The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

ABS or not ABS struts on 240? How can you tell? 200

uid 46171's pic
posted by  kittysgreyvolvo on  Tue Nov 9 16:41 CST 2010
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Sat Oct 18 15:23 CST 2014
[RELATED]

Folks,

I have a 1990 245 DL in need of the usual front suspension rebuild we all love.

What visual cues verify whether the struts tubes on the signal red wee beastie are ABS or not ABS struts?

I used the brickboard "search" function and I cannot find such information.

I'd like to install Bilstein HDs on the 1990 245 all around. Keep the factory HD springs the beast came with and add some 1985 244 turbo stabilizer bars I have. The springs are about as large in diameter front and rear as I'd ever encountered on a 240.

As we all know, Bilstein HDs do NOT fit into Volvo 240 ABS struts whether or not the vehicle comes ABS equipped.

In June of 2000, I bought Bilstein HDs strut cartridge dampeners for my grey market 1991 240 saloon (sedan). It came from Germany, originally. Not Bilstein, brickbaord of the time, nor any other outlet made mention, in June of 2000, that you can't use Bilstein HDs in ABS struts. Yet this was an issue some ten years prior.

So, I chose to replace the ABS struts on the 1991 240 sedan with the slightly earlier model with great frusteration. I should have gone with Koni at that time as was my original intent.

But everyone on brickboard is krazy (glue) about billeis! billys! billies! (billees?)

Considering the difficulty, I wish I had gone with the high performance adjustable Konis as I had in my 1979 242 GT (Holland grey market import).

Yet Konis, the high performance adjustable ones, and they'll fit into ABS struts tubes, are well over 600$ US a set of four last I checked.

Thanks, folks!

cheers,

Volvo "Buttermilk" MacDuff
--
RIP:
1975 244 DL (B20, M40)
1976 242 DL (B21, M46, Moonroof - an SRO?)
1979 245 DL (B21, M46)
1979 242 GT (B21, M46, Moonroof - an SRO? Grey Market from Holland)
Currently owned, operating, and getting better all the time(!):
1990 240 (245) DL (B230, M47 II)
1991 240 (244) (B230, M47 II, Moonroof. Grey Market from Germany)
1992 240 (244) (B230, M47 II, L-jet 3.1, Moonroof)






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.