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Repair a Wreck? 200 1986

posted by  someone claiming to be Pia on  Wed Jan 29 16:56 CST 2003 [RELATED]

I found a 1986 245 DL 4 speed w/overdrive AC no radio, interior ok except missing trim on tailgate, broken left rear lens, missing front grille and headlight lenses, rusted and misaligned hood, and most of all broken left front axle (tie rod and steering knuckles broken and bent, respectively). The car wasn't insured, so it hasn't been totalled/salvaged. My question is: I can change the fender and hood myself, but how much would the labor be to replace the tie rods and steering knuckles? The engine compartment appears intact (not bent or broken). See attached photos:

http://www.geocities.com/molidpiree/86Volvo.html







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    Repair a Wreck? 200 1986

    posted by  StreetAngel21 on  Fri Jan 31 11:14 CST 2003
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    Pia, don't go through THAT much pain and suffering fixing up that poor car, you can find one well worth your time, besides that one, g-luck, take care...street








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    Repair a Wreck? 200 1986

    posted by  chris herbst on  Wed Jan 29 17:10 CST 2003
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    I'll put it this way (this is the voice of salvage/reconstruction talking):

    There are many wrecks like that, that are very worth the effort and the money to rebuild. That isn't one of them.

    The car was hit in one of the worst spots.

    Strut assembly
    balljoint
    control arm
    tie rod
    tie rod end
    sway bar end link
    poss. sway bar
    frame rail is caved
    strut tower is moved over
    front of car has sidesway damage

    It isn't a hard fix, but it isn't an easy fix either. You need to have the frame pulled straight first (several hours of straightening time), and then mount the parts. The suspension and sheet metal parts (junkyard) are cheap. The front end plastic is NOT cheap.

    A body shop might run up $5000 in charges to set that one back up. You might actually commit a couple thousand of ACTUAL charges even if you did some of the work yourself. There is no way to make a wreck like that feasible with 200k, on an 86.
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    Chris Herbst, near Chicago.








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      Repair a Wreck? 200 1986

      posted by  someone claiming to be Pia on  Wed Jan 29 17:19 CST 2003 [RELATED]

      Thank you, Chris!








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        Repair a Wreck? 200 1986

        posted by  Zee on  Wed Jan 29 18:26 CST 2003
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        Having done my junkyard '84 which had no frame nor suspension damage, I agree with Chris. (and I'm just glad HE took the time to list all the problems visible, so I did't have to....)

        I got lucky and found a boneyard the day after I bought my car which had a half dozen donors available to me -- two in my color!

        But it still was months of picking inferior plastic parts until I located some good ones.

        I would not even atempt this project today because I know my yard here doesn't have many (or any) of these 240's nowadays.
        --
        1989 740Ti 1986 240DL 1984 244GL







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