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Fitting central locking, also heater illumination?

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Are any of the old Volvos fitted with CL that can be retrofitted into my 360? I could get a universal kit, but was just curious to other alternatives. I plan to fit a Cat 1 and use the pulse wires to enable remote central locking.

I used the search and it didn't turn up much - more about electric windows.

Also, should the heater controls light up on an '84 360 (mk2?) It's crap not being able to see what's happening lol. When I pulled the knobs off the sliders there appeared to be something behind them but it looked fibre optic if anything :?:

Any help appreciated as always 340pw
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OapEM wrote:Are any of the old Volvos fitted with CL that can be retrofitted into my 360? I could get a universal kit, but was just curious to other alternatives. I plan to fit a Cat 1 and use the pulse wires to enable remote central locking.

I used the search and it didn't turn up much - more about electric windows.

Also, should the heater controls light up on an '84 360 (mk2?) It's crap not being able to see what's happening lol. When I pulled the knobs off the sliders there appeared to be something behind them but it looked fibre optic if anything :?:

Any help appreciated as always 340pw

the central locking is different for a 3 and 5 doors version, i believe it has only been put on a mk2 and mk3, but i'm not sure.

yes the heater control should light up, there are one or two pieces of plastic (perspex) with a normal light shining on it to make the whole thing glow, this light is broken. when you remove the radio and the radio housing panel, there is a steel plate at the top of this hole. i believe this plate is held in place with 2 screws, nothing fancy. remove this panel and you can get to the light and change it:)
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Cheers dude 8)

Mine's a 3dr. Looks like a universal kit will be the best bet. I will fix the illumination tonight providing the bulb isn't a crazy fitment lol
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It's a simple wedge bulb, but if anything like a mk3 expect to remove a load of the dash then change the bulb whilst standing on your head ;)
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Sound mate 340pw I was hoping for glove box out / hand in to shove old skool 'wireless' out :lol: then not much more TBH. Maybe I'm being naive lol
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Yeah, thats pretty much it, in the mk3 after the radio's out 2 screws drop a metal sheet/heatshield jobbie out, then 2 more screws and that control slider panel will drop down (but not out as the 2 bowden cables are still attached. Ninja reaching round should see you get to the bulb holder, then its just a case of trying to get the bulb out of the holder, smashing it, digging out all the little bits and plopping the new one in.

Erm, one thing, I can't remember whether that bulb is a 12V or a 24V one... It'll be in Andy's list in tech resources.

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All done lol Ninja hands FTW. I pulled all sorts off the controls before I found the bulb holder though :lol: Including the clips that hold the temp/direction cables and now one is behind the dash :(

WTF is with that metal plate under the controls? Weird design! My original radio comes out with ease now, fingers in the tape hole. it used to put up a fight lol. I even replaced the bulb on my cig lighter whilst I was there. Posh as fuck now :lol:

One concern though, only about 2/3's of the heater controls light up. With there being only one bulb does that mean my controls are knackered and not 'spreading' the light properly?

No worries with the bulb either, I robbed one from my Nissan project 8)

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If it's only 2 thirds... hmm, do you have the coloured blue to red slider, or the 4 sliders? I don't know if the 4 sliders had 2 bulbs? certainly only 1 on the red/blue one
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All four matey. lol @ it saying warm instead of hot also :lol:

I looked for ages and couldn't see another bulb holder!
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