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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / August 2005Spare engine - good idea?
I have the possibility of buying locally a spare engine and transmission for my 92 240 wagon. Mine has 310,000 kms and the spares came out of a vehicle with <150,000 kms. The engine and transmission work fine in mine, but I figure that at some point it may be useful to have a spare, should problems arise. Good idea, or needless use of storage shed/garage floor space? There are also many other parts available from the original donor vehicle. WHich ones do you figure would be more useful for me to pick up, for future use? Thanks. >I have the possibility of buying locally a spare engine and > transmission for my 92 240 wagon. Mine has 310,000 kms and the spares [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > vehicle. WHich ones do you figure would be more useful for me to pick > up, for future use? Thanks. I think it depends on the condition of the rest of the car. If everything else is in very good shape (including the plastic interior bits) the car might outlast the engine. At nearly 230K miles the engine and tranny of our '85 765T are two of the sturdiest parts. It might be useful to get responses from people who have had 240s for a very long time: if they had a replacement engine/tranny available, would they have used it at any time? As far as other parts go, I'll vote for keeping an AMM on hand. The fuel pumps might come in handy, too. I'm sure other people will remember more. Mike Thanks for your thoughts Mike. Indeed, these 4 cyl engines (and auto transmissions) have a reputation for lasting a LONG time, so it's not certain that I'd get to use the spare drivetrain. THen again, one never knows when some catastrophic failure may occur... The body on my 92 is quite good, so hopefully it will last me a few years yet... I'll look at what else was taken out of the spares vehicle, and indeed I'll like to get a spare AMM, and maybe also the ECU and other such bits. Cheers! >>There are also many other parts available from the original donor >>vehicle. WHich ones do you figure would be more useful for me to pick [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > As far as other parts go, I'll vote for keeping an AMM on hand. The fuel > pumps might come in handy, too. I'm sure other people will remember more. _____ Agree with keeping AMM as spare. ECUs vary from model to model. My son's 1986 wagon needed a differential replaced at 400,000 km. The overdrive unit (M46 tranny) was also replace a little earlier. I would be tempted to keep engine, tranny and rear axle (includes diff) if i had space. Regards / John In an earlier contribution to this discussion, > I have the possibility of buying locally a spare engine and > transmission for my 92 240 wagon. Mine has 310,000 kms and the spares [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > vehicle. WHich ones do you figure would be more useful for me to pick > up, for future use? Thanks. I fear that Sod's Law will ensure that the parts which fail on your car won't be the parts for which you have spares from the donor car. The safest solution would be to buy the whole thing - and then canabalise it as necessary.  SignatureCheers, Bonnet Lock ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. > I have the possibility of buying locally a spare engine and > transmission for my 92 240 wagon. Mine has 310,000 kms and the spares [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > vehicle. WHich ones do you figure would be more useful for me to pick > up, for future use? Thanks. Those engines are pretty easy to come by, if you have lots of space and it's an exceptional price then it wouldn't hurt, but personally I'd pass until I needed one. Usually the rest of the car falls apart long before the engine fails. You could pick up the air mass meter as a spare though. You may have a point re: the engine (mine's been well maintained by the previous owner and likely has a fair amount of life left in it). I may pick up the transmission as I could fit that better in my storage area, and maybe the diff if he's got it. There's apparently a lot of boxes with stuff that was taken out of the rusty donor before it was scrapped. An AMM is definitely on my list! (picked one up in a junkyard a couple of weeks ago, but it's an earlier one 88 so won't work on my car 92). Cheers. |
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