The plastic pivot on the inside of the door handle has broken.  There are no
junkyards in my area with a new handle.  Does anybody have a source for
these or a spare for sale?  It's a black handle, '96 960 wagon
geotek(at) gmail(dot) com

Hallow
One of user alt.autos.volvo has written,..that is one method to check
egnition systems in Volvo 740 witchout OBD with using the LED and connect to
same connector and observed it while driving a car. Anybody know something

Uzytkownik "User" <radietzno@spamioip.com> napisal w wiadomosci:

The Haynes manual doesn't seem to match what is on the
ID plates in the car at all. Can someone post exactly how
to determine from the ID plates which rear grakes (Girling
or ATE) our 240 has? I'm not well enough to pull a wheel,

I have a 16 y.o. Volvo 740 GL (no lambda sensor) that had already made
180K miles (290K Km). it is a very sturdy and reliable car, not rusty.
engine is B200E, Constant Injection System.
the only problem I am having with it is that it is misfiring badly on

Hallow!
I've found some "free" connectors in my V740 (B230F).
I've took some photo about connectors in my car. So,..In photos I've marked
this connectors by number 1, 2 ,3 and 4. So If

My wife uses this car to commute to work.  One day someone pointed out that
her brake lights were not on. I checked the fuse (No.4) and it was okay.
Later a Volvo mechanic told me to check the fuse at its top, where a probe
can make contact. Both sides were hot. I had already ...

2 related questions about the 2006 v70 i own:
1) if no one is sitting in the passenger seat, should the "passenger
air bag" light above the rear view mirror be illuminated? logic would
tell me that the light should be on if no one is sitting there, as the

My electric fan on my '94 940 has begun to stay on for quite a long
time after the engine is off, long enough so that the battery becomes
drained to the point where it wont start the car. It does turn off,
just after a while. My questions are, what is sending a signal to the

I bought a Volvo 960 3L 24v last week and when I looked under the
bonnet (it's overheating...but I'll come to that in another post) I
noticed that I have a black unit which is disconnected from the
electrics, and looks like it should have a pipe coming from it.

My son's learning to drive and the original radio/cassette player in it
won't do for him. So he bought a garage sale Pioneer CD player for $10
and wants me to get it installed ASAP. I'd like to do it myself. Can
anyone tell me how to remove the original cr-718 from the dash? It's

I took the PC board out to re-soldier the AC connection a while back which fixed
a non
working compressor. At the time I didn't notice any other bad soldier points but
I think

I have a 1989 760 and the fuel guage does not register all of the time.  If
the tank is full, O.k.  If not it registers empty.  I replaced the fuel tank
sending unit but that didn't solve the problems.  Any thoughts?

Hellow
I can't find it in internet. Is true, that engine B200E is the same like
B200F from V240?? The B200E in V340 is with multipoint injection??
Is there any other differents??

One looks like a knock sensor, i guess ones for temp, but what's the
third one?
Car's been getting 10mpg in town. The sensor By the air filter plenum (
radiator sensor ) was disconnected and jumpered ( not any more, it's