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Hi all, having problems in cruise control mode. 1996 Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon - Automatic - Engine Type 57 - 2.3 L - 127,000 miles Lately with Cruise Control I am getting an RPM surge between 300 and 500+ RPM at random times even when the CC switch is ON and NOT engaged. Getting surges when running under CC also. At a stop with foot on brake it sometimes surges like that and is quite frankly pretty scary. This does NOT happen when I turn off the CC switch. Only when it is on. No surges with the CC switch in the off position. Any idea's where to troubleshoot this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Clark

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not sure I always try and keep a spare around just in case... I would scour the countryside for a good used unit ...

I did add a pic, strange. Now found this in my profile...You have used 7.8 MB of your 7.81 MB attachment limit. Sorry, no image then. I used to have gauges and buttons there, too, when I had airride. That was completely hand formed around them by welding hundred small plastic pieces into shape and then textured the surface to kinda look like plastic bumper.

Hello Everyone, Like many people, I'm having problems with my bevel gear. Machining new splines on the shaft in Europe seems complicated....The addresses I had have closed... I found a site that sells new shafts, but not for my model! https://lbmautoparts.com/fi-fi/tasauspyörästöjen-osat/land-rover-range-rover/crown-wheel-pinion-land-rover-volvo-front-differential/62932 Do you have any addresses for this by any chance? Do you know who made the bevel gears for the VOLVO AWD P80? Yann

Got a pic? I thought about doing it that was as a couple locals have as well for gauges. I need to revist this project and do some finishing touches still.

Nice! looks 3D printed? I was working couple months ago on similar project. Just oldschool way - template, mold, fibreglass, sanding... then glued on some leather for final look.

FYI: saw this today at the Sherwood Pic N Pull in Metro Portland OR area www.picknpull.com/check-inventory/vehic ... 04S2153094 Car has a manual 5 speed in it. Not sure if it's original or it was swapped in but able to shift it into all 5 gears (+ R) sitting in the yard. I don't need it but thought someone might be looking for one? Aren't these hard to come by? External slave cyl. Moderator: feel free to move this to more appropriate thread if needed. Hope someone gets this before the car is crushed..!

Hey everyone, greetings from France I just discovered this forum through the Motronic 4.4 tuning thread and I wish I had found it sooner haha Anyway, here's the deal : I am nearing the end of my engine swap which is a B5254T (from an '97 850, Manual LPT 193hp, Motronic 4.4) in my 740 Wagon. When trying to start it, it started right up, ran fine for a whole second or two, than died right away. I'm pretty confident I have an immobiliser issue, which I hoped this engine didn't have but here we are. I was looking for somebody to do an immo off on my ECU, but then I found out there's a ton of ressources to do it yourself, so I thought I'd give it a shot. However, I can't find a LPT 193hp .bin file with immo off, so I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find one ? I found plenty of HPT .bin files, but I'd rather just stick to flashing the ECU with an immo off .bin rather than messing with other parameters to make a HPT work for a LPT. Bit of a mouthful, sorry about that. I'll add a few pictures of my project to make it more interesting 😆 Thanks in advance !

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Hello all. just wanted to give all you fellow Volvo folks a heads up that my C30 Polestar #83 is up for sale on Cars & Bids. I'm the original owner with a very low mileage of 38,100. Please check it out and if you know of someone looking let them know. I will still have my 240 wagon and my V70 wagon just no longer have a garage we down sized. Love our Volvo's!!! The auction ends this Friday at 4:00 PM EDT. If you are bidding best of luck. Here is the link: 2013 Volvo C30 Polestar Limited Edition VIN: YV1672MK4D2308516 for Sale - Cars & Bids

I have a beautifully preserved 2009 S40, model 2.4 (140 hp) automatic gear, but unfortunately the high mileage has taken its toll and the engine requires a complete overroll. I assume that the transmission (gearbox) is also suffering from material fatigue, although no failure has occurred. I happened to come across an interesting offer, so I would love to hear and take your advice on the technical aspect: a S60 that got a total loss following an accident in the rear side, the engine is a 2.4 T5 producing 280 hp with an automatic transmission (B5244T5) that has barely covered 90 thousand km. The owner is the first person who buy it from the dealership at the time. And in the context of negotiations with him (the seller), the cost of purchasing a complete vehicle is slightly lower than the cost of the overroll work and stuff by the mechanic. I'm definitely excited about the idea, but in a practical way I'd love to hear the level of chances of success without surprising adventures. So I'll ask a little bit questions to understand and have a explain: Does the central electrical harness (loom) of the engine and transmission connect directly to the harness of the body BCM and the interior of the car? are the motor and gear mounts locations in the the same plase location in the front compartment? The fuel pump is submerged in the tank, replacing the entire housing with the current tank is a one-to-one fit? Besides the radiator, the location of the cooler, the exhaust pipe will require additional modifications besides the entire engine compartment, one after one from the S60 to the S40 engine compartment.. Also, if the swap (and it is likely) was done earlier, I would love to receive links and documentation of they project in order to learn and see (and be impressed) by they work.. Thanks in advance, Jessy

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Yeah now that im about to jump back into working on the car I mineaswell. Need to pop the dash cover off anyways to replace the dead cluster, so ill route some nicer cables through the dash to the back of the headunit that ill be replacing soon as well. Need to fish all the old dash cam wiring out as well since my blackvue finally fell apart after what feels like 5-6 years. (The unit pictured has a forward facing camera on it, and has a rear back up cam that doubles as a rear dash cam). Have a few things on the shelves to put on over the next couple of months as well. Was fun working on the car for the short time I did over the weekend, forgot how it felt.

Really well honestly, and the engine bay is so nicely done I took photos so I can redo mine haha.

how's that paint job holding up?

neat, gonna do a full wire tuck?

Finally somewhat finished the center dash speaker holder for a heads up display. Need to make some tweaks, and fish the wiring to the back of the radio for a cleaner look, but it worked out for my drive to a meet over the weekend.

Some how this post isnt archived lol. Anyways, saw the old ride over the weekend.

Since the other thread is archived. Touched the s70 a bit, and then installed some more lighting in the garage after doing some organizing of parts. Made a list of stuff to buy to do a stage 0 and replace.

Thats pretty exciting and awesome!

Bud its a free phone, dont fuck it to hard.

It passed inspections two weeks ago! Didn’t disappoint at all. Few notes from the tech. Still a lot to do but passing inspections is a huge relief. A lot more pictures on my Instagram; @jodelj81 💚