945_James wrote:
volvoshredder wrote:
1 -no inner fender covers
2 -foam hood insulation on the triangular bits. I believe its stock after seeing remants of it on a wreck here.
3 -battery tray welded in rather than bolted in
4-metal belly pan
5-steering column cover in front of cluster is longer.
1. Strange. The 75s I parted had those. No idea there. Maybe yours has had some front end work from a little crinkle? 240s get hit and fixed on the front a lot. Maybe someone was smarter than the original engineers and used fewer pieces? The volvo book goes on and on about the benefits of those plastic things on the front. Those didn't seem to cure overall water drainage issues and water getting under the paint in 240s, but oh well.
2. I noticed that and laughed. Its stock and pictured in a book. Doesn't help much with the fact that 75 240s are loud as hell. 4.10 gears, a B20 and an M40 a quiet combo doth not make. Maybe the M41 ones with a perfectly tight and adjusted B20 with a better clutch fan are different.
3. Normal for a 78 and older 240.
4. Normal for a 77 and older car if it hasn't rusted away or been beaten to hell. There are a couple of variations on the metal one some with slightly different "louvers" or "cooling vents" in the front.
5. Didn't notice that one. Did notice the column and linkage were a little different.
I think the heat should also be a dial instead of a slider inside yeah?
Note also how the brake fittings are the ones used on the rear restrictor valves on all other years of 240 are used on all four corners of a 75. Those are nicer to work with IMO. The junction is turned the wrong way and the motor mount bell guard used on 240Ts is used on 75 240s. Many other brackets are recycled into other locations of earlier and later cars. The hood slam panel on the front or "upper radiator support" is adapted from a 74 140.
Have fun with that bastard! With a few goodies you shouldn't have to babysit it much. The 75 B20 isn't a screamer, but fairly fuel efficient.
Cool. Thanks James!
1. When I installed the inner fender covers, there were no holes, and usually the upper back one has a little flattened boss to sit on. Nothing like that here. So I drilled a few holes. I can't tell if the car has been hit, so this looks pretty stock. Weird.
2. Yep, I'm expecting it to be loud.
3. Crappy. Mine is rusty. I may have to cut it out and put in a later removable one.
4. I had seen a few different versions of this so I was wondering what the deal was. I like having the metal one for sure.
Nope my heat is a slider. Weird. I've seen the dial ones in pictures, but for some reason I've rarely seen one here. Did all '75's there have the dial? Maybe this ones been swapped.
I had noticed the bell protector bits on the motor mounts. Weird! Funny how those showed up 7 years later. I'll look out for the brake junction being rotated. After having swapped all the brakes, I'll agree I like working with these early fittings better than the later ones. I also noticed a lot of the hardware on this car isn't plated like the later cars. Primarily in the interior.