I cleaned around the inside edges of TL lense with wet Q tips, and wiped off the backside of tail light assembly

Then installed the new one.....






And put the gasket on...



And then wiped off the TL hole and waxed it, before installing the TL assembly

Changed oil 03/31/2013

4/01/2013

I've been putting off , for some time now, to come up with a different way to mount these 240 Rear Louvers, to the glass. Don't like the slide under glass seal thing too much

These are for the non window brake light 240s, but other than that .........the positives outweigh the negatives IMO. I'd at least like to try them. But.........

I want to mount the top of the louvers, on hinges, so it can be raised,, and the bottom mounts to plates with removable screws( similar to OEM ) in order to be able to clean the glass. Guess I'll start hunting things for this........ for the next mod.

Still waiting on weather & a helper to change the door and frt fender. Took a few pics to see how the louvers would look on my 240