Man struggles to push his Volvo 240 sideways
Вставка
- Опубліковано 5 сер 2023
- If you want to support the channel (and get some perks, ie early access to videos, behind the scenes pictures etc, here's a link;
/ involvod
Merch' can be found here;
www.etsy.com/shop/involvod/
Music: www.bensound.com
License code: RZVJAJOXWOMVJCUW - Авто та транспорт
Perfect parking job 👍
You crack me up with your self doubt about your neighbor seeing you😆
Your videos are a highlight and I can’t wait to watch what you do next. 🤗🤗
I think his next job may involve the shed door! 🤔
@@bobjohnson205 😂🤣😂🤣 I see both your points, nothing beats a good dad joke 👍🤗🤗
you have the same problem I do, "to lite to fight, to thin to win" (as my dad used to tell me)......Glad you got it moved...
"That could be a problem; the shed door!" 😅 😆 ❤
A couple of suggestions: weeds do not do so well with vinegar on them, and salt will kill them too. That way you do not need to use herbicide which is far more destructive to the environment than washing your car. The other is when moving your car sideways: line up the dolly wheels so that they are pointing in the direction you want to push rather than them swiveling around as you try to start the push, and use a lever or a come-along to push or pull your car. With a little imagination you can figure how/where to apply the pushing or pulling to not damage the car. As far as the shed door goes: take the door off it's hinges, close it and then put it back on it's hinges. Or leave it off it's hinges and use as a "sliding" door. Good Luck!
Thanks for the tips! 👍
Vinegar and washing up liquid 60/40 what I use does the trick.
Plenty of new challenges with this project but without enthusiastic folks like yourself and many of your viewers these old cars will die out and I think they are special enough to save. 😊
Thanks, agreed 👍
Good thing that the 240 has a good turning circle. Maybe time to get a heavy duty trolley jack to make that job easier next time. I also have those wheel dollies and they’re pretty useless unless it’s a billiard table smooth surface. Well done though 👍
Hi, may I suggest that the easiest way of welding is MIG and Flux Cored wire. That way You don't have to bother with buying gas cylinders, and also it is easier to weld outside as the gas doesn't blow away. To start learning to weld it's just a matter of playing with the settings and experimenting with technique. It goes something like this, Your first meter or so is purely experimental. The next few meters and You're gaining some skill with it. After that start experimenting on the car, You will find that the welder needs to go in at various angles, and You have to keep shuffling about under the car, and a few things like that. It is just a matter of getting used to it. For structural welding to MOT standards the patch has to be seam welded all the way round, ie the metal has to be melted together all the way round. It sounds ominous but You can see through Your darkened visor if it is good as You go along. If You get a bit that does not appear to have worked just go over it again, this happens quite a lot and takes up loads of time especially for people like Me who don't do a lot of welding. I'm not sure about Europe but In the UK it dosen't have to look pretty, just be functional. To be honest My welding looks terrible! But that's what angle grinders are for! It gets easier after a car or two as You gain confidence and skill. Best of luck with it.
Best Wishes Dee, (the worlds worst welder, But the worlds best grinder)
That's super helpful, thanks so much I appreciate it 👍💪
The 740: there is two Tempsensors on the engine, the one closest to the front sends signal to the gauge and the other closest to the firewall sends signal to the fuelsystem!
Try changing the one to the engine ;) and it might help with your troubles.
Erik in Sweden
Thanks 👍
The bells starting @4:00 sound exactly like the church bell scene in 'Kelly's Heroes'! Any 'Tiger' tanks in that town? lol
I am battling 240 wagon withdrawal reaaalll bad I have a 93 240 sedan a 93 940 sedan and a 94 940 wagon but man oh man a 240 wagon would reset the picture, good to see ol sledge still turnin a wrench on his 240 wagon
Hopefully a good deal comes your way! I always appreciate you stopping by! 👍
Hilarious... as you were moving the car, I thought- "The only thing missing is the music from Benny Hill!". Spot on, Mate- keep up the great work.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@@Involvod I enjoy each and every video you post!
Hey buddy, I've been busy with the old 'screwdriver of Doom' too, so much rust! Look forward to seeing how you get on with welding. Also " its F**kin lowered" and " shed door" cracked me up 😂 take it easy mate 🤘
It's horrible eh but it's the only way, I don't know how people keep on working on a car without using the screwdriver of doom, I can't rest not knowing how bad it truly is underneath! The 240s can really catch you out, at least at this point they are undeniably worth saving 😀 Keep the faith man! 💪
Brought immediate memories to me as I just did the same thing pushing my sedan sideways over sand! I threw a couple pieces of plywood down that made it so much easier. I think the '93 grille is a wee bit different too. Thanks buddy. wish either you were closer or I was. It would be fun to wrench on 240's as I have a stack of them and decades of experience with them. Best to you and your family!
Might be easier to use the jack to move it, wheels off the ground
If you have a larger jack it is possible to move the car sideways by lifting the rear in the towbar or rear axle. I have done this successfully, just make sure the car doesn't slide of the jack when pushing it sideways.
I think the round hole wheels are 90-93. The square is pre 90. Interesting to notice such a small detail either way!
Ah, even more interesting! 😀
Yeah, I have the angular holed wheels on my 79 244. If I remember correctly they are 14 inch high side wall profile where the later ones went to 15 inch with low profile.
