daveb47 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Rather than post everywhere i thought i would do topic for car. At moment just wondering if anyone is breaking one of these as i want to retrofit a cruise control.Has anyone on here done this in past and obviously i need to source parts.Also after a tow bar. anonymous user and Minimad5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Sign up to the Volvo Owners Club forum for tech advice and possibility of parts being made available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Sign up to the Volvo Owners Club forum for tech advice and possibility of parts being made available . a good condescending telling offEFA robinmasters, Twiggy, Shep Shepherd and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The VOC isn't bad for getting ideas if you can wade through 12 pages of "What code is it?" And "You should ALWAYS search the forum first! Why oh why oh why..." etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 TBH they have been a good bunch. Got a freebie 940 Wentworth estate from there too. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman5 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 here you go. http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=131828 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Think i have given up on cruise control for now,just cant afford it at moment but i will see if i can get bits as and when cheap ones appear. My son has ordered a towbar for car so that will be a fun job soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Just noticed that auxiliary stop light that is supposed to be stuck to rear window,no longer is.Whats best thing to use to re stick it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauserplenty Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 2-part rearview mirror adhesive? If it doesn't melt the plastic, that is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The high level brake light should be attached to the tailgate's interior trim panel with screws. At least it is on The Volvo and The Wentworth. Has the trim panel itself come adrift of its mounting clips, which would also cause the brake light to come away from the window? This is a very common problem caused by the holes in the panel that the [tailgate mounted] clips go into becoming enlarged/broken from years of the tailgate being slammed shut. There is a repair kit available cheaply to remedy this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-TAILGATE-PANEL-REPAIR-KIT-700-740-760-900-940-960-850-V70-/281337102825?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AVolvo&hash=item4180ff81e9 I have such a kit waiting to go on The Wentworth after I replace its faulty rear wiper motor. I fitted the very same kit to both The Volvo and TV2 not long after I bought them to great effect DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thanks for that Shep,makes sense....Ordered Any ideas why rear wiper keeps stopping in center position? Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Any ideas why rear wiper keeps stopping in center position? Spindle full of crud would be my guess. Mine eventually got so stiff it wouldn't move at all. It was relatively easy to strip down and clean/lubricate but I couldn't remember which side the wiper parked on and ended up with it on the wrong side. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 ^ Could also be that the self-park switch in the motor is faulty. Not sure how to go about fixing it, though. I'd go with cleaning/lubricating the wiper spindle before trying anything drastic, as it's an easy/free job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Got wiper motor out & spindle was seized,currently soaking in plusgas. Now trying to get rear door panel off to sort locking,but cant work how to get winder handle off,dont want to force it.Anyone know how it is fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Locks and door handles and buttons can be the worst jobs of all. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Managed to get rear wiper sorted,spindle was seized virtually solid,Screwed stoplight back on,the screws had fallen out.Winder handle is actually held by screw in centre of it which is cover by clip on cover which some bright spark had superglued in place.A well aimed drill hole through it over screw allowed access for screwdiver.A good lube session and straightening of linkages sorted central locking. Next job,which i am not looking forward to is fitting towbar.Looks like i have to remove lower section of bumper or something. Shep Shepherd and eddyramrod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetleysmooth Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Nice to see you're sorting out the little niggles Dave. I unsiezed the rear wiper myself when I had it, so it looks like it could be a regular thing. I also sorted the rear wash too. Where the rear lights are, the was a little valve to stop the washer fluid draing back. This was pissing water out, so I took it out and just joined the pipes, seemed ok afterwards. I couldn't be arsed with the rear door. Sometimes it'd work, sometimes not. Hope you're still enjoying the car though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Its running well,well pleased with it. Just found badly scanned Haynes manual for it,it is in english in spite of title.http://wuz.me/files/Volvo-940---Haynes-Manual-Auto-Repair---Fragmented.rar Also wiring manual http://wuz.me/files/volvo_940_owners_manual_1993.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 The towbar should be easy, the captive nuts for the bolts are already there and being a later model it should be pre wired. Just plug and play. Iirc if you put a fuse in a vacant slot you'll get a tell tale indicator light on the dash too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Just make sure you run a tap through the captive nuts that don't have the lashing eye bolted to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Fuckbag fucking volvo..............Fitting towbar,side with towing eye,no problems.Other side 3 holes,no fucking threads tapped,just blank holes.Managed to tap holes but what a nightmare to do,had to be side with exhaust.Towbar now fitted just wiring to sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 That's a new one on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Weird. We fitted one to one of filthyjohns and all the threaded holes were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Knowing my luck its probably the only one ever like that!Once bought a set of Champion spark plugs with no thread on them whatsoever. DeeJay, robinmasters, privatewire and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 ^ I nearly vomited my evening meal up after laughing so hard. brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Hes master of the Threads, but they get their digs in where they can. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 You're not suppost to bolt the towbar on with sparkplugs! robinmasters and RichardK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 You're not suppost to bolt the towbar on with sparkplugs!But they were the same thread as the holes>>> Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micrashed Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I once used an old spark plug as an "emergency" sump plug - lasted for years like that. Shep Shepherd, brickwall, binhoker668 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Honda superdream oil filter through bolts can be used as a flywheel puller on the same bike. I believe the rear axle bolt may also work. todays useless facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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