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I found and installed a set of pristine door pockets last weekend. I was so psyched to find them at the junkyard in perfect condition. It's 15 degrees in NJ today. My wife kicked the door open this morning and CRACK, a huge chunk broke off. Damn it!
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'92 245, Black & Tan, Virgo Mags, 130K
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posted by
someone claiming to be gopeshs
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Sun Jan 28 09:10 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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Sorry to hear about that . I read all the replies and was expecting that somebody might have made galvanized steel sheet map pockets. These map pockets do not gel well with demeanor of 240
Regards
Gopesh
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Ouch! I feel your pain. I, too, have a nice replacement passenger map pocket for my car, but under my desk at work as it's not likely to get broken there.
Actually, when I sold my old 740 (after seven years of being careful about the sort of stuff), the first test driver (and fortunately buyer), kicked open the driver's door... CRACK!... in my imagination, I was banging my head on the dash.
When people get in the 240, I usually find myself inclined to (but don't) give an airline stewardess style run down:
1. Don't slam the doors.
2. Don't kick the doors open.
3. Here is how the door latch functions from the inside. Don't pull it outwards and wreck it.
4. Rear passengers keep their feet off the center console... actually all passengers keep their feet off everything but the floor.
5. Beverages are forbidden... except for me... and then it needs to have a lid.
6. Don't touch stuff. That switch in the dash does *something*... and it doesn't need to do it now.
7. Should we put down in the ocean, the seat cushions... yada, yada, yada....
It's tough when I need to do this to thirtysomethings.
-Ryan (acts tough on message boards, but a bit of a marshmellow in real life)
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Athens, Ohio
1990 245 DL 130k M47, E-codes
1991 745 GL 280k (Girlfriend-mobile)
Buckeye Volvo Club
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Whoa! Someone as obsessive as me! Hello, my name is....
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Re: #6- Yes, I have to tell people not to turn the AC on, because it's seized and flicking the switch will blow the fuse, leaving the power windows unusable.
And the rear hatch closes just fine without having to slam it with all your might.
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'92 245, Black & Tan, Virgo Mags, 126K
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Take some ABS plumbers cement and the piece that bore out. It works the best I have found and it seems to be more solid.
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That's gotta hurt, Jay. I'm sorry to hear that.
That, by the way, is why I hate the door pockets, and will never re-install them. I am tall, I kick the door panel - unavoidable when I'm swinging my long legs out of the car. So when I got a perfect set, I gave them to my father.
What color were they and what side do you need - I'll keep my eye open.
I've been thinking - for too long - about making a nice decorative hardwood kick panel to fill that obviously empty space left by the door pockets and protect the panel from my size 13 boots. Maybe I should get on that...
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Sean - now frolicking in the Land of a Thousand 240's (aka, Fredericksburg) thrice a week.
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They're black. Luckily it didn't shatter, it was just one big, cementable chunk.
The car I stripped had a center console that I would have loved, but I figured what was the point, with 2 little kids who climb back and forth between front and back when they can. I may have to go w/ the iPD protector solution, at least for the passenger side.
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'92 245, Black & Tan, Virgo Mags, 126K
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I saw the handbrake cover. I'll grab it for you if I go back in time, just in case you might want it. I don't expect they'll charge me more than $2 for the thing.
If I wanted to use the door pockets and had found a perfect set, the first thing I'd do would be to reinforce the backside with something. Lots of guys use popsicle sticks, but scuffing it up and smearing Bondo all over the back might not be a bad idea either.
BTW, I've found that the early 80's door pockets were made of a tougher - i.e. more flexible - plastic, because if you find a 20+ year old set unbroken then odds are they'll stay that way.
Good luck with the door pockets, they drive me nuts.
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Sean - now frolicking in the Land of a Thousand 240's (aka, Fredericksburg) thrice a week.
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This is why my two pristine junkyard pockets are staying on the shelf in my garage until my daughter gives me back the 245.
I put the broken pieces in place with SuperGlue, and reinforce the repair with large popsicle sticks and JB Weld epoxy on the inside. The repaired pocket is much tougher than the original, so her friends just kick harder!!!!!
AND, they don't even bother to collect the broken pieces off the ground!!!!!!
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I cut thin plywood behind mine and glued it. Then I came up with a dark runner carpet from Home Depot and glued that to the front. Figured I wouldn't change my ways of putting my feet on them.
Nick
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Teach your wife to go junk-yard diving.
Maybe go together to have some quality time together?? HO HO
If the busted out piece is only one or two bits, here's what I would do.
From a hardware store get one gang nail (3x3 or 4x4 piece of heavy galvanized sheet metal with a mailhole matrix all over it) and a two-tube epoxy plastic cement.
Get appropriate bolts and nuts for the four corners and some that follow the line of the crack. I used round-head brass (tan interior) as small and short as would do the job. Too many bolts is better than too few.
Fit the gang nail on the inner side of the map packet and drill for the four corner bolts. Install the bolts, not tight. Make a mark of the outline of the gang nail. Drill the other holes and test fit. Remove the bolts and gang nail.
Glop on a lot of the epoxy cement onto the gang nail and the edges of the cracked pieces. Install the piece and the gang nail and all the bolts, tighten the bolts. They won't budge once the epoxy cement hardens.
With care it is possible to make the repair almost invisible except for the bolt heads.
Then consider putting a reinforcement in the un-broken map pocket.
Good Luck,
Bob
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posted by
someone claiming to be amargill19
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Fri Jan 26 10:05 CST 2007 [ RELATED]
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the very reason why I won't replace the broken, beatin to crap pocket on the passenger door until my friends learn how to open a door without using their foot.
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I use the IPD pocket covers. They're tough, look great, and stand up to a good kick.
Dave
91 240
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