Hi Dave ,

pop into your local volvo dealer , tell them how helpfull Pilling volvo were in Milton keynes and ask if they can have a look for you .

I am sure they will not want to be outshone by another dealer ,

If the car had still been at Steves I would have got you to pop round and I would have had a look for you.

I wouldn't go to the dealer with these sort of problems tbh, with the age of these cars I'm sorry to say that any knowledgeable people that used to be there will have probably moved on, if they were ever there in the first place

This is one of those things that the patient DIY'er is gonna be in a better position to sort out than the dealer, who's job it is to push as many cars through the workshop as possible. When they get a niggly thing the usual response is to start changing everything in sight until they come across the problem.

Redline

The car is in MK until Sunday (16th) afternoon. If you're available Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning, let me know and I'll PM you my details or if you PM me yours I'll pop it round.

Thanks very much for the offer.

I dont want to embarress anyone but would like to thank all those below for helping the guys break the £600.00 mark

pettaw ,Gavin Campbell ( cornholio )Nigel Metcalfe, mickt and
Martin Houston

ok Steve bought the car around to mine this morning , showed him how to take the dash out ,

all the printed circuitry looks ok and so did the connector plugs ,

however I did notice that all the lights that come on when you switch the ignition on "DIDNT "

all the warning lights work ( indicators , hazard , high beam , rear screen , fog etc )

but the ignition , oil ,handbrake dont. do's that give anyone any clues ?
when you have the car running the battery light flashes and the rev counter needle seems to move slightly to the beat of the battery light flashing. the rev counter dosent always work and I didnt see the fuel gauge or temp gauge move at all

the stabilizer has gone to kent but now they know how to get the dash out it shouldent be too hard ,

there is also some alarm bits and bobs tucked up under the dash but I didnt touch them

something else I hadnt seen before and looked original was a warning light with a towbar on it mounted on the bottom leading edge of the dash surround ( just below the glass mounted horizontally on the right hand side )

the car seems to start and run just fine

forgot to say the bayonet clip that holds the speedo cable in has broken on the car can you replce just the clip or is it a new cable ?, wedged it back in for now

Re cable, I superglued it back together on mine, as I was feeling tight and found all the bits, but it's really not an option, and very tempramental, new cable time I'd guess.

Does the car have electric windows by any chance? As the fuse for those is the same as the dials mine blew when i first fitted the windows as it needs to be a 15 amp.
Adam

yes it do's Adam , Steve said that his mate had checked the fuses so I didnt bother , will let him know , Thanks

Yeah, it could be Fuse 9, and it needs to be 25 Amp if the car's got electric windows.

Its more likely to be the left hand connector, the other warning lamps have their own supply, but the main warning lamps (oil pressure etc) and the rev counter use a common 12V feed, its the very right hand wire on the left hand connector. (If my diagram is correct it should be the black&red wire)

I would remove the connector and clean that terminal in particular, and it if looks like its sunk in a bit, very carefully bend it upwards with a small screwdriver.

Yep, it does have electric windows at the front but they work fine. Everything works except the fuel and temp guage and some of the warning lights. Rev counter is a bit temperamental too it kinda works fine then drops to zero and then will start working again, very odd.

All the fuses are OK.

Maybe it's just 18 years old and we need to cut it some slack?

sorry my bad 25 not 15
Adam

I have passed this all on to Dave,
thanks guys

stemll wrote:Yep, it does have electric windows at the front but they work fine. Everything works except the fuel and temp guage and some of the warning lights. Rev counter is a bit temperamental too it kinda works fine then drops to zero and then will start working again, very odd.

All the fuses are OK.

Maybe it's just 18 years old and we need to cut it some slack?

Nah, it should all be working 100% tbh.

I'll bet its that connector.

Tbh a lot of the reason that cars deteriorate is because people say, oh, its just old, but actually fixing all the stuff properly and doing simple maintenance these cars can be transformed into something that's as smooth and comfortable as any modern car, particularly if you do a few suspension tweaks as others on here have done.

pettaw wrote:these cars can be transformed into something that's as smooth and comfortable as any modern car

Especially with leather and aircon eh Andy