My Volvo 940 Now keeping it

[daveb47]

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.
 

[purplebargeken]

Sign up to the Volvo Owners Club forum for tech advice and possibility of parts being made available.

[anonymous user]

Sign up to the Volvo Owners Club forum for tech advice and possibility of parts being made available . a good condescending telling off

EFA

[rml2345]

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.

[purplebargeken]

TBH they have been a good bunch. Got a freebie 940 Wentworth estate from there too. 

[oman5]

here you go.

 

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=131828

[daveb47]

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.

[daveb47]

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?

[hauserplenty]

2-part rearview mirror adhesive? If it doesn't melt the plastic, that is...

[Shep Shepherd]

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

[daveb47]

Thanks for that Shep,makes sense....

Ordered

 

Any ideas why rear wiper keeps stopping in center position?

[Richard]

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]

^

 

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.

[daveb47]

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.

[brickwall]

Locks and door handles and buttons can be the worst jobs of all. Good luck.

[daveb47]

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.

[Tetleysmooth]

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.

[daveb47]

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

[Lankytim]

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.

[Richard]

Just make sure you run a tap through the captive nuts that don't have the lashing eye bolted to them.

[daveb47]

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.

[Lankytim]

That's a new one on me!

[overrun]

Weird.

 

We fitted one to one of filthyjohns and all the threaded holes were there.

[daveb47]

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.

[purplebargeken]

^ I nearly vomited my evening meal up after laughing so hard. 

[Jim Bell]

Hes master of the Threads, but they get their digs in where they can.

[Lankytim]

You're not suppost to bolt the towbar on with sparkplugs!

[daveb47]

You're not suppost to bolt the towbar on with sparkplugs!

But they were the same thread as the holes>>>

[Micrashed]

I once used an old spark plug as an "emergency" sump plug - lasted for years like that.

[twosmoke300]

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.

 

 

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