The guy's on NPR's Car Talk said they'd rather replace a transmission than a 240's blower motor. I tried to chicken out and get my Volvo Place to finish the job. They told me "Gee, you're 95% of the way there." At first, I thought they had more confidence in my ability than I did. I've since decided they just didn't want the hassle.

Anyway, I'm glad I did it- it makes me feel like a real brick owner. As someone else said, label everything, take many photos, and take it slow. I keep looking for a Swedish swear word dictionary for times when I'm working on the brick, but no luck yet.

Have fun and good luck!

New ones are $50 something from FCP Groton for a Unimotor brand. Don't buy an MTC resistor, I found it to be complete garbage as well as the aftermarket fan switch (although they probably would work for who knows how long). The resistor is as hard to get to as the motor, so you be the judge on what to do there. It took me three evenings of free time to replace mine, just requires lots of patience. The Unimotor will need to have the wires lengthened, they are too short by several inches. I just cut the wires from the old motor and soldered them onto the new motor (that way you get to retain the Volvo connector too).
Charles

Below is a link to the 'easier method' for doing the blower motor, I will be trying this after the front end rebuild this weekend. Look it over and see if this makes sense for you for time savings. Regards, Greg

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=57613

Hey Tim, Basically once upon a time Volvo decided to build a blower motor and then decided to build a car around it and called it a 240. It is quite a chore. You have to pull most everything apart in the center dash area. Sometimes you have to modify the housing by removing the motor mount raised areas or "bumps" as they're called. This is all inside the squirrel cage. You'll know what I'm talking about when you get into it. Plan on an all afternoon job if you've never done one before. Hey, I see you're from Colorado. I'm on the western slope in the Grand Junction area. Where are you at? Good Luck, Charles