Fixing Broken Stuff on my 35 Year Old Car...

[@daw7563]

You should have some covers for the pit, it can be really dangerous without it. Also watch out for heavy gases, they can collect in the pit.

[@RobinBerthier]

I was thinking the same when he was hopping over it each time getting in or out... What a horrendous idea falling in the pit! Very painful no matter how/what!

[@geoffmoore7629]

I get a lot of gases building up I'm my 940 as it transports three gassy greyhounds around😂

[@shieldaigbencher]

Really good advice.

Great video. I usually find that every job that should take 15 minutes, takes 45 minutes and every job that should take a couple of hours, takes all day.

[@ericbarr2214]

I have that exact same rust area/problem on the underside in the frame. Will be very interested in your fix. I need to get my windshield wiper installed and hope I can get it all back together and working. Thanks so much for sharing and your great videos!

[@fannycraddock99]

Hello Vera, you are beginning to look good again with a few new ribbons & bows! Well done Sledge for getting her this far down the road. Fingers crossed that she passes her MOT or at very least the fails are not major. Take care.

[@laportlaportlaport]

Love the frequent uploads, keep them coming! Always good to see a fellow old volvo owner's struggle.

[@robertblacksmith4355]

That open pit scares me!Cover it with wood or something great video!

[@austintalley4070]

It's rare to see old Volvos go down without a fight

[@RobinHilder-m1d]

Hi Sledge, been binge watching your videos and couldn't help myself, just had to buy a Volvo ;-) Just bought a 1990 240 GL Estate 61,250 original miles. Keep improving the cars my good man. P.S. When you were working on the handbrake cable I think you lost a securing pinch washer from the cantilever part attached to the axle. It has a long pin which holds the cantilever unit in place. The pinch washer holds the pin in. Hope this helps 🙂

[@kevinflood8212]

Great to see the old Volvo being saved on a budget not with endless money to spend. Keep it up and we'll done you're videos are great.

[@crazyred4780]

Great video I'm the new owner of a 85 volvo dl 240 4door sedan with 200,000 miles and I'm in the process of rebuilding it and thanks for the helpful videos frl man thanks again

[@williamwales6619]

Well done for no losing the rag with the brake shoes and the handbrake brkt. My main point of concern is that pit. Some poor bugger is gonna fall into there. Thanks for vid. Later.

[@Saaketti]

Windshield wipers looks to be waaay too slow. The axles where you fix the wiper arms rust and jamms in their housings. You'll burn the motor with that jammed linkage. Allso the motor itself can be partially jammed. Had these both on my early 940..

[@newblackdog7827]

WD40-A Gallon of-then see where it’s dragging!

[@damo6975]

Great video just replaced the driver side rear caliper and rebuilt the passenger side one on Saturday on my 91 960; estate having fun trying to strip the seized caliper 👍

[@octavianrobert]

I've got the same rust problem on my 940. Can't wait to see what it takes to fix that with Vera and make an ideea about my problem. I'll love to see a price for that job as an average, if that's possible. If anyone knows details about it, please let me know. Thank you and keep up the great videos! I'm learning new stuff along the way. I'm soo happy you've returned to posting Volvo maintenance stuff. My present issue is with my 1999 S80, i need to find the relay for low beams cause they died on me yesterday. Allways fun working on these :) But it's worth it anyway.

[@daw7563]

In Sweden you can remove the headlamp wipers, they are optional here, not sure how it is where you are.

[@Phiyedough]

Yes, that's what I would do.

[@GPM3605]

Working next to the pit makes me nervous. It's easy to switch off for a second and end up in it . A few metal plates / wooden boards maybe .

[@jameskyle380]

Brings back memories of replacing my 940's rear drivers side handbrake cable. I took lots of pictures but a pain to get the pin out and needed a new glamp type mount as rotten off. It's good though that the parts are available and cheap on the whole.

[@Andy-sh9eq]

Watching you fit the handbrake cable under the car, you may not have noticed the retaining clip on the pivot point on the body has come off and the pivot pin could fall out

[@760turbodiesel]

Great job 💪

[@cheharrison7107]

Well done buddy, some of that looked a right bastard, its always great when you're struggling with a job then you go and hurt yourself to boot! Fingers crossed for ya for the MOT 🤞

[@99unclebob]

Awesome video, I did the park brake crap on my 89 240 a few years back and am getting ready to do another roughly $1300 dollars in parts here in the next week once i clear the crap out of my garage, just enough space to get one Volvo in for now, you should come try a Central Canadian winter sometime you'd probably think you were in purgatory, good thing you ordered those covers for the pitta keep you and you mate safe ,I've worked in one before they're handy and a pain in the ass like that one when they fill with water, luckily the one i worked in was sloped to one end so the water drained into a small sump pit with a pump to drain it automatically if not it stunk of heavy stain smelling water, 👍

[@grege3180]

Great video. Great to have new involvoed content.

