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



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Weird OverDrive Behavior of 1983 242 200 1983

posted by  whitedavidp on  Sun Oct 23 13:22 CST 2011
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Fri May 23 10:44 CST 2014
[RELATED]

I have a 83 242 with over 200K miles (can't say exactly how many because the odometer died many years ago). A long while back, the OD indicator light quit working. I presumed that this was just the lamp bulb since the OD seemed to work fine. I never bothered to replace the bulb (for the same reasons that kept me from fixing the odometer - laziness and not wanting/liking working under the dash). Anyhow, over the past 3-4 months, there are times when the OD refuses to kick-in for some reason. If I persist at trying, it will eventually kick-in and all seems fine from then-on until it happens once again maybe a week later. Well, the other night the OD was doing its refusal to engage thing and I kept at it. Not only did the OD kick-in but I was amazed to see the indicator light illuminated for the first time in many years. So now I know that the bulb is not the issue with the indicator and wonder what else might be going on here. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!






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.