Volvo Maintenance Hints for 7xx/9xx - Bill Garland's Nuclear ...

pull these so they are reinserted into the side frames of the seat.
23) Insert the spring bar into the front flap, wrap around the front bar, and insert the bar ends into the holes at the seat frame
sides. This holds the front of the cushion onto the frame and tensions the covering. Add the round spring clips to secure the
bar.
24) Clean and treat leather with Lexol.
25) Plug the seat heater connections back together.
26) Reinstall the seat in the car and plug the seat heater in. Re-torque the seat bolts and the seat belt to 35 ft-lbs.
27) Adjust the seat and enjoy!!!!
Seat Pocket
Mount
Repair. [Tips
from Bill
VanOrden]
To repair the
plastic side
pocket at the
base of your
seat -which
tends to
break at the
mounting
points- you
will need:
●
Solvent alcohol
Seat Pocket Mount Repair
● JB Weld Epoxy, fast or slow (Loctite Quick Epoxy can also be used)
● Machine screw approximately 19mm long, same diameter and pitch as the original attaching bolt, see drawing to
determine length.
● Nut to fit the above bolt
● Metal bushing or piece of copper tubing to fit the above bolt, about 8-10mm shorter than the bolt. Length is not critical
as long as it does not project out of the well in the pocket. Use the drawing for reference.
● Solvent weld or MEK to repair pocket
● Small piece of 3/32" to 1/8" thick ABS plastic sheet
Remove the seat pocket from the car and clean the area around the broken mount with solvent alcohol. If you use isopropyl
from the drug store make sure it has no oils in it, many times "rubbing alcohol" has mineral oil added to it and this defeats its
use as a cleaner. Remove and clean the part of the pocket still attached to the seat. Re- attach this to the seat pocket using
solvent weld, do NOT glue!! The trick to solvent welding is to get both pieces very clean and hold them together. Then touch
a modeler's paint brush wet with solvent to the joint. If you have enough (but NOT too much) solvent on the brush it will wick
into the joint and very soon a small bead of plastic will ooze out of the joint. If you have too much solvent on the brush it will
run all over and mar the surface of the plastic. This technique can be used to repair cracks in most of the 740 interior panels,
I have about a 1/2 pint in my car already! Set aside for 1/2 hour. Weld (using your now perfected solvent welding skills) the
small piece of plastic sheet into place. Set aside again for 1/2 hour. Drill the hole in the attaching well through the newly
attached piece of plastic. Scuff the outside of the bushing with sandpaper or a file to make the epoxy adhere to it. Bolt this
bushing into place using the nut and bolt. The length of the bolt has to allow it to project about 7mm out of the repaired seat