[@Buffalobulltofta]

Jah man Sledge! Good progress! I have started just getting new PCV canisters (and flame trap) instead of trying to clean the old ones when i get new to me F engines, seem to me they never get really clean and you can still pick up the Volvo OEM for around 30 euros. They really blow the RMS real quick, as you know.

[@harryireland1935]

Good stuff. But on another note, that beard is starting to look beyond scary mate. It's like it has a life of its own right now.

[@JMassengill]

Very happy you are posting again. Hope you are doing well.

[@danstill4716]

Thanks

[@RichieRouge206]

Oh those wonderful flametraps! Changed many of those in my time! It's mad what parts you can still actually get from Volvo isn't it? Great repair job on the wipers fella!

[@fhwolthuis]

Great spannering, Sledge. Maybe borrow a pump to pump out the pit? 😅

[@timbre7999]

love your videos! And I feel for you; handbrakes are such a pain to reassemble I agree

[@Phiyedough]

I know what you mean about the frustration of messing with brake shoes. A rear shoe lining fell off on my car so I got a new set of shoes. I did the faulty side but I will have to be in the right mood to attempt the other side!

[@shepshepherd]

Apart from replacing the pads, I've entrusted any other work I've had done on The Volvo's rear brakes over the past 21 years to my local garage, as the prospect of messing about with handbrake shoes and cables fills me with dread.

[@RichieRouge206]

Totally with you on the handbrake- it's the one thing I really hate on Bev, ànd I had such a lot of hassle trying to replace the cables. It looks pretty much the same set up on the 740 and all those drum inside disc systems are crap.

[@lifelong5425]

All good...as it happens, we see the rebirth....take care

[@tuttmamman3490]

Yeaa those brake shoes are always a pain to replace!

[@Khar_Toba]

6:10 I've got a lazy headlight wiper on the 850, I didn't know it would fail the MOT on it. Must do something about that

[@1.6Kilometres]

Absolutely paying attention! Thanks for this!

[@maxbean7001]

Me gustan mcuho tus videos aunque no entienda tu idioma aprendo mucho para hacerle arreglos a mi 940 1996, gracias por enseñar tanto

[@newblackdog7827]

Golden rule: Gallons of WD40 the day BEFORE doing the work!

[@persbackman3535]

Hi. Did the same break job on the right side of my 940 94. Should charge the plate behind. The lower bult for th handbreak pincett snapped. I get a Bremmes tomorrow

[@jackjacko8706]

I would put some runners using Dyno bolts a few inches below the surface in the pit and make up some duck boards to drop in to cover the pit when not in use. It is a accident waiting to happen which would put your youtube into jeopardy in the future. I cringe when I see you working around it, even though I know you haven’t fallen in , otherwise I would not be seeing the video. 😂 otherwise you have the perseverance to get a job completed, skinned and pinched fingers not withstanding. We care about you.

[@colinhutchinson5282]

Clean and grease cable mechanism ?!

[@SiteUnscene]

Flame trap cleaning time

[@persbackman3535]

Did you get a New workshop?

[@persbackman3535]

From Whyred do you get parts?

[@TheTwelly]

With a vehicle that old, it's beyond expectation not to have a struggle with rusted parts. Expect the worst, and hope it's better than you think. You should have dozens of cans of WD40, or similar, before you start.

[@lukemallory7832]

I have to say, I'm surprised at how finicky it is to work on our 940. Some of the design is just not.. good. It feels like even back then Volvo were making sure the cars would be back to the dealer for any maintenance.

[@kjh789az]

Quite honestly, the wiper mechanism is ridiculous. Sounds like a food mixer. Why not have a motor for each arm synced by an electronic sensor? I know, I know, because it's a Volvo... Cool music! Sort that working pit before it f***s you. Those are the yellowist headlamps I've seen for a while. Is the alternator charging?

[@NilsOlsson_]

are you interested in buying a Volvo 744 from Sweden? left hand drive fun project car rust in doors/fenders not much underneath.