240 General: New (to me) 1980 Volvo 244

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Stephen Edwin

Thank you David for that useful post.

Has the search been raised with one of the several rather diligent among those Volvo dealers who do give a fig?

The prat (sic) number might help by the way. An interweb images search might help to identify the part.
And the number might even find a supplier. I testify that such things have happened.

Comrade Stephen Edwin



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"original part number will be 1254057" - copy&pasted from further up - it's already been done! Skandix don't offer the genuine Volvo item again confirming the OE part is NLA, Volvo list it on volvopartswebstore.com but no price, gcp.se/en give the following response :

"Search result

Search Results for: 1254057 (Found 1 products)
Partnumber: 1254057 - Deleted part. Will not come again. - Price: 0 $"

In case you're in any doubt, gcp is the Genuine Classic Parts division of Volvo so if they haven't got it, nobody has!

Except maybe something a dealer bought in 1982 and might be listed as NOS now. That's how i managed to find the oil cooler for mine (and then it had to come from Sweden! ) but i have to re-engineer the aftermarket nipple to fit it.

It's all part of classic car ownership, you either spend years waiting for the OE part to come up at an autojumble or you find a way round it.

Bearing in mind, with something like a gas spring that deteriorates over time anyway, even a NOS item might prove useless in 2 months time.
Then you're back to square one so need to find an alternative solution, either an aftermarket direct fit solution or modifying aftermarket parts to correspond with the original.