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[Dave 54]

850Jannessa, on 15 September 2009 - 05:17 PM, said:

I am having the same issue with my car. Would you be able to help me fix? I am in York.

Jannie

Really where at , I live right by the Penn State york campus, small world .

Aaron we can do it at my garage , LMK when your doing the grounds at the batt., gonna do mine to and a new pos. term at the batt. and the engine grounds .

[Modus]

Dave 54, on 15 September 2009 - 05:24 PM, said:

Really where at , I live right by the Penn State york campus, small world .

Aaron we can do it at my garage , LMK when your doing the grounds at the batt., gonna do mine to and a new pos. term at the batt. and the engine grounds .

I'm glad that you guys are going to upgrade your grounds and such. It really does make a difference in amperage transfer. You will notice a difference in your electrical system, especially in cold weather.

When you do your rewire with 4awg audio cable make sure it's oxygen free, over time in the elements (under hood) the copper inside the cable even though it's covered with the jacket will oxidize.

When you lug your chassis connection, ensure that you provide a good connection point by scraping off some of the paint to expose bear metal. That is if you are making a new hole. A good connection should contact as much of the conductor as possible. The threads of a bolt or screw isn't enough for a battery connection to the chassis.

[--Aaron--]

850Jannessa, on 15 September 2009 - 05:17 PM, said:

I am having the same issue with my car. Would you be able to help me fix? I am in York.

Jannie

Certainly, provided we could work around my work schedule and such. Just shoot me a PM when you can.

Just to warn you, the cable is roughly 64 shipped from a well known Volvo dealership in TN and if you chose to have a Volvo indie or the dealer do the work it's going to run you ~300 bucks if not more. I would be happy to help you save that money.

Like I said, shoot me a PM and tell me a bit more about your problem.

Dave 54, on 15 September 2009 - 05:24 PM, said:

Really where at , I live right by the Penn State york campus, small world .

Aaron we can do it at my garage , LMK when your doing the grounds at the batt., gonna do mine to and a new pos. term at the batt. and the engine grounds .

We're probably looking at Friday morning or early next week. More mandatory overtime FTL!

Modus, on 16 September 2009 - 02:47 AM, said:

I'm glad that you guys are going to upgrade your grounds and such. It really does make a difference in amperage transfer. You will notice a difference in your electrical system, especially in cold weather.

When you do your rewire with 4awg audio cable make sure it's oxygen free, over time in the elements (under hood) the copper inside the cable even though it's covered with the jacket will oxidize.

When you lug your chassis connection, ensure that you provide a good connection point by scraping off some of the paint to expose bear metal. That is if you are making a new hole. A good connection should contact as much of the conductor as possible. The threads of a bolt or screw isn't enough for a battery connection to the chassis.

Thanks for the input, speaking for myself.......I plan on a Tsunami negative battery terminal and Rockford 4 AWG wire, crimped, soldered and shrink wrapped then ran and secured in stock location. I will be sure to clean off the mating surface of the crimp terminal and chassis!

Thanks again.

[Modus]

Tsunami battery terminals are cool. I don't despise them. The one with the voltage meter built into it is neat.
You can forget helping out someone by scratching it up with jumper cables



In fact I picked up one. A first generation Tsunami, turns out that the plating that is supposed to be electrically conductive to the copper terminal it self wasn't. I wasn't able to start the car one day because if it.


I was going to say solder your wire lugs and ends, but most people do not have the means to get a 4awg wire hot enough to flow solder and not melt the whole wire. I use a 250w soldering iron. But a 90w with a large tip will do nicely.

Cheers

[--Aaron--]

850Jannessa, on 16 September 2009 - 09:02 PM, said:

How about this weekend some time? I can def pay you back with beer or anything else... let me know

This weekend is actually pretty horrible.

I got hit with mandatory overtime at work tonight, tomorrow 7 pm to 7 am and then Saturday 3 pm to 11 pm.

Possibly one morning next week?

