I plan to fit an oil pressure gauge and voltmeter, from a scrapped 200, to the dash of my GL sedan and am wondering the following:

*Is the oil pressure gauge the electrical type, or the capillary type?

*Is there provision for the gauges in the car's wiring harness so that the gauges just plug in and work, or do I need the looms, etc. from the junker?

*Are the gauges still available from Volvo?

Hopeful for a helpful reply...
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British Volvo fan- Enjoy Volvos and German Shepherds!

The voltmeter is very easy to install. You need to run a wire to fuse 13 as shown in the picture. The lamp is connected to the brown wire located in the wiring harness to the instrument cluster. Make sure you disconnect the battery before diving back there.

The oil meter is not easy to install, but not impossible. It will need a sending unit and you will need to run the wiring through the firewall. I have attached alink to an old thread on the Swedishbricks board outlining the procedure (http://www.swedishbricks.net/faq/gauges.html)

Cheers,
SM


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90 BMW 325is, 98 BMW 528i, 90 Volvo 240DL

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-SM
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90 BMW 325is, 98 BMW 528i, 90 Volvo 240DL

Thanks for the link. Definitely food for though. I think I will see what the scrapyards turn up. Maybe I will be able to find a correct Volvo-branded radio for it too.
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British Volvo fan- Enjoy Volvos and German Shepherds!

Thanks for the link. Deinitely food for though. I think I will see what the scrapyards turn up. Maybe I will be able to find a correct Volvo-branded radio for it too.
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British Volvo fan- Enjoy Volvos and German Shepherds!

the voltmeter is easy to install, but the oil gauges i have no experience in. the voltmeter simply takes 3 wires w/clips, inexpensive at a hardware store and spare wiring stuff is nice to have around as 240's get older.

1- Run a wire from the + on the gauge to #13 on your fuse box. don't use any other space, i tried others but #13 is the magic one.

2- Run a wire from the T (gnd) on the gauge to a solid ground point. i used the one behind the panel next to the blower motor, it already has 1 ground going there so i knew it was a solid one.

3-Run your illumination wire into the dimmer switch circut somehow, to provide power and the dimming capability.

Hope this helps,
Chuck

Thanks.

Sounds like a five minute job to me! I'll just need to find a scrapyard with a 240 with a voltmeter!
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British Volvo fan- Enjoy Volvos and German Shepherds!

Oil pressure is not so easy. Volvos are not prewired for them(they are electronic). Don't bother trying to get the wire harness unless you want to pull the whole engine harness of the donor (just kidding). The OEM wire goes through the engine harness and around under the crank pulley with the idiot light wire. It would be a lot of work to run it this way. I ran my wire to the passenger side instead. It works fine. You need the sender off the donor engine. If you are getting it off a B21 engine it will not fit on a B230 without an adapter.