Hi All,
My father has asked me to post this following reply.
'I must thank the contributors to this Forum who responded to my enquiry concerning the US specification hydraulic bumper buffers which are fitted to both the front and rear of my 1974 142. As to changing the bumpers I would prefer to use the bumpers from the earlier model year but would have to adapt these since the fittings are totally different to the 'bulldozer' type fitted to later cars. But before proceeding, since the early model 240s sold in the States also had these units, I will contact a Volvo 240 contact in the US and ask him how they overcome the problem of none operational hydraulic buffers. At the moment I think the easiest solution will to be to lock the units in the fully open position by drilling/tapping a suitably sized hole in the outer casing and then securing this to the inner casing with a suitably sized socket screw. All in all an interesting problem!'
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