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Sounds like it would be better with a stick 200

posted by  FitzFitzgerald on  Thu Feb 26 19:32 CST 2004
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Quote: "The lack of a lockup OD in the AW-70 was shortsighted on Volvo's part."

Lockup is available if you want to swap trannys (find yourself an AW-70L or AW-71L). I believe the 740 vehicles started getting lockup in 1989, and the 240s got it in either 1991 or 1993 (different data from different sources). The heavy duty AW-71L didn't appear until the AW-70L had been out for a year or so. I've just recently salvaged an AW-70L from a 1989 740 non-turbo and it will be going in my '87 240 wagon after I change the tailshaft bushing and a couple check balls in the valve body. If you do swap in an AW-70L, don't forget to swap the torque converter with it.

The brickboard has a decent table of transmission models and years that they were used:
Brickboard Volvo Transmission Model Table

It is unfortunate that Volvo started using lockup so late in the game. GM was using it on many/most of their RWD vehicles by 1983.

God bless,
Fitz Fitzgerald.
--
'87 Blue 245, NA 232K






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