On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:35:17 -0500, "Perry Noid" <nobody@home.com>
wrote:

>
>the car: '89 240 wagon
>the problem: The outside handle on the drivers door is getting a little
>"loose". That is, there more play in it than in the others. I checked inside
>the door, and it doesn't seem to be in the linkage, so I'm guessing that
>over the years, the metal in the hinge of the handle has just worn away
>slowly.
>
>Of course, the other 3 door handles are still pretty firm, since they don't
>get anywhere near the use that the driver door gets. I was wondering if the
>handle mechanism for the two left-side doors would be the same? That is,
>could I swap the left rear handle to the left front, and get a few more
>years out of it?
>
>parrot33 at hotmail dot com
>
I had the same problem on a 240. The rivet that holds the handle to
the base wears out. Now it's been awhile but I remember getting the
rivets from the dealer. I suspect that if you pulled the handle and
looked at the rivet, probably the right-side one, you'd find the
problem and a trip to a a decent hardware store would yield an
acceptable rivet. A vice to hold the mechanism and a ball-peen hammer
to round off the rivet end and you're back in action.

Chuck Fiedler
Nothing but Volvo since 1974