1989 760 Turbo wagon, hot weather igniton shut down problems
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talbott357
- Posts: 28
- Joined: 25 January 2010
- Year and Model: 1988 740, 1989 760
- Location: East Texas
I have to try, I love this funky little wagon too much to give up on it! 
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talbott357
- Posts: 28
- Joined: 25 January 2010
- Year and Model: 1988 740, 1989 760
- Location: East Texas
Now that I have my internet back after several moves over the past three years, here is an update on the 760 turbo wagon from hades. I finally found a fellow in the mountains of Virginia who is a transplant from Sweden. He used to work at the plant where these devilish cars were produced.
He told me of the wiring harnesses, all six of them, that were made with biodegrable coverings and that they would flake off and ground out on each other, thereby causing all my woes. I priced the harnesses from my local Volvo supplier and was informed that they were three thousand dollars each and would have to be made. The lead time on the production was six months. Naturally I passed up the option to buy and the poor girl was decomissioned. Good news is she lives on in the parts that I recycled in my three other wagons in my stable.
He told me of the wiring harnesses, all six of them, that were made with biodegrable coverings and that they would flake off and ground out on each other, thereby causing all my woes. I priced the harnesses from my local Volvo supplier and was informed that they were three thousand dollars each and would have to be made. The lead time on the production was six months. Naturally I passed up the option to buy and the poor girl was decomissioned. Good news is she lives on in the parts that I recycled in my three other wagons in my stable.
- billofdurham
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Thank you for the update. Shame about the car but this was a major fault on Volvos of that era.
Bill.
Bill.
Work was good - retirement is better.
1996 850GLT 2.5 20v Estate Manual.
1995 Peugeot Boxer 2.5Tdi Autosleeper.
Previously:
1984 244DL, Manual, Beige.
1987 744GLE, Manual, Green.
1991 960 3.0 24v, Auto, Silver.
1994 940T Wentworth, Auto, Blue.
1996 850GLT 2.5 20v Estate Manual.
1995 Peugeot Boxer 2.5Tdi Autosleeper.
Previously:
1984 244DL, Manual, Beige.
1987 744GLE, Manual, Green.
1991 960 3.0 24v, Auto, Silver.
1994 940T Wentworth, Auto, Blue.
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talbott357
- Posts: 28
- Joined: 25 January 2010
- Year and Model: 1988 740, 1989 760
- Location: East Texas
You are welcome sir.
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