Hi Joel,

Apologies for my late reply.

Chopsticks are useful! Yeah, I got the dangling hose wrong as to purpose.

Thank you for the images and the video. Our wise, esteemed, and revered Volvo 240 sage Art Benstein provides you guidance.

Lovely color! Your 1989 240 (DL, GL?) Sedan (Saloon) is a genuine jewel! Your engine sounds fine in your video. You have the M47 II 5-speed gear box. I'm unsure Volvo makes the high quality gear lube for M47. Though the alternate is a quality synthetic Ford "Type F". I use Amsoil Super Shift in M47.

https://www.amsoil.com/shop/by-product/transmission-fluid/automatic/super-shift-racing-transmission-fluid-sae-10w/

I'm unsure what brands and their spec you have in UK or in the continent.

Find the overfill method for gear box drain and fill. Verify the fill plug will loosen and tighten. The steel fill and drain plugs secure to thread cut in the aluminum alloy gearbox housing. So, do not cross thread and verify proper torque. Also, you may want to use the newer grey alloy (or fiber?) crush washers. (Though I've reused the copper washers and ensured a clean contact area using residue free brake parts cleaner). Usually, the drain plug, if not both the drain and fill plug, contain a conical magnet load to take ferrous metal bits out of the splashed fluid during motoring. You clean these of metal bits when removed.

I depart for another round at the funny-not so funny cGMP factory for Friday morning.

I'll review your images and your video more. (Thank you for using the Brick Pix Gallery!) Please post more! It would help to see the crank pulley. Though take care using your mobile for images underhood.

I'll reply later today to tomorrow.

Please let me know if the UK, Commonwealth (Canada), or some other useful nation (Norway, Finland, Switzerland) has use of a technical author / illustrator of worth. My joke as I want to defect away from here. ha-ha. Something SCADA control. Some software administered hardware. I'm enamored with Swiss / Swede ABB and Siemens AG.

Missouri is awfullest within the awful. ha-ha. We have the baseball Cardinals, the hockey Blue Notes (Blues) and awful craft beer, all of it. Back to Guinness stout on Nitro charge, I guess. Few rear wheel drive Volvos in rusty city. Even the stainless gateway arches thing gets rust here.

Sorry to go on so. I hate where I work and reside, yet again.

Thanks,

Bruce.
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