Major issue now. Can anyone comment?

I've got a '84 240 Wagon Automatic Trans. and a 17 ft ski boat.

I need to attach a towbar I bought. Question:

How do I attach the volvo towbar no. T333760-5.

I've looked at back of the wagon and it looks like I've got to take off the muffler guard.

But the towbar looks alittle wide. Thanks.

I installed a tow hitch in my 1984 245 this summer. Pulled it off a similar car at the salvage yard, so was able to see how it fit on.

You need to remove the muffler guard.

There are two long bolts, one on each side, that come down from the cargo bay and stick out under the car. On a stock 240, the bolts are fairly short and are barely visible under the car. You'll need replacements that are much longer. Remove the short ones and replace them with longer ones. They're hard to find, so hopefully some came with your tow bar. You can now hold the tow bar assembly up to the bottom of the car, sticking the two protruding bolt ends through corresponding holes in the tow bar assembly. Use washers and nuts to secure it.

With the muffler guard off, you'll see three other threaded holes on each side of the underside of the car. Six holes in all (3 on each side). These correspond with additional holes in the tow bar assembly. You'll finish securing the tow bar to the underside of the car by lining up the holes and then threading bolts into them.

It definitely helps to have an assistant for this job. You need someone to hold the tow bar assembly steady while you fasten it. It's very bulky and hard to hold by yourself.

I was lucky to find a factory OEM hitch at the salvage yard that had clearly come new with the car and was installed perfectly. Not only was it cheap, but I could see exactly how it was done and I could grab all the necessary hardware.

On your 84 tow hitch installation, how close did the hitch fit against the wheel wheel molding? and how did it fit against or around muffler?

It seems that my muffler is in the way, and the tow bar too wide to fit between the wheel well cutouts.

It fit snuggly against the grooves on either side of the underbody. I didn't have to move the muffler or tailpipe to install it. If I can get out there and snap a digital photo, I'll post it.

Are you certain that the hitch you have is for a 1984?

Hi Ken,

You nee to remove the rear valance or cut a hole/slot in it fot the bar to pass through. The bar butts up against the inner faces of the 2 rear chassis rails just in front of the muffler box. These rails changed slightly in design from about 82ish on so an earlier bar of this type won't fit a later car etc

Hope this helps,

Rich.

Thanks for the input. My tow hitch seems too wide for my 84. Do you think my tow hitch is wrong size? Did the rail change get narrower?

Thanks, Ken

Hi Ken,

I'm not sure how the rails differed, only that they differed in some way (the instructions with my towbar warned me of this).

The hitch part of my bar goes over the top of the muffler and the long part with the flanges on each end seats between the rails to form an 'H', if you see what I mean. I merely cut a small slot in my valancefor the hitch and it oesn't look too bad.

Good luck Sir,

Rich.