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by VolvoNuts85
09 Feb 2014 02:25 am
Forum: Bodywork, interior, electrical equipment, accessories
Topic: Alternator upgrade - anybody done this?
Replies: 3
Views: 6570

Alternator upgrade - anybody done this?

Has anyone managed to do an alternator upgrade from the standard 55 Amp or 60 Amp (A483?) alternator to something bigger. I want to fit a bigger alternator, nothing enormous, just bigger than standard, either 70, 75 or 80 Amp - I have a aftermarket stereo and alarm system fitted and am fed up of the...
by VolvoNuts85
21 Feb 2013 05:02 pm
Forum: Bodywork, interior, electrical equipment, accessories
Topic: Heater Blower squealing problem
Replies: 2
Views: 6039

Heater Blower squealing problem

The blower motor on the early-type heater unit on my 1985 Volvo 340 GLE keeps developing a squealing noise every 12 months or so. Each year I have to take the top cover off the heater box and oil it and every year it runs dry and starts making an appalling racket again, particularly when on the 1st ...
by VolvoNuts85
03 Oct 2012 11:41 am
Forum: Volvo 300 series: demand
Topic: Sunroof, front valence and spoiler wanted
Replies: 5
Views: 2673

Sunroof, front valence and spoiler wanted

How do you get hold of a New-Old-Stock metal sunroof panel? My metal sunroof panel is full of holes and I'm fed up of having to re-fill it and re-paint it each year. I've been to my local Volvo dealer and they was as helpful as ever (i.e. not very helpful at all - the answer to "do you have so and s...