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Part Numbers for the Cat-Downpipe Repair? 900 1995

posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Sun Sep 26 03:48 CST 2010
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The fun never stops on my wife's 1995 945 with 230k.

A loud exhaust sound appeared last week. Investigating, it appears that one of the three bolts securing the upstream end of the cat to the down pipe has rusted apart. The other two bolts as well as the securing hardware looks pretty bad too.

The FAQ Article mentions a flange kit for repairing the joint, and the subsequent text mentioned part numbers for the doughnut ring but nothing for the kit to repair/replace the flange itself.

Does anyone know what the Volvo PN for that kit is? Tasca doesn't seem to have a category for that sort of thing.

Given that it is Sunday, does anyone know of a kit from the common parts places like Autozone?








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    NAPA has repair flanges (link inside) 900 1995

    uid 18083's pic
    posted by  lucid on  Sun Sep 26 04:13 CST 2010
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    See THIS POST.

    The Volvo version (8551977) looks nicer but is about $16 each.

    Both types use the standard "donut" gasket (sealing ring).
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    Bruce Young, '93 940-NA (current), 240s (one V8), 140s, 122s, since '63.








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      Time are a changin' 900 1995

      posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Sun Sep 26 05:55 CST 2010
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      Thanks for the link.

      Napa had two... actually just one. The other was larger, but I bought it anyway. Price for the "correct" one was $11.99. The larger was quite a bit more (nearly $20.00), but they equalized the price for me.

      now I'm off to spend some quality time under my car...








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        Fixed... pretty much 900 1995

        posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Sun Sep 26 08:33 CST 2010
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        Getting the old bracket off was a small matter of breaking the last two bolts off. Not much there so they came off easily.

        The larger bracket worked well clamping around the backside of the old bracket (the cat side, which wouldn't come off w/o some grinding and cutting. The small size-bracket clamped nicely around the exhaust manifold downpipe. I put in a new o-ring and adjusted it all and I clamped it down.

        The seal is great and the fix was pretty fast. I'm glad that worked.

        My only complaint is that the ring brackets are a simple 2-bolt setup and the clamping ring bent somewhat in the middle and I torqued it all down.
        But... it is holding. noise is gone, and no doubt the engine will be running better w/o all that bum atmosphere getting into the cat.







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