I just moved from the UK to Australia, sold my k-jetronic-equipped 240, and bought myself a 1990 240 sedan, B230F, and I assume LH2.4. Does anyone on this forum know a good source of parts in Australia? I need to replace all ignition wires and spark plugs to begin diagnosing the car's hard cold starting. It needs a lot of throttle to start, then dies a few times before running normally. I also can't get into the trunk because the central locking locked, but now won't unlock! The ignition key won't go in the trunk lock. The car runs and drives fine once warmed up for a minute, has no rust, a good body and excellent interior -- except that I can't seem to adjust the driver seat height, and am sitting too low. Must deal with the flame trap too, if I can locate it, as putting clingfilm over the oil filler cap with the engine idling didn't show any evidence of positive ventilation (the clingfilm stayed still rather than sucking inwards).

It's kind of depressing to have left my nicely maintained 240 and begin dealing with somebody else's neglect. The car sure looks nice in the driveway though!

Any advice or therapy would be much appreciated.
David

Hi 42

Try these web sites... Also, if you go to Dave's web page, you can trace his visitors. As of today, there are 481 visitors from Australia and they are mostly concentrated in southwestern area. Good luck!



Volvo parts for Aussies

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Dave Shannon

http://volvo2.homestead.com/

Hi David

Congratulation on your move! What can I say... It's a beautiful Island, there are so much you can do besides fixing a car. Get out there and have fun!

I envy you. Do you feel better now?

I feel better now!

Hi 42

Great! I say "Wollongong" five times when I feel blue, it always help me to shake it off.

Sorry, I couldn't help you with your brick...

As for the trunk, go through the ski access in the rear seat. Use a poll long enough to reach the lock from inside. On the end of the poll tape something like a small hook of some kind (ie. a piece of metal bent towards the right).

Then while using a flashlight look inside to the lock. You will see a small lever on the left side of the lock. That lever needs to be pushed to the right and the trunk should unlock.

I used a piece of conduit and a tool that was already bent to the right, and duct taped to the conduit. The tool was about 3/8 of an inch wide, like a small chisels. You might come up with something totally different but like I said the lever needs to be push to the right as your looking at it from inside.

Thanks for the tip on trunk unlocking. I will have to figure out the cause -- as every time I lock the drivers door the central locking locks everything, but then won't unlock. I'm going to start by removing the door trim and checking the wiring there.