How Slow is Slow??

[griston64]

All M90 knobs are the same. Almost impossible to find though as they tend to be sold with the box obv

Youll just have to take up drifting Steve

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by griston64

All M90 knobs are the same. Almost impossible to find though as they tend to be sold with the box obv

Youll just have to take up drifting Steve

Hi Mark,

Oh well that's a tad worrying, that lever is an abomination and I dare say I will need to try all the breakers to try to find the holy grail.

Probably end up having to buy a box just for the lever

Cheers
Steve

PS - I have a feint hope that in his bags of parts in his shed he may have the original, when I viewed it, he couldn't recall what he had done with it.

[Mertz]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Many thanks for that Forrest, most helpful.

I would definitely want to drain / flush and refill, I have around 2-3 litres left of the Volvo Green/blue stuff from when I done the fateful rad change and forgot to tighten the lower hose clamp.

Oh, sorry I forgot to mention the cluster lights don’t work, this was advised in the eBay advert, gauges all work, apart from temp gauge, as this reads mid way even from cold.

I checked manifold on arrival and was cold so I’m fairly confident temp gauge should have been minimum.

Vendor said he had Googled a bit, and seems some cluster faults cause the no illumination and temp gauge issue?? Apparently the fix is resoldering ??

Spare cluster is in spares stock.

Any thoughts, much appreciated

Cheers
Steve

I've reflowed a bunch of speedo units now with that very error. Easy enough if you're patient. I find it easier to take the rear flexible pcb off the cluster and inspect it up against a bright light, looking for cracks and dry joints. Easy enough to reflow or bridge poor areas of trace with some wire. Just scrape back some of the surface insulation to reveal the copper trace and you're good to bridge over wherever you need to.

[john.wigley]

Just a thought, Steve ... Could you cut the lever down to an appropriate length and then die a thread on it to accept a suitable knob of your choice? I recall doing something along similar lines many years ago on an original Mini.

Regards, John.

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by john.wigley

Just a thought, Steve ... Could you cut the lever down to an appropriate length and then die a thread on it to accept a suitable knob of your choice? I recall doing something along similar lines many years ago on an original Mini.

Regards, John.

My first thoughts were, hacksaw and big knob of Bluetac!👍😁

Sorry not helpful!

[Forrest]

The instructions below are from another Volvo site, but apparently come straight from VADIS. Here's a link to the special tool:

https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-part...uller/1072587/

There's currently a secondhand one on eBay in Germany a bit cheaper.

Shift lever, replacing bellows (gaiter)/shift lever knob
Special tools: 999 5560

The (upper) shift lever bellows (gaiter) design is different in the 960 and 940: the 960 bellows (gaiter) has a plastic frame, which the 940 does not have.

Remove ashtray and undo bellows (gaiter) fastenings all round
960: Push front of bellows (gaiter) forwards so that the bellows (gaiter) frame fastenings come loose. Then push round on frame so other fastenings come loose.
940: Remove bellows (gaiter) from rubber bellows.

Install extractor 999 5560 on shift lever
Install underside of extractor against conical section of shift lever. Use the tool without the detachable sleeve.

Tighten extractor bolts onto shift lever in turn and bellows (gaiter) will come away from lever
Remove knob, bellows (gaiter) and tool.

Install new bellows (gaiter)
The locating stub on bellows (gaiter) ring must fit into the locating groove on shift lever.
Push ring down until it reaches the lower locking groove.
960: Install shift lever bellows in tunnel bracket: press home hooks in front first, then snap fittings on side and rear.
940: Fasten bellows (gaiter) to rubber bellows all round.

Install shift lever knob and ashtray
Match locating lug on shift lever knob to guide groove on shift lever and push down to locking slot.

A quick look at 850 forums suggests there is no non-destructive way of removing the gear knob without the puller. Armed with it you should be able to extract just the gear knob from a breaker manual M90 940, 960 or 850.

Dependent on your appetite and facilities for DIY this wouldn't necessarily be the approach I'd favour. I seem to recall your saying, like me, you prefer the automatic gearbox. An alternative might be to:

• Transfer the flywheel, gearbox and shifter from your Wentworth
• Sell the M90 complete with whacky gearstick to a drifter
• Buy a good used AW71, flywheel and shifter to install back in the Wentworth

More work, but a better outcome IMHO. If you do it that way you will know exactly the parts you need to make sure you obtain with the "new" AW71.

[griston64]

Originally Posted by Forrest

The instructions below are from another Volvo site, but apparently come straight from VADIS. Here's a link to the special tool:

https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-part...uller/1072587/

There's currently a secondhand one on eBay in Germany a bit cheaper.

Shift lever, replacing bellows (gaiter)/shift lever knob
Special tools: 999 5560

The (upper) shift lever bellows (gaiter) design is different in the 960 and 940: the 960 bellows (gaiter) has a plastic frame, which the 940 does not have.

Remove ashtray and undo bellows (gaiter) fastenings all round
960: Push front of bellows (gaiter) forwards so that the bellows (gaiter) frame fastenings come loose. Then push round on frame so other fastenings come loose.
940: Remove bellows (gaiter) from rubber bellows.

Install extractor 999 5560 on shift lever
Install underside of extractor against conical section of shift lever. Use the tool without the detachable sleeve.

Tighten extractor bolts onto shift lever in turn and bellows (gaiter) will come away from lever
Remove knob, bellows (gaiter) and tool.

Install new bellows (gaiter)
The locating stub on bellows (gaiter) ring must fit into the locating groove on shift lever.
Push ring down until it reaches the lower locking groove.
960: Install shift lever bellows in tunnel bracket: press home hooks in front first, then snap fittings on side and rear.
940: Fasten bellows (gaiter) to rubber bellows all round.

Install shift lever knob and ashtray
Match locating lug on shift lever knob to guide groove on shift lever and push down to locking slot.

A quick look at 850 forums suggests there is no non-destructive way of removing the gear knob without the puller. Armed with it you should be able to extract just the gear knob from a breaker manual M90 940, 960 or 850.

Dependent on your appetite and facilities for DIY this wouldn't necessarily be the approach I'd favour. I seem to recall your saying, like me, you prefer the automatic gearbox. An alternative might be to:

• Transfer the flywheel, gearbox and shifter from your Wentworth
• Sell the M90 complete with whacky gearstick to a drifter
• Buy a good used AW71, flywheel and shifter to install back in the Wentworth

More work, but a better outcome IMHO. If you do it that way you will know exactly the parts you need to make sure you obtain with the "new" AW71.

A place that has Volvos in their yard for breaking will probably cut your arms and legs off if you try and take the knob from an M90 box

[griston64]

I think you will just have to live with a deformed knob Steve

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by griston64

I think you will just have to live with a deformed knob Steve

Boom Boom !! 😀😀 Wonderful😳😳

[griston64]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Boom Boom !! 😀😀 Wonderful😳😳

This thread has been heading this way for days........