Hey guys I am new to the brickboard community.
I am a proud owner of a 1978 262c Bertone. I have been driving this car for about 6 months. The car has been cherished from the pervious owner and I plan to keep it in the same shape. Since I bought the car I have noticed that the tranny at the morning kicks and I suppose the Transmission needs a little clean up. I have heard very good comments from people that have used RedLine Racing oil. I have done my homework and found the correct type to use and I have it ready. It was quite expensive for the synthetic oil ($80 bucks). But I suppose its quite a cheaper investment than replacing a tranny in the future. Well, I was wondering if you guys have any tips on to what to replace like filters, screens ect. If anyone has schematic diagrams or repair books it would be great if someone can email me some scanned pgs to get started on this weekend project. I am a bit confused if the auto-matic transmission has an internal or external filter or perhaps both? If I can get a little insight as to where they are located would be great.
Thanks.
Abel

I am also a Bertone owner, 2 in fact.I'm sure the car turns a few heads as you cruise down the road.Check e-bay every now and then and you can find a few original Volvo manuals on the engine[b27-b28] and also the tranny aw55/bw55.These are the "green book" manuals that the mechanics use and a good source for info.
Good luck
Nelson
1981 Bertone
1980 Bertone
1990 240 DL

Agree with Nickvjr entirely.

Please e-mail me photos, including your tranny (menaster@yahoo.com).

I would definitely flush the transmission through the transmission cooler lines that interface with the radiator. This bulletin board discusses details, but for my 1985 245 DL with AW70, I went through 8 quarts of ATF before the fluid came out clear. Be sure not to let the tranny fluid run out while flushing it.

I think your unit would use type F, right? That's important to know, and be sure your synthetic is compatible.

My new mantra is: you cannot change your tranny fluid too frequently. I live in hilly San Francisco and tend to be hard on my cars. I'm changing my transmission fluid yearly, even if the car is garaged. My back up/project car is a 1980 240 DL with M45 (4 speed manual). I've driven it 5 miles in the past year. Last week, I changed the tranny fluid and found metal shavings on the tranny drain plug (fluid was clear). That really pissed me off, but helped me realize the importance of monitoring tranny fluid.

Volvo's TSB (see my website, http://www.geocities.com/menaster/Volvos/MyVolvos.thml) says that removing the tranny pan is no longer necessary, at least if a drain plug is present. You may want to retrofit a drain bolt (14 mm socket head that you can get from junkyard trannies) if you don't want to do the tranny cooling line flush.

Finally, the old saying, "they don't make them like they used to' is soooo true. I understand that new cars (Volvo, too?) are shipped with "sealed transmissions," ie there's no dipstick and no way to change the tranny fluid. I'll expect those trannies to last 100k. Guess the junkyards will always have new referrals!

Just some FYI about tranny fluids that are in the cars when they are shipped from the factory. Our transmissions were shipped with conventional ATF or ATF-F which is very similar to the chemical makeup of Diesel fuel (and Kerosene).

BMW and many other manufacturers are now filling their Automatic Transmissions with synthetic ATF fluids, and thus resulting in the "Filled For Life" statements that you find in their respective owners manuals. The reduction in wear on the transmission is impressive, and thus giving increased longevity. However, even if I owned one of these new cars with synthetic ATF, I would still change the fluid after about 200,000 miles or 10 years, just to clean the magnets, etc. (as the internal clutches slowly wear down, that material has to go somewhere...)

God bless,
Fitz Fitzgerald.
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'87 Blue 245, NA 228K

The BW55 (3-Speed) is the tranny you have connected to that B27F, right? That was the only other that the AW55, but both are really one in the same. The only difference in the BW55 & AW55 is the front and rear clucth springs. The BW55 has 16 tiny springs while the AW55 has one big spring for the front and rear clutches.

Now I'll send you some pictures of the tranny out of the factory manual. In there you will see the internal screen and the oil pan gasket. Besides that the only othe thing you would need to do is the flush. That can be done by disconnecting the upper return line to the tranny and add a clear hose to the outlet out of the radiator. Start the car and pump out two quarts into a seperate container and then stop. Add two fresh quarts down the dipstick tube and continue this process till the fluid that comes out of the radiator is nice and clean. For more info on the flush itself including the size of the hose needed type TRANMISSION FLUSH in the search and you should come up with something. I'll send the pictures to your e-mail. If you need any other info on keeping that B27F purring let me know. I have a 79 264GL B27F so I'm kind of a V6 nut. I have all the factory manuals for the V6 and I think they are kind of cool when compared to the 4CYL's. I'm also in L.A. so maybe I'll see you driving around one day. I'll keep my eyes peeled for your 262C. Finally if you have a picture of your baby send it to my e-mail. I always like seeing well taken care of cars. Good Luck with your flush!

Sincerely,

NIckvjr
1979 264GL 120,600

Nick I'd like to send you a pic of my Bertone.subject line will read Nelson's coupe.
Thanks,Nelson

Sure thing Nelson, I'll keep an eye out for that e-mail. Do both of your Bertone's have the B28F or did you already do an engine swap? Thanks for your time.

Sincerely,

Nickvjr
1979 246GL 120,600

Both coupes have the b28f. One car is pretty and one car is pretty ugly but with a no noise engine and strong tranny.If it gets any worse[rust] it will be a complete parts car just in case.
Nelson