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



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

245 ELECTRICAL PROBLEM (continues) 200 1986

posted by  dakinecar on  Wed May 12 14:07 CST 2004
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

Everyone:

This is not quite the final report, but I have found a series of problems.

First, the plates visible through one of the battery fill holes was higher than the others, so I suspect it was swollen and possibly shorted. The battery was at least 7 yrs old, so I replaced it.

I hand-over-handed the alternator field and charging leads and except for some heat embrittled conduit didn't find any insulation breaches.

The horn went out when it's fuse burned. The fuse burned because the wiper motor failed - strong odor when I began to disassemble. By its looks it could be an original (206Kmis). I will replace tomorrow.

I will get a Bently manual and do some electrical health and welfare checks to be sure no more gremlins are hiding.

Thanks to Aye Roll, KarmaticLove, Dick in Falls Church, and Jim Holst for all your help.






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.