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700 and 900 e-code swap photos 900 1993

posted by  dinomartino on  Sun Jun 30 14:12 CST 2013
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finally did the e-code install to my 945 yesterday. Went pretty smoothly, and am quite pleased with the results. RepairmanJackal's thread
Convert US-Spec w/o Fogs to E-Code? has tons of good info on the process and the parts needed, I'm sharing my photos in the hope that they will supplement the existing info and encourage others to perform this upgrade.

only snag I had was with the corner lamp bulb holders. Neither the US market 940 ones nor some later ones (from a 960? and 850? who knows) would fit the european housings. I ended up wrapping electrical tape around the sockets to buld them up enough so the ears would do their job and hold the socket to the housing when rotated.

photobucket album (set to public, please advise if you have difficulties!) here: Volvo 945 e-code install

John
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1989 245 245K / 1993 945 131K








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    700 and 900 e-code swap photos 900 1993

    posted by  jerryc on  Sun Jun 30 18:59 CST 2013
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    Ok, so that is outstanding. !!!

    My corners did take a US bulb holder, but now I'm not sure which I used. It may be that the fog-type US corner uses a different holder than the non-fog corner.
    What brand lights are you using? OEM, or DJ Auto?








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      700 and 900 e-code swap photos 900 1993

      posted by  dinomartino on  Sun Jun 30 19:18 CST 2013
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      DJ Auto. The back (grey) portions of the corner light housing were obviously a lower-quality casting than anything Volvo would use, so it's entirely possible that the US holders WOULD fit if the quality control was a bit better.

      That said, I just went on fcpgroton's site and discovered they offer two different corner light sockets for 940's:
      3518271 for cars with fogs
      3518998 for cars without fogs

      So obviously I should have harvested sockets from foglight cars at the junkyard when I was getting the grille, switch, relay, etc...

      john
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