Volvo 850 Ignition Switch Replacement

[jblackburn]

Ah. Grab the grey plastic part forward of that and pull it off. I think that's how it's supposed to be.

The 850's is just black. I wish I could remember what it looked like on the S70, but I think you just pulled the cap off the end of it.

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[LamboSE5]

looks like from that picture you posted that the grey plastic piece is part of the switch/the metal. Do you mean grab the grey part (with something) and pull off the beige part that is sliding in the video? It just seems like if the beige part comes off its gonna rip off the wires that are soldered to those posts.

I'll try anyway, i've had enough with this part.

[LamboSE5]

I got it off just now... embarrassing

Thanks all.

[Nolander57]

ALERT!!! I forund the two deep set screws on my cover to be T-15 and not a T-25, after spending an hour trying to line the 25 up I started trying different sizes, and the T-15 was the fix. FYI

[1997volvo850]

My HarborFreight T-25 doesn't work on the 2 deep screws. Unfortunately my T-15 driver (3" shaft) is shorter
than the 3.5" required reach the screws and my small T-15 socket gets stuck. Off to buy a T-15 with a longer
shaft...not sure if Harbor Freight sells these with a longer shaft. Any suggestions are welcome.

David

[BEJinFbk]

To avoid the issue of loose connector pins, sparks,
arcs and trying to figure out which pin goes back where,
leave the cap on the ignition switch connector in place.
It's the only thing that holds all the pins in place.

The pins all fit very tightly, so it's not the easiest connector
to seperate, but it will unplug. You may find it easier if you
remove the contact block from the column first. Your call.

The entire plastic connector body unplugs from the switch.
This is what it should look like unplugged:

870 ign switch connector.jpg (37.11 KiB) Viewed 3708 times

It should all disconnect from the contact block at the back of
ignition switch assembly as one part with all the pins retained.


If your connector looks like this, then the cap has been removed:

870 ign switch connector with NO CAP.jpg (23.59 KiB) Viewed 3708 times

If you unplug it with no cap, the wires and their pins will all fall out
and sadness follows. Especially if you didn't disconnect the battery...

[rspi]

[kanguru007]

The upper bolts on my 1994 2L NA 20V wagon are T10 instead of T15 or T25!!!

The ignition switch that is not returning to the correct (lights ON) position can be repaired to as-good-as-new condition and will probably last for another 20 years: open it and use pressure-pliers to repeatedly squeeze the spring-loaded metal pad to make it about 1mm wider (sorry I didn't take a picture)

[revdc]

Helpful post but like Croz I found the upper cover screws were t15 and not t25 after fiddling for 15min - after getting coves off pretty easy.

Thanks

revdc

[superfing]

Thanks for the tips. Btw the upper bolts were torx 15 on mine as well. Have both!