The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Convince me not to wash my engine bay... 200 1986

posted by  Big Harry on  Fri Oct 17 12:44 CST 2008
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Sun Sep 21 11:06 CST 2014
[RELATED]

It is a lot easier to set up several spools of wire and match the template of the old harness. You won't get all of the colors, but the important thing is to replace those dopey connector bodies. Volvo did it right on the latest ones, using a GM type with locking terminals. The European harnesses from pre-1988 are notorious with Mercedes, Porsche, and Volvo for the bio-degradable plastic that was used. I solder all of my terminal ends and joints instead of crimping so the job takes a good eight to ten hours. I also do not run the grounds back through the connectors, preferring to add equipment grounds to chassis at the ECU and in the engine compartment. Re-wiring is a good time to re-route the injector wiring above the intake manifold also, and make certain that everything else is outside of the runners; just in case you want to remove the intake quickly.

Regards,
--
Will Dallas, www.willdallas.us, www.willdallas.org, www.willdallas.com, www.dallasprecision.com 86 245 DL 222K miles, 93 940 260K miles, 88 765 GLE 152K miles, 88 780 246K miles






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.