*NEW* volvo 240 est. MOT Q time.

[Lankytim]

Picked up this nail glorious 240 yesterday. Wasnt sure wether to just run it over the bridge and make myself some dough or stick it though an MOT and see what happens. The only rust I can see that could be an issue are a hole in the scuttle and one on the top of the drivers sill. Anyone here know if they need repairing for MOT? Oh and the front numberplate is cracked and the rear appears to be dying a death. New exhaust though!!









Aplogies for the shocking rust pics!

[keithyboy]

Scuttle should be OK. Sill probably won't be. Shouldn't cost a fortune to plate it though.

[reanimation]

Seem to be made out of oldskool guage steel, it would hurt me to weigh in a 240. The one my dad had was rot free on the ramp, yeah cosmetic rust but SOLID, give it a clean and see what MOT man says

[archieboy]

Put some gaffer tape over the hole ;D

[Lankytim]

Ive already cleaned it- thats faded paintwork!

Id thought about gaffer taping over the hole, wont the tester guess whats behind?

[reanimation]

Ah Soz, actually it looks quite neat, teh curse of red and white cars versus metalic blue and co.

Cool old bus we'll miss old Volvos when they are rare.

[saabsled]

Tester will realise what the tape is for straight away!
Only needs a small patch to repair it properly though, the no. plates will fail too.

[wagoneer]

That looks nice, but yes, the hole in the sill needs doing, plus the plates. You've got the later type tailgate there as well, and the bonus paint that goes pink no matter how much you polish it ;D

Working leccy windows? If not, whip the switches out and clean, it's easy.

[xbo11ox]

That looks a bit good to weigh in, i'd love to attack it with my polishing mop.

[tigran]

As plums says - looks a bit solid for the weighbridge. Give it an assault with some G6.

[Lankytim]

Nothings too good for the weighbridge!

The hole in the sill has developed into a 1p sized void and constant pecking with a key has produced some simliar smaller holes. A little welding and filler would fix these though.

What is it with 240s and sill rot in the TOP of the sills? Door pillars rot too, infact the lower hinge area on the drivers door pillar has been plated- very well I may add. I guess its not bad overall for an 18 yr old barge!

The drivers window doesnt work but I have some spare "pre cleaned" switches somewhere to try out.

I need to invest in a mop- my black 940 is pretty dull too. Any idea where I can buy a cheap one and where do I get this G6 stuff?

[dave862]

is it on carbs? wanna swap for a lovely g plate fiesta? i could see you driving round in a lovely fiesta tim! be just like the old days!

[tonycocacola]

ive seen 54 plate cars with number plates like that.
break the welder out and get it sorted properly, then youre guaranteed a pass.

[arthurbrown]

If you weigh it, can I have the osr trim please?
K thx bai.

[jizzy gillespie]

my rear plate has looked like that for years, passed every time

[Pillock]

Might as well fix the sill before it gets any worse, although AFAIK my GTE only failed for rusty sills because it was within 12 inches of a seatbelt mounting, or somesuch nonsense.

But no, you'd be traveller to cover it up. Next year it'll be much bigger and harder work to weld!

[tigran]

Didn't know 240's rusted at all. Can't find a single bit on mine.

[arthurbrown]

Mine neither.
(still here btw, £600 for a mintAr, roll up roll up!)

[tigran]

What happened to it dude? Thought it sold on the Gay of E?

[Lankytim]

arthurbrown said:

If you weigh it, can I have the osr trim please?
K thx bai.

Yeah course you can

Dave its injection and the last Volvo estate I got you cheap you weighed and made ££££s- I could have done that myself!

I recon a nice mot tester would pass this 240....

I bet I know where your 240s have rust..... Lift up the trap door in the boot and run your fingers under the tailgate landing panel. They ALL seem to rust there. No idea why!