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Sep 28th, 2021, 05:10 | #111 | |
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Didn't you get a windscreen from SwedishScotsman? Alan
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Sep 28th, 2021, 10:16 | #112 |
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Regarding windscreen replacement:~
These are available through screen replacement companies (Pilkington also make then) I may have mentioned this before but I have a post relating. Well done on keeping another 240 car on the road- all that welding & finishing takes application & dedication to do it properly. Could you let us know the suppliers you used for repair panels i.e. sills and other, plus the quality/fit you have experienced. Good luck with the Amazon (I nearly bought one prior to the 240) Regards Bob. |
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I think the OP made his repair panels Bob but i might be wrong. As for Amazons, i found this on YT the other day. Apparently called the Rudezon, it's an Evinrude 2-stroke V8 transplanted into an Amazon to create a drag car : https://youtu.be/JVfqqSbB3Po That would terrify the shoppers in the supermarket car parks!
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I only bought two repair panels for this car, a passenger rear sill section and a full outer offside sill, both by Klokkerholm. The rest of the sections I made myself as they were very simple bends. Interestingly the full sill was the same price as the small repair section, in retrospect I'd have replaced both full sides. The fit on the small rear section was 'just OK'. I had to bend the lower section quite a lot to get it to fit the existing profile. Also, it didn't extend up to the door frame area so if that section is rusty, you'd have to fabricate a part to fill it. The final fit and finish resulted in an invisible repair so I'm happy with it. The full sill is similar. It doesn't have to fit in with any existing panels except the B pillar which makes things easier, however I felt during fitment it was a little short height-wise and the inner sill lower flange extends beyond the replacement outer. It's not a big problem. |
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Oct 11th, 2021, 15:01 | #116 |
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Not huge amounts of progress. I'm still trying to find a windscreen.
I rebuilt the rear calipers with new seals and pistons and gave them a coat of paint. I stripped back the axle and fitted the bushes. Not an enjoyable job thanks to all the underseal, but at least the bushes went in easy enough with a large hammer. Used a vice as a spreader to stop the ears from bending. Rust treatment. The rest of the suspension parts have been given to a garage to press the bushes in, as I couldn't get them in with any of the tools and presses I have here. |
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What brand of bushings did you use? I couldn't get Superpro panhard rod bushings in. I took them in and they struggled at the indie Volvo garage too, until they disregarded the Superpro instructions about leaving the metal shell in place. With the shell removed they went in okay.
I've been following your thread with interest. Great work!
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I'm using standard rubber bushings from PFS.
I do think there's a bit of confusion regarding the metal shells. On the axle bushes, definitely leave the metal shell in place as otherwise there's very little support for the bush. On the other arms I'm not sure how any bush would go in unless you remove the shells. They become very corroded, and normally with poly bushes in solid voids, you just press them in as they are. I've not heard back from the garage in ages, I wonder if they are struggling with them.. |
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https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showp...postcount=2633 ... although that is a bit fiddly. It is much easier if one has a mate with a press: https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showp...postcount=2646 ... when they take only a few minutes to push out and refit. I hope that helps... I'm having trouble understanding what is the issue; this isn't difficult work. Alan
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I actually went one step further - I don't like to give up. I made my own hydraulic press of sorts by creating a frame for my trolley jack. This achieved nothing. I actually managed to bend the metal of the frame and my jack was creaking long before any movement happened on the bushes. I think they're going to need at least a 4 ton press. |
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