I plan to replace the kickdown cable on our AW70 equipped '92 244 this weekend. In a previous post Don Foster indicated that this job might require that the exhaust pipe be removed. I HATE working with the upper exhaust system; I always seem to break something. Short of dropping the tranny, is there any way to do replace the kickdown cable without messing with the exhaust pipe? TIA! Glen
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'88 240GL, '90 240DL, '91 240

Glen--

Is it just sticking in pulled-out position, so your trans won't upshift?

That happened to me a few weeks ago with my 1992. An ex-car mechanic told me "9 times out of 10" that meant the cable was frayed inside and had to be replaced.

Hmmmmm. If I worked the cable a bit by hand I could get it to retract--it would just hang up sometimes going down the road. I unhooked the sleeve attachment at the manifold so I could tilt up the sleeve a bit. Started working lubricant (gear oil with a Moly additive) down into the end of the sleeve. Reconnected it and drove the car. Did this several days in a row. Each day it worked better than before.

Now it's 100% ok. Don't know how long this is good for at 207k, but so far it's working again for $0.

Good luck.

Doug Harvey

Thanks for the reply, Doug. Yeah, it's not upshifting consistently into overdrive. When I manipulate the cable by hand, it does seem to hang up a bit. I drained and flushed the tranny in an effort to fix the problem. I could kick myself for not changing the cable when I had the pan off then.

I tried dribbling motor oil into the cable, but only did it once. Not much seemed to go down the sheath. Maybe I need a less viscous oil and a little more patience!

It's GREAT to know that the cable was causing your problem.

Glen
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'88 240GL, '90 240DL, '91 240

Ive replaced a lot of cables without dropping the headpipe however it does make it a bit eaiser.I use a pair of hemostats to guide the new cable on to the shift valve cam.

Volvo Tech - Thanks for the input; I was not looking forward to dropping that pipe. I have some friends who could lend me a couple of hemostats, so I might give them a try if I can't rehab my existing cable.
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'88 240GL, '90 240DL, '91 240