I used those same type dollies to move my project Delorean into my garage many years ago! A good move is to turn the wheels in the direction you want to move the car before you put its weight on them. That was a funny video! too bad about the door...
Nice! That reminds me, Hubnut on UA-cam just did a review of the Delorean, keen to see what he makes of it
Us car nuts are a sick bunch what we will do to save cars others have given up on. I have pushed many cars into corners and regretted not doing brake fluid changes before they sit for what sometimes ends up a long time.
I've had a few 240's and I think the soft smooth wheels are for the small centre wheel trims and the square ones were from the full wheel trim later models.Been looking back at afew of your videos and they are helping loads in my 240 estate revival. Thanks
Thanks, great to hear 😊
Down with the wall
Aw man, i would have given you a hand if you called me! It might have taken me a month though.
I wish shipping engines was cheaper, I know of several cheap red blocks nearby.
Thanks man! I should be able to source something here, US quad headlights for a 740 though.. that's something you can definitely help a brother out with 😀
Man I really love the 240 content! Keep it up man!
Thanks, got a proper 240 jerking session coming up in the next video!
Awesome, can't wait!@@Involvod
Grease the hell out of the jockey wheels dude, dont want those seizing.
Also, every one of us helped you push! Lol
I defo prefer the smooth soft holes
Mrs can use it as a temp greenhouse for the allotment
Love your videos mate! the black trim on the car is stainless steel painted black. just take paint remover and brush the black paint away. i have done it on my 244. 👍
Nice! Will look into that as it looks so much better
@@Involvod yes som that in a video 🙂
I think the front wheels needed to be on the other lock. Looked like they where fighting you. Also would have brought the front away from the wall.
I might be wrong but I think those steelies with 'smooth' holes have different offset (ET 25 instead of ET 20) and are standard steelies for 700 series.
Interesting! Thanks 🙂
Benny and Austin....ok....Get busy.
Get a turbo engine from a 940. The engine management is bolt on the ´93 240, unlike the previous years. It will go sideways easier xD
In which ways is it not bolt on for earlier years?
@@jellybean1976928the later 240 and 940's shared the jetronic LH2.4 ignition system, so no pesky rewiring. But you still gotta move the dizzy.
Good job 👍
Thanks 👍
Well, Lets take these 1 at a time. 1/ who wears the troosers in the house hold?? 😂 2/ Hire some welding kit and get/ask one of yer patrons to give you a bit of instruction. 3/ to pull it out again Long rope and a towing bracket connetion to the rear towing eye. 4/ make the garage door bifold that way ye can shut it. Doddle as we call it over here. Scotland that is. 😇
@Involvod do we see you again at the Volvo beurs in Rosmalen (Holland)?
Use Roundup Spezial to get rid of that green shit on the floor ;)
Thanks 👍
The Simpsons and volvos what more do I need in a video also if you watch the live action start of the Simpsons marge is driving a nice red 240 saloon
Ah well now we both have the same coloured 245.
What year is it?
I have three of the later style steelies and one of the older ones. It was a spare wheel that came with the car. I bent one of the originals on a curb two winters ago so now the older one, which is white... is on the back.
Strangely, the front hubs have this tiny pin poking out and the older wheel wouldn't fit on the front so I had to move a back wheel to the front and put the older one on the back.
I had a couple laughs on this vid. I don't remember that part of the Simpsons.
And the shed door.. hmm.
Watch the rear tires that they don't go flat whilst the bumpers is over the cinder blocks by the garden.
It's such a great colour! Blue definitely seems to suit these old Volvos very well. This one is a 1993. Thanks for pointing that out I definitely wouldn't have thought about it 😅
You did it Sledge but will the shed door close? Have you got a name for her yet?
No, I had to take it off it's hinges to put it back on 😂 And we still don't have a name, there were some nice suggestions but nothing that's a perfect fit!
Well done. Is that a roof deck over looking the Volvo below ?
Thanks! Yes it is 🙂
will the brown door close ?? lol
Salt and boiling water will help to kill weeds or vinegar! Does your workshop door close?
Thanks, will have to try that 👍 It didn't close, luckily it comes off it's hinges easily enough otherwise I would have left it open rather than do all that again 😅
the question is can you close your shed door now?
You need an apprentice!
👍👊
"I'm not gonna do an austin powers... spends the next however long near enough doing an austin powers sideways instead :P I never used the dollies before, but they looked pretty helpful if it were on flat ground. Do you know what type of engine it had originally or are you just going to throw anything you can get in it? I got some welding to do on my old beast, defo a 240 thing. Hope all is well anyhow mate!
It had a B230F like most of the 240s here in Germany, going for the same. Would have been good to turbo it but not so easy to do here 😀
@@Involvod Why is it harder to do there? Different registration laws or something? Here you can dump the engine in it and then take it to a garage to inspect for a small fee, then send the letter off to the dvla of the garage inspection report and that's all.
Have you had the head off to see if you just need a new block?
@@Involvod Oh, also is it 8 or 16 valve?
@@killingit2091 yeah it's difficult to modify cars in Germany, engine swaps can be almost impossible. I don't currently have the head or exhaust manifold, I'm still trying to get hold of it. I'll keep this old block though maybe one day it can be rebuilt
@@killingit2091 it's an 8v 👍
👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌👌👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
wrong way in, mate. shoulda' reversed this mother.