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LHD V70 S70 C79 Window Switch Pack Clusters in a RHD car

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Old Feb 21st, 2018, 11:40   #11
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Don't even think to try a LHD cluster in your RHD car without the above wiring change, you'll just cook the cluster.
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Old Apr 22nd, 2018, 13:18   #12
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So, where A1 to A6 is the front plug pins, and these the colours going into the front plug...

Swap A1 (BL Blue) to A2 (SB Black)
Swap A2 (SB Black) to A1 (BL Blue)
Swap A3 ( W White) to A5 ( GN Green)
Swap A4 (BL/W Blue/White) to A6 (BL/GN Blue/Green)
Swap A5 ( GN Green) to A4 (BL/W Blue/White)
Swap A6 (BL/GN Blue/Green) to A3 ( W White)
Just joined the forum to say a quick thank you to CNGBiFuel. I've just done this mod to use a cheap LHD cluster and it works brilliantly.

IMO it's possible to misread the instructions depending on whether you assume that the first wire mentioned is loom or plug end. This wouldn't matter for A1 and A2 but would end up in a different wiring for A3-A6. Maybe I was just overthinking it... But to clarify:

Swap A1 (BL Blue) from the loom goes to A2 (SB Black) on the plug
Swap A2 (SB Black) from the loom to A1 (BL Blue) on the plug
Swap A3 ( W White) from the loom to A5 ( GN Green) on the socket
Swap A4 (BL/W Blue/White) from the loom to A6 (BL/GN Blue/Green) on the plug
Swap A5 ( GN Green) from the loom to A4 (BL/W Blue/White) on the plug
Swap A6 (BL/GN Blue/Green) from the loom to A3 ( W White) on the plug

Also, on mine there were two blue wires in the blue socket, both are swapped together.

Here's a photo of mine.


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Old Apr 26th, 2018, 16:26   #13
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My pleasure. This is the ONLY way to truly sort this fault. I have banged-on too long and still the cro-magnum knuckle-draggers insist on cleaning or even replacing their RHD units for new.

Their solutions for reasons stated will only solve the issue if you don't drive the thing, and they'll take longer either in terms of time to earn their cost and/or repeating the job.

This is £20 and half hour with chocolate block/ soldering iron. Solder and shrink-wrap as our man bassetrox did, if you can. Chocolate block is never really good.
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Old Apr 26th, 2018, 17:54   #14
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Thanks to both of you for this:~ my car/new purchase started to have intermittent problems with the switch- after reading the previous mail I also purchased the L/H item.
In-between arriving I stripped the original & cleaned- it did take a couple of goes as it seemed to have a mind of its own! And guess what it seems fine now.
Anyway I also sent off for some correctly coloured wire for the loom so it ready to do at some stage.
Good Advice!
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Old Apr 27th, 2018, 03:33   #15
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In-between arriving I stripped the original & cleaned- it did take a couple of goes as it seemed to have a mind of its own! And guess what it seems fine now.
Sadly I promise you, it won't last. If you've arrived at the point where the contacts need 'cleaning', then they were never actually dirty at all. You'll find them burnt, and pitted. The factory item has little spark-supresssion, so you're on borrowed time.

'Cleaning' what can't be cleaned because it's been burnt away can't not truly fix it.

"Cleaning' just gives it a quick-fix and then speeds the final demise.
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Old Apr 28th, 2018, 20:30   #16
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Hi CNG

OK great, sounds good. Yes I can understand your reluctance to cut your original loom, and great that you have looked inside.

I shall buy one soon. If you can post the exact item that you purchased it would be slightly safer than buying one at random or by price on ebay, just in case there are copy copies out there.

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You could unpin the plug and reposition the pins then you would not have to cut the loom
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Old Apr 29th, 2018, 22:49   #17
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Very interesting, I've got issues with the rear windows, goes down but not up. Bought two s/h and had to to send them back as they were just as bad. May give this a try?
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Old Apr 30th, 2018, 11:03   #18
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You could unpin the plug and reposition the pins then you would not have to cut the loom
You could, but it's v.tight. I tried and failed. You might be better at this than me, else, a soldering-iron is your freind.


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Bought two s/h and had to to send them back as they were just as bad.
The factory units new, are not good, that'll be why they fail. How many times this will need to be said I'm not sure, but for those of you expecting something that was no good in the first place, now tired, now s/h, to be an improvement...

And if you keep buying the Volvo part new...

It's a bit like the Tommy Cooper line:

I went to the doctor the other day,
I said 'it hurts when I do that'
He said 'Well don't do it'
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Old May 2nd, 2018, 01:09   #19
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No need to bite my head off I only saying!!!!!
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Just to add to this article for future users,
Post #10 in the origional article, which is what I went by, is wrong.
Post #12 is correct.
Bassetrox has got it right.
See post#5 https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...19#post2454119
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