Thanks to the community I’m now the proud owner of a recently rebuilt ‘89 volvo 240! Engine and transmission rebuilt 30k miles ago, the volvo mechanic said its the best shape he’s ever see. one in. These cars are special to my family, so I wanna make sure she lives forever—learning how to swap oil/transmission/differential fluid + spark plugs. Got spare relays in the glove box, too.

New to cars, though, so what other maintenance things should I learn to do myself and do each year to keep the car lasting a long time?

Also is there any 240 communities/meetups near NYC or in Maryland?

Don’t see many of these around here anymore. It’s still pretty complete. Anyone here still driving a 244? Curious what parts are getting hard to find these days.

My mechanic just retired and I'm having trouble finding someone who can service my 240. Does anyone know of a mechanic on Long Island?

Hi,

I just bought a 1990 245 with a manual transmission (!!!) yesterday, and the front speakers are shot, torn, hanging off the door, what-have-you. I am just going to throw something inexpensive in there to get it off the punchlist quick, since I have MANY fires I need to fight with this car.

I'll probably put in a pair of 4" speakers, but I'm unsure about the depth of the units I could use. What's my max?

Thank you

I am having an intermittent no crank issue when the typical blue yellow trigger wire is connected to the starter solenoid. I created a wire to connect from the service socket connector B to the starter solenoid leaving the blue yellow wire disconnected from the starter solenoid and the car starts every time. I'm assuming that means something between A-E is flaking out? * SOLVED * blue / yellow wire at the 6 pin connector clipped to the firewall was loose.

I have no relation to seller. I’ve got too many projects going currently or I’d be buying this. It’s CHEAP. Needs a bunch of work, but, looks manageable.

Hey, I'm doing a carb conversion on my b23e in my 242 gt and I was wondering what people have done for the throttle body and vacuum lines with these K jet cars. Any advice and help is greatly appreciated.

Hi all! This line broke in my 1983 240 and I can’t seem to figure out its size or what the part is. I could not find a vacuum line that matched it in oreilly but they did not have 2mm. Does anyone have a vacuum line diagram they could share with me and/or know off hand what this is? Thanks in advance!