seat question 92 240

[rick shockley]

can anyone recommend a replacement seat, i am not interested in rebuilding
or recovering the old seat and i drive quite a bit, so i need something
supportive and comfortable for long drives.

 

[Pat Quadlander]

go to a junk yard and pull a good condition seat from another 240. Easy job
and inexpensive.

 

[James Sweet]

can anyone recommend a replacement seat, i am not interested in rebuilding
or recovering the old seat and i drive quite a bit, so i need something
supportive and comfortable for long drives.

Find a good used seat from another '86-'93 240 and have it rebuilt if
nessesary, it's the only thing that'll fit safely other than perhaps an
aftermarket racing bucket ($$$)

 

[Robert Lutwak]

Both our '87 and '89 240s suffered the collapsing seat back problem. At
first I thought it was because I'm big and fat (200 lbs) but then the other
one, belonging to my small light (100 lb) wife failed identically.

In one of them, I replaced the seats with a pair from a totaled '92 at the
junkyard for $100 (I actually did the swap in the junkyard parking lot in
about 30 minutes and left the bad ones with them). The ones from the '92
lasted for another two years before failing in the same way.

I don't think Volvo ever fixed the design problem in the 240. Replacing
them with junkyard seats is a short-term solution at best.

We never had this problem with our '76 or '78 260s. I don't know whether
the older '70's seats fit in the late 80's mounting holes or if you can find
a decent set of 30 year-old-seats in a junkyard, but that's what I would
pursue if I had to do it again.

So far, we haven't seen this problem with our 850's. Anyone ever try
squeezing 850 seats into a 240?

-RL

 

[Mike F]

Both our '87 and '89 240s suffered the collapsing seat back problem. At
first I thought it was because I'm big and fat (200 lbs) but then the other
one, belonging to my small light (100 lb) wife failed identically.

In one of them, I replaced the seats with a pair from a totaled '92 at the
junkyard for $100 (I actually did the swap in the junkyard parking lot in
about 30 minutes and left the bad ones with them). The ones from the '92
lasted for another two years before failing in the same way.

I don't think Volvo ever fixed the design problem in the 240. Replacing
them with junkyard seats is a short-term solution at best.

We never had this problem with our '76 or '78 260s. I don't know whether
the older '70's seats fit in the late 80's mounting holes or if you can find
a decent set of 30 year-old-seats in a junkyard, but that's what I would
pursue if I had to do it again.

So far, we haven't seen this problem with our 850's. Anyone ever try
squeezing 850 seats into a 240?

-RL

The seat back was made wider, and some bars were welded in to give more
side support in '86. These extra bars seem to eventually push through
the foam. The '85 and older ones with the flatter backs don't suffer
from this problem.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)

 

[James Sweet]

Both our '87 and '89 240s suffered the collapsing seat back problem. At
first I thought it was because I'm big and fat (200 lbs) but then the other
one, belonging to my small light (100 lb) wife failed identically.

In one of them, I replaced the seats with a pair from a totaled '92 at the
junkyard for $100 (I actually did the swap in the junkyard parking lot in
about 30 minutes and left the bad ones with them). The ones from the '92
lasted for another two years before failing in the same way.

I don't think Volvo ever fixed the design problem in the 240. Replacing
them with junkyard seats is a short-term solution at best.

IPD sells a kit to repair it, though when I had the same problem I repaired
it myself with parts I cobbled together and it's held up ever since.