Hi, I have a 1984 240 station wagon, manual transmission. Last night when I came home from work I found my back glass was shattered. Has anyone out there replaced their back glass? I found a u-pull-it in the area that has my model, but i'm not sure how to remove it from the car.

Thanks!

Sam

 

Its probably easiest to swap the whole tailgate, although the paint likely won't match.

 

It's doable, depends if these are glued, I think they are... Then to get it off you need some special tools, Harbor Freight carries a kit, to cut nicely through the rubber... Even then, possibility of breakage is pretty high although back window should be easier than the windshield which is hard to get off in one piece. Then installing it is another operation you'd need some help with... That may be worth having a shop to do it for you... You don't want leaks.

 

Thanks for the insights. I think i'll go for the full tailgate/paint mismatch option.

 

https://www.picknpull.com/vehicle_de...FA885XL1279956
This just came in on the 23rd...
$50 for the tailgate, less for the glass.

 

i hope after 6 years the OP found a solution, and for a 240, rather than a 740!

 

Glad you can save your car, it's a rare one and getting harder to see even here on the West Coast. Manuals after the 1990 changes were imported in very limited numbers... I had a 1991 a while back...

 

Hello all. Just bought my 1st vovlo...'90 240 wagon. The back window gasket* has disintegrated and the window is held up by tape, some adhesive the previous owner had, and the rear wiper. Everything I've seen online suggests replacing with new tailgate, but what if the rear window is fine...just that there's no seal?

Any suggestions? Any adhesives out there to use? Can I buy a replacement gasket? I've spent a couple hours searching online and haven't found much.

 

sealing strip is volvo PN 1372481 for 1990+ 240's (it was 1372254 for up to 1989)

that part is NLA from the factory.

your best bet is probably to clean everything up as best you can, get all that old tape mung off the door and the glass, and bring it to a good locally owned non-chain auto window shop, and see if they will glue it in.

 

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This is what you may need as an adhesive sealant. Many glass shops are willing to provide information on how they install such a glass and may have an aftermarket seal for it. Friend and I replaced a windshield on a 78 Cougar XR7 as he use to work in a glass shop.
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if the door frame doesn't have a lip smaller than the glass OD, its going to be a LOT harder to bond with any sort of adhesive.

 

Hello all! Thanks for the help everyone! I ended up deciding to do it myself. Weather was nice yesterday, so I did it in about 4 hours (first timer, no experience). I pulled the window out the rest of the way and cleaned up the tape / old melty adhesive that was on there from the previous owner. I used a scraper and hammer to chisel it away, then also used some PurplePower to clean it up. It took a while to make it clean on both the window gasket side as well as the tailgate metal side. I had to disconnect the rear window defroster wires (2) to take the window out. Once I got it out, I placed it on the ground and used a razor blade to clean up the gasket and window (it was covered in old adhesive and duct tape remnants practically melted in).

Since I didn't have any help (thanks COVID-19!!!), I took 2 pieces of 12" long heavy duty duct tape and taped them to the window. I would use these as guide wires to lift the window back into place once it had the adhesive on there. I put the adhesive on with a caulk gun (3M adhesive in the link above but the $18 one, not the $30 fast-set one), and then lifted the window with the tape. Once placed in the tailgate frame, I used the duct tape to guide the window up/down or left/right as needed. I pressed on it for a few minutes to seal. Since I didn't have any window clamps, I took more duct tape and taped the window to the body as best I could to create some pressure. Another option I thought of later was to install the window while the tailgate was up, using gravity to make a seal. However, since I was alone this wasn't as easy.

Thanks for the ideas everyone! Maybe in another 10 years someone will stumble upon this as well!

 

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Nice work, glad it worked out for you!
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I am bringing my Volvo back to life, same year and model. This is one of few items I have left to address! VERY HELPFUL!

 

What did you end up using for the window gasket/seal? I’m an in the very same situation with my 90’ 240 wagon.

 

For mine I used the 3M Adhesive in one of the links..it was about $18