Hi Bob,

The forum really is better for on-topic work than PM. BTW, BIL=brother in law. And BTW is by the way. BOB is break out box. Sorry. Art. What's it good for. Absolutely nothin!

Yes, on-topic, and within the forum, we get the chance to see our bull and misinformation challenged. I think I may have passed on some last post: That drawing is a preliminary one from Volvo, and it precedes production. I think it is wrong about the ballast resistor.

Here's what I think and remember from the two of them we had. There is no ballast resistor. The coil was changed from those of the previous year which did use a ballast resistor, from the 6V coil to one that can run full battery all the time. The ballast resistor scheme went away at the same time LH EFI changed the fuel from earlier fuel systems. So, don't tear your hair out (or get your sleeves really greasy) looking for a resistor that don't exister.

Now, this drawing backs up my poor memory in a better fashion. It still shows the wiring that should have been deleted -- that is the wiring to the 16 terminal of the starter, meant to bypass the ballast resistor during cranking. That may indeed have been there on those B23F cars. But chances are, yours got rewired or whatever during the engine swap. Lot of folks get those two terminals, 50 and 16 mixed up.

And notice, the throttle switch wiring is included for three different engines. Yours would have been the B23F (before swap) and the same parts would have been on the early B230's.

Check out Dave Barton's treatise on harnesses before you get too mired in the biodegradeable wiring controversy. It is a fact of life on your car. Anyway, he shows you how to tell if yours has been fixed: http://www.davebarton.com/volvoharnesses.html




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Art Benstein near Baltimore

A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. 'Careful,' he said, 'CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my gosh! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my gosh! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the! salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!' The wife stared at him. 'What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?' The husband calmly replied, 'I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving.'