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Old 01-08-2022, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Echo1975 View Post
Do seal kits for ATE fit girling?
I have no idea. But I would guess probably not?

Again, no doubt the factory literature (or even non-factory good literature like a Haynes or Bentley manual) would be of major help in figuring out what you have and what you need.

Rather than going into the project blind, it would really be smart to get hands on that kind of info. The factory greenbooks are out there online in many places as .pdf format -- you will find them if you search. The ones I have seen are all in English but that seems to be no issue for you.

Alternatively the Haynes and Bentley manuals for the 240 are commonly found for very little money on ebay used. So are paper hardcopies of the factory manuals. Probably available in whatever language you wish.

The Bentley manual in particular is renowned for being easy to use. The 240 is the only Volvo model Bentley ever published a manual for unfortunately, but they also do manuals for VW/Audi/Porsche cars and those are excellent, I can say from firsthand experience. Arguably the Bentley book could easier to use than the factory Volvo manuals since it is all one large volume covering the entire car, rather than broken up into subject sections like the Volvo greenbooks, where you have to chase down the particular section you need. The downside with the Bentley though is that it is published in the US and only covers US 240 models 1983 onward I believe and only gasoline powered models at that. So no diesel engine information whatsoever, and if your 240 is 1982 or older, OR if the European market version you have used different brakes than the US cars (no clue on that), then it may not be completely useful or could give incorrect info that sends you the wrong direction. Just a word of caution on those. Otherwise the Bentley manuals seem to be much beloved among the 240 series owners though.
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