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Lookinig for a TowBar set up 200

posted by  someone claiming to be CB on  Mon Mar 5 17:07 CST 2018 [RELATED]

for my 80 244... from what I've read, this install on the older will not require any cutting as it would if I put the towbar on the 87 wagon, with that plastic shroud under the rear bumper.

just want to pull a large cart for wood from the sawmill, supplies from Lowes, a logsplitter. Nothing really heavy or long distance. A tractor, basically.

Used. Looking in local Pick and Pulls...
Any insights advice appreciated re the install. Or got one for sale? In MD near the Pa line.







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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    If you get the original Volvo hitch make sure you have the long metric bolts that comes with it. And also the 2 sleeves that act as spacers between inner frame and the hitch.

    Otherwise you will crush the outer frame wall as you thighten the big nuts under the hitch. The frame has 3 layers of horizontal sheet metal at that location.



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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    CB,

    I believe you will still have to cut through the rear valence whether it is a sedan or a wagon as I believe they use the same rear valence.

    Please correct me if I am wrong here.

    Thanks,

    Matt
    --
    1989 - 245, 1990 - 245, 1991 - 245, and 1993 - 245



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    posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

    I don't have a lead for a tow bar. Years ago I bought the OEM kit from a dealer. It is a great unit. Anyway I have scans of the OEM mounting and wiring instructions:
    http://s1365.photobucket.com/user/johfraser/library/
    Open the folder called Trailer Hitch.
    Maybe this will be of some use.



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      posted by  someone claiming to be on  Wed Dec 31 18:00 CST 1969 [RELATED]

      Whatever you find in the scrap yards, or used on-line, will likely mount as the original dealer installed trailer hitches (to be picky-that's the term you should use-rather than tow bar-which is a related-but different thing). I drive a 1980 245 (bought in 2000) that has an orignal "Volvo" hitch -- and have stored away an aftermarket to go on my V8 project 245. The aftermarket hitch is a lighter duty unit (1.5" receiver) but mounts using the same fixed nut points used by the Volvo hitch. That is - a few 10mm bolts (14mm head) on each frame rail as well as a long heavier bolt going up through the bumper piston. Years ago I installed a used Volvo hitch on my original V8 - bought a bolt kit from Volvo for about $30 - then 1989. -- Dave



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