What kind of problem are you having? 850's do not have that fuse box and B+ cable that my S70 does......are you talking about an alternator needing replaced? Or?

[--Aaron--]

Modus, on 17 September 2009 - 01:16 AM, said:

Thanks again for the input! I would like to solder/shrink wrap the ground connections, hope that works out alright.

[--Aaron--]

Alright so this gawd damn car is pissing me off now. I am still having somewhat of an issue here. It seems like each thing I do to try and correct the problem the car makes a small improvement as if it were teasing me. Well, it keeps teasing me it'll end up a box full of parts.....bet.

It is holding higher than ever before cold/hot/whenever w/ no load on the battery......14.4 and will jump right to that as soon as I fire up the car.

However, with load at night, been my lights mostly it will dip down to about 13.5 and then shortly after to 13.2. It stays rock solid at 13.2 after that plunge which is an improvement but the issue remains.

The car also starts lightning fast no matter what the circumstances.

So next step will be to replace/beef up my battery grounds and install a new Volvo battery to alternator cable. It has got to be one of those damn things.

This will take place within the next 2 weeks or so.......my schedule's so crazy, working multiple shift 12 hour days, 6 days a week. NO FUN AT ALL.

850Jannessa, on 17 September 2009 - 02:51 PM, said:

one day this week. I can take you to dinner as thank you for helping me see what problem is.

During the week is going to be really challenging with my work schedule....join the forum and shoot me a PM.

[--Aaron--]

850Jannessa, on 21 September 2009 - 05:16 PM, said:

We can meet this weekend. Can I please take to dinner?

I do not mind helping diagnose a car related issue but as far as dinner goes or any kind of funky payment my fiance would probably not approve.

[--Aaron--]

850Jannessa, on 21 September 2009 - 11:43 PM, said:

is she really that controlling that you cannot eat with out her?

Nothing personal but I wouldn't feel comfortable even if I were single just up and doing something like that with someone that I do not know. As I said though if you describe the problem your car is having I'd be more than happy to help troubleshoot.

[Spanky]

--Aaron--, on 21 September 2009 - 11:54 PM, said:

Nothing personal but I wouldn't feel comfortable even if I were single just up and doing something like that with someone that I do not know. As I said though if you describe the problem your car is having I'd be more than happy to help troubleshoot.

For christ sakes!!! how many girl scouts can one forum have??

Post a picture up Jennessa...lets see what dusty just turned down .


EDIT** aw you took some pictars of the cables

[--Aaron--]

850Jannessa, on 23 September 2009 - 12:17 AM, said:

how do i post picture?

and i did not think there was anything wrong with trying to feed you. i am sorry your woman doesnt like you to eat. have a happy marriage with that controlling thing.

Oh my, it's like taking rides in candy vans. Same concept really......iIt's nothing personal at all and I will do my best to trouble shoot the issue you're having if you describe it to me. I'd much rather know details about the problem before I tear into it.

To post pictures you need a hosting service, i.e. photobucket.....copy/paste image address.

[--Aaron--]

850Jannessa, on 24 September 2009 - 01:49 AM, said:

you say you dont want dinner but want me to post picture? send email to jannessa850@yahoo.com for info about car and i will send pic.

what do mean by "girl scout" ?

I'm sorry I was just instructing on how to post pictures, I'm not interested in a personal photo or anything to that extent. I believe it was someone else that wanted your picture.

Your best bet would be to join the forum because, one....it is free, two....there is lots of good information and helpful individuals around. You can then start a thread describing your problem and gather feedback which will most likely take care of the issue.

I would really rather the clutter stay out of this thread.......I do not want pages of worthless information as I intended to help people by sharing my experience with the voltage issue.

[Black Betty]

Aaron glad you got it all sorted out I went through 3 alternators in less than a year. Finally found out the p/s pump was leaking on to the alternator and killing it. If you have a 98 make sure to go and check it. If you've been cleaning grime off the alternator (i know you would ) its most likely a p/s leak. Just a heads up if the p/s pump leaks it will kill the alternator quick.