My son bought a 1990 240DL a year and a half ago. It has 236k miles on it and he is the 3rd owner. A little about myself... I am 55 yrs old and a master machinist. I have always worked on my own cars, rebuilding/replacing engines/transmissions, basically anything that needed fixing. I have owned a wide variety of cars from MGs to Fords to IH but never a Volvo. I have always heard they were well built and must say I am impressed with what I have seen so far. I helped him replace the timing belt last summer and it was a wonderfully straight forward affair. The reason I joined today was I am going to help him replace his clutch and have been researching the tranny removal process. Thanks in advance for any help offered.

 

Hi McC, welcome to Volvo forums.

If you haven't figured it out already, those Volvo's are very easy to work on, just picky about quality parts.

 

Dear Sir,

Welcome to the forum.

I have utmost respect for machinists or anyone work with their hands.

Please be sure to post questions & answers in the 240 forum (a combined forum with 740 & 940 models) to receive accurate replies.

Volvos are simply built but are the safest vehicles available to public. The downsides are electrical & electronic systems & components that are not as durable as the rest of the car.

Happy New Year,

JPN

 

Hi McC, welcome to Volvo forums.