1987 245 Daily Driver Project Topic is solved

[volvolugnut]

The Volvo wagon will be much more solid and has room to sleep in the back with the seat folded. Try that with a Corolla or Civic.
Reman fuel injectors are available for about $35 from FCP. They have good ratings.
Do you have a paper repair manual yet?
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[WGFP]

Do you have a paper repair manual yet?
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Yes, the previous owner included a Bentley, and I ended up with a second one in a parts buy.

[volvolugnut]

The Bentley Manual was critical in repairing my 1983 245 electrical problems.
For others information, this manual covers 240 cars from 1983 to 1993. And 740 cars are very similar to 240 cars.
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[WGFP]

We lost some time today hunting an exhaust issue. It turned out the nuts connecting the manifold to the y-pipe had worked loose and one was gone altogether. Easy fix.

We did have enough time to swap the shocks. What a difference. The old ones were from 1998 and 111.5k, which by our best guess was about 80k or so ago. The one on the right was so weak it had next to zero resistance. The one on the left had some rebound but was very worn also. I anticipated the hardware would be rough and I might even need to get out the torch, so I ordered new lower bolts and nut as well as nuts for the top mounting stud. They actually were in OK shape, but since I had the new ones on hand we put them in.

The new Bilstein B6s make a significant difference, especially paired with the IPD +300 springs, and for that matter would have made a significant improvement over the stock springs and cheapo KYB shocks when they were new.

[volvolugnut]

I had on going issues with 240 exhaust manifold to pipe bolts getting loose. I found double nuts helped keep them tight.
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[volvolugnut]

I had on going issues with 240 exhaust manifold to pipe bolts getting loose. I found double nuts helped keep them tight.
Did you check parking brake status when you had rear wheels off?
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[WGFP]

I had on going issues with 240 exhaust manifold to pipe bolts getting loose. I found double nuts helped keep them tight.
Did you check parking brake status when you had rear wheels off?
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Good call on double nuts.

We had good look at parking brake when we replaced rear calipers, rotors, and pads. They are in very good shape.

[WGFP]

Heading out now to flush cooling system and replace hoses/thermostat. I thought I'd post a pic of the interior. It doesn't look 35 years old (except cracked dash). We're considering one of those abs covers for that.

[WGFP]

My son decided to forego snowboarding today after his class, so we got a bit more time on the Volvo. It's got a slow leak at the cam cover, so I started torquing them properly to 9ft-lb, and promptly sheared a stud. On order from IPD now.

On the positive side, we flushed the cooling system and replaced the hoses and clamps. Well, most of them. Halfway into the prokecr we realized we hadn't ordered heater hoses. But upper, lower, and both reservoir hoses are swapped. Upper rad hose was pretty limp.
Thermostat looks good so it stayed.

Here's a question for the smart folks. What is this sensor? I don't think it is coolant sensor, because it's not connected and we have engine temp indications.

[volvolugnut]

I do not remember ever seeing a sensor in that location. Perhaps it is a coolant LEVEL sensor.
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