Any ideas?>

Gary

I changed out the cluster on a 1987 240 DL - twice actually as the> speedometer on the first replacement was broken. Get the Bentley> manual. It is much better than either the Chilton or the Haynes.> Having looked at several Chilton manuals, as far as I can tell, they're> all the same with different covers. They are pretty useless. I bought> my Bentley manual on Ebay for about $10.>

Volvo sold a tach kit that that included a small clock as well. I saw> them on Ebay but never bought one. I have seen the clocks listed> seperately as well. The small clock goes to the right of the cluster.> Remove one of the square hole covers to install it. Or you can take> the working clock from your original cluster and put it in the new one.> This is an easy operation. I seem to remember a couple of outher> small optional gauges as well. You can choose any two as there are two> holes in the dash for them.>

While you are at it, check out the light bulbs. They tend to burn out> a lot on Volvos. Since you have 2 clusters, you should have enough> bulbs to make one good set. At least the cluster is easy to remove and> install - unlike the ones in my 850s where you have to remove the> windshield wipers to remove the dash cover - including the passenger> side airbag.>

If you are changing the cluster because the odometer stopped, you may> want to go to www.odometergears.c­om. I have had three Volvos and each> one outlived its odometer. In each case, it was a little plastic gear> in the odometer itself. Jeff (Odometer at Odometer Gears Ltd) makes> these gears and sells them for $25 each. There are two gears in the> odometer, so it will cost you $50. I mentioned earlier that I changed> my cluster twice. In both cases, the gears in the replacement clusters> were broken as well. I have also changed the gears in an Olds van and> a Saturn SC. It's not just a Volvo problem.

"Per Groth Ludvigsen" <pgl@post.cybercity­.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag> news:45ae8b71$0$140­11$edfadb0f@dread15.­news.tele.dk...>

I will put 12 V directly from the battery to this line and see what

I have had a look at the UK-website of EberspДcher. They offer much more

Viktor>

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Thanks Jones for keeping me going! I cleaned the contact probe with> electrical parts cleaner and made sure I had the holes blown out and> low and behold I got a code! ­ Says my idle air control valve is> faulty.> Now I just need to locate one of these (and hope its not too spendy)> and> replace it. YOU THE MAN!!!!> Jimmy

I've recently bought a V70 (2000 model). I wanted to wire up my> amp/woofer that I had in my previous car (the big kind that goes in the> trunk of the car). Now I need to find my way through the firewall> starting from the car battery (in front) to the trunk where the amp is> located.>

In my previous car there was just a "pod" where all wiring went through> the firewall and I just had to create an additional hole for the thick> power cable - however there's no such thing (as far as I was able to> inspect the firewall) in this v70.>

Anyone suggestions where I need to look? I don't want to drill it...

I got a '93 850, '95 850 and an '01 V70.>

The '93 had one weakness, the transmission. This was fixed and by '95> the 850 was a very solid highly reliable car.>

In 1998 designers and engineers gave the 850 model a thorough revamp,> adding power, safety, comfort, and a dash of styling pizzazz to an> already fine automobile. The cars were renamed: S70 for the sedan, and> V70 for the wagon. The redesign includes a new nose, body-color trim,> stronger side-impact protection, more powerful turbo engines, redesigned> interior, and revised suspension. All-wheel drive wagons arrive to> battle luxury SUVs and the hot-selling Subaru Legacy. However, at the> same time the cost reduced many of the good 850 parts. It took them a> year to sort out these problems.>

In 2001 the S60 became Volvo's sedan that took the place of the> discontinued S70 Sedan. Smaller than the S80 but bigger than the S40,> Volvo had designed the S60 to be sporty as well as safe.>

In 2001 the V70 had a major redesign that improved interior space,> versatility, comfort and performance. This V70 shared its platform with> the S80, Volvo's top-of-the-line sedan. As a result, the new V70 was> slightly shorter than the 2000 model, but it had a longer wheelbase,> wider front and rear tracks, and about 2 more inches of width and> height. The base 2.4T and all-wheel-drive Cross Country models came> with a 197-horsepower, 2.4-liter, turbocharged five-cylinder engine. The> XC T-5 was introduced. New safety features include front-and-rear head> airbags, and child-seat ISOFIX attachment points.>

The results were:>

Best 850's were '95 to '97.>

The most reliable V70s were '99 to '00 and also the '03. The '99 and> '00 were the best years. The worst years were '01 and '02 for the V70.>

The best S60s were the '01 to '05. It is a very solid line. The only> miss was the '03 S60 AWD. However the '03 -'04 S60 AWD was very good.>

These results are based upon major studies of large numbers of Volvo> owners and their repair histories. My personal experience with the '01> V70 AWD XC is very good, but other have has some problems.> --> Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA> Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79­,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '01 Volvos.> The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95­ and '01 through European Delivery.> http://home.earthli­nk.net/~rotarians/vo­lvo.html