Thanks everyone for your response. I installed IPD overload coils and Sachs shocks this weekend on the 245 instead of doing the timing belt/vbelts/water pump. I suppose I'll just take the pump in to Auto Zone and check out some studs as mentioned.

BTW, HUGE difference in highway and mid/moderate road handling. Love it. At lower speeds on rough roads and over parking lot speed bumps it runs like an ironing board- flat, straight, hard. Yuk. Alas, so hard to find the happy medium.

You remove all of three, count em, three bolts during the process, yet after assuring proper torque on all of them, the rear end has clunks that would match the shock movement(and NO its not the trailing arm bushings).

But I don't care. I'm tired of chasing rabbits. I've got the above TBelt replacement to focus on and now a rear caliper and rotor that is seizing and pitting and heating up like the Flame from the Fantastic 4.

Where is that guy who's wife was deliberating a 240 purchase? He is crazy! Noticed he's now on the BB!

I love this car, but sometimes I'll tell ya...it's like a wife you've gotten used to but would never leave...did I mention I love it?
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89 245 'loaded' with a Great Pyrenees

I bought a set today at Auto Zone. The brand name is "Dorman" and the part number is 23743. They worked perfectly. I put a little lock tite on them and put them in. I could have used my old studs but they were not "shiney" enough for my wife.

Replacing the pump was an enjoyable experience. I came up short once on how to loosen the belt on that AC pump. Before I lost it, I sat down at the computer, searched the ARchives on how to remove an AC belt from a 240. Found out there is a 13mm nut you can see, and a 13 mm nut you can't see. I was on it and had the belt off in less than 5 minutes after that. Brickboard to the rescue again!

Wiglaf

The local auto supply store has a display called "HELP" and they sell the studs as a ready supply packages. It was about 2.95 for six studs.

Are your old studs reusable or are they stuck in the old pump?

The size/thread of the holes in the new pump are the same as every other fastener in the car with a 10mm hex. (Standard M6?)

It might be worth phoning the dealership our an auto parts place. Definitely use "automotive grade" studs/nuts, there can be trouble if the fan comes loose long after you've forgotten about the repair.

-Ryan
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Athens, Ohio
1987 245 DL 314k, Dog-mobile
1990 245 DL 134k M47, E-codes, GT Sway Bars
1991 745 GL 300k, Regina, 23/21mm Turbo Sway Bars
Buckeye Volvo Club

Napa should have them. If you have an Ace hardware nearby, most of them are carrying a pretty good hardware selection, lots of neat oddball metric stuff.
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-------Robert, '93 940t, '90 240 wagon, '84 240 diesel (she's sick) , '80 245 diesel, '86 740 GLE turbo diesel, '92 Ford F350 diesel dually