1981 244 GL High MPG - daughter's first car

[DD Ranch]

sweedish car parts has vynil blue covers on sale for $100. That's almost what I would spend on materials alone if i did it here at work. I ordered some because my car has blue vynil interior and matches.

Volvo 240 Vinyl Seat Cover. Blue. 3 Single-Stitched Lines. Color code 5123 3L1STBUTEMP

www.swedishcarparts.com

Great build and am enjoying watching this.

But about those seat covers; the description says ...

"This vinyl seat cover is a direct match to the original color and texture to Volvo's vinyl seats for the 240 Series. Fits: Volvo 240/260 (1975 - 1993) with 3 parallel single-stitched lines in the design. (my emphasis).

most of us know that pre 86 seats have a shorter seat back, right?

 

[240 240]

Great build and am enjoying watching this.

But about those seat covers; the description says ...

"This vinyl seat cover is a direct match to the original color and texture to Volvo's vinyl seats for the 240 Series. Fits: Volvo 240/260 (1975 - 1993) with 3 parallel single-stitched lines in the design. (my emphasis).

most of us know that pre 86 seats have a shorter seat back, right?

the other covers have the exact years on them. wierd the covers I listed should be newer version seats.
These look like newer seat covers

Thread 'Early vs late 240 seats and seat covers, help with fitment.' https://turbobricks.com/index.php?t...ats-and-seat-covers-help-with-fitment.366150/

 

[Jack]

good.

I used old 240 carpet
I once sprayed the hat shelf but not with SEM and while it looked good I didnt like how stiff the fibers were
IDK theres got to be something even RIT dye comes out well most of the time ...

These covers are fine still just a little faded. I think it's one color just looks different with long/short fibers, think of corduroy pants

Should turn out nice with a fresh batch of dye on the seat covers. Such a great first car. I can tell from your posts she is gonna really enjoy the car.
edit: Didn't see 240s post till after I posted. Sounds like a good plan.

thank you. She likes how it's turning out so far. Hopefully I can find a decent dye

I want your blasting setup. I dream of working on clean prepped metal.

it's nice 15x25 (something like that) booth and we use steel grit as media

Great build and am enjoying watching this.
most of us know that pre 86 seats have a shorter seat back, right?

Thank you. Oh yeah low vs high backs


I was gone this weekend so I didnt get to do much. On sunday we got a new battery bracket at the JY

I didnt want to cut so much but the bolts holding the tray down were rusted on

got it off today at work, Hopefully tomorrow Im going to blast it

replaced broken/old connectors

cleaned, lubed, assembled the pedal assembly

 

[Nagrom]

The trick to painting carpet with SEM cans is to brush the fibers between coats with a soft brush.

 

[Jack]

The trick to painting carpet with SEM cans is to brush the fibers between coats with a soft brush.

for sure but hard to do that on the hat shelf
Im looking into dyeing the seat covers and it's either rit dye or sem spray ... unless I find something else but IDK yet what I'll do

 

[Khrrck]

Got any ruined covers to test on, perhaps?

 

[Jack]

Got any ruined covers to test on, perhaps?

In two weeks I’ll have an extra back seat upper cover. I was planning on that

 

[240 240]

fine don't listen

Have you tried naptha to try and restore some color to the skins?

 

[Jack]

fine don't listen

Have you tried naptha to try and restore some color to the skins?

I have to try something, blue velour is one of the best interiors

nope I dont have any

today
blasted the battery bracket

found a broken evap hose

separated the sheet metal from bracket

started to prep the sheet metal for welding

cut off the old bracket at the welds

done for today. Im going to coat the bracket before welding it in. I also need to replace some sheet metal front of the bracket - see hole

 

[Jack]

today.
I was busy with other junk and only got to work on the sheet metal for a little bit

coated these at work

hard to get into this spot and prep it right with the tools I have at home

sun was going down and I should have brought my hood and good lighting home. It was "difficult" to see/weld toward the fender side

cleaned up well enough... done for today

 

[Jack]

Thursday last week
I put the seat bottom together

time flies .... I was gone again for the weekend so I didnt get a change to work on this

GF got the starter tested and rebuilt. It was working fine, just a minor refresh at our local alternator/starter guy. If you're close to Sac I highly recommend this guy. https://g.co/kgs/dxj5Xnu (he rebuilt stuff for our 850s, 240s, 122, it's always fast, cheap and looks brand new when done)

Today, I removed some more rust and welded up the remaining hole

Since I have some POR I used it... every time I use it I feel like I'm cheating somehow

removed the auto pedal

Installed manual pedal assembly

removed the o2 replacement reminder

 

[brendon_ak]

Sorry if I missed it but are you converting to hydro clutch? If so, why? I always thought the cable worked just fine for most applications?

 

[Jack]

Sorry if I missed it but are you converting to hydro clutch? If so, why? I always thought the cable worked just fine for most applications?

I’m not, the pedal is for cable. Perhaps the bracket was universal for hydro

Idk why Volvo went with cable vs hydro but I always preferred the hydro setup of earlier cars

 

[Jack]

today

view under

relocated horns - driver front bumper shock

 

[302ftw?]

relocated horns - driver front bumper shock

Why? Just nicer visually?

 

[Jack]

Why? Just nicer visually?

AeRoDyNaMiCs

Yes just visual

 

[Toybox]

And allows more airflow to the radiator.

 

[Jack]

And allows more airflow to the radiator.

aero comes into play over 30mph... there's lots that can be done to a 240 but thats a whole different thread and car

today.

I pulled an ignition harness from an 87 and seat bottom foam.

painted - used 215 from my wagon - ehh close if you squint your eyes - it was the only metallic blue I had

installed driver side lighting

 

[240 240]

nice to know the battery tray will be there once the rest of the car rusts out. Do the plastic protection tray help the metal last longer? or does it just trap more acid?

 

[Jack]

nice to know the battery tray will be there once the rest of the car rusts out. Do the plastic protection tray help the metal last longer? or does it just trap more acid?

Why you so sore lately?!

Idk but all the later cars got them,