1996 850 GLT - Introduction and a few questions

graymond127 · Post by **graymond127** » 26 Mar 2014, 20:05

Hi all,

This is Peach (the sedan), my 96 850 GLT. N/A, 5 speed, 125k miles. Red wagon belongs to my roommate, as did the white wagon (has been sold).

http://i.imgur.com/Ssm8SLp.jpg
(sorry for the URL and not embedded image... the picture was far too large and I am not savvy enough to resize it)

I bought the car at the end of last summer, and have since fixed a few basic things (driver's heated seat, installed a 3rd brakelight that was missing, replaced an axle, replaced the odo gear, new driver's door check, gave the interior a much needed cleaning, and a few other small things).

Now for my questions...

As you may have seen in the picture, the mounting holes for the front left quarter panel molding rusted out, and I lost the molding on the highway.... oddly, my passenger side looks pretty solid. I would like to weld in some new metal and reattach a new piece of molding. However, I do not know (and cannot find any pictures of) what the mounting holes should look like. My idea was to remove the passenger side molding and make a template of the holes... Does anybody know how to remove this piece of molding? It is clearly different than removing the door moldings.

Additionally, as I get nearer to graduation I would like to take advantage of as many expensive tools at my school as I can. I plan on turning a new shift knob on a lathe, and making a shortshift plate. Does anybody know the diameter of the gear lever? I was thinking of making a shift knob that screws on, so I would need to thread the gear lever. If anybody knows how to remove the gear lever too, that could be helpful for the manufacturing process.

Thanks everybody!

Post by **jreed** » 27 Mar 2014, 05:01

Welcome! That's a nice looking car.
I removed that piece of molding on my '97 855 last summer. I think you have to slide it forwards and then pull it off. I remember I broke one of the clips during removal. I used a little adhesive to hold it in place when I reinstalled it.

Post by **kahl** » 27 Mar 2014, 08:02

here is a picture of the back side of that trim piece.

Post by **rspi** » 27 Mar 2014, 08:13

Glue it.

rubyvette · Post by **rubyvette** » 27 Mar 2014, 16:06

Spend some time at Sam's Pull a Part on Granite St in Worcester. I've gotten tons of parts for my 94 there. I've also learned quite a bit about how things come apart and go together. Cliff Street Garage is just down the street and they specialize in Volvos.