Various questions

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Dippydog

According to that link mine would be the OBD-1 system as mine has the two black boxes under the bonnet up against bulkhead passenger side-I'd wondered what they were as they look identical apart from one having a black wire coming out of it with a white connector on the end where the other has no wire at least now I know what they are!! Don't know what injection system it has but the car was first registered 1/1/95 so built in 94? Don't know what the gearbox designation is but it has no dipstick tube. Hope some of this info helps.

If it was registered 1/1/95 then it was definitely built in 1994!

I take it that it's manual then if it has no dipstick tube? On this pdf, Pg5 (by document viewer page number) shows how to decipher your VIN code to find out what sort of transmission, brakes etc you should have.

http://www.myvolvolibrary.info/Tech_...DataPocket.pdf

Perhaps you can post a pic of the gear selector if it is auto and/or an underbonnet pic - that would help identify the box if it is auto.

[loki_the_glt]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

If it was registered 1/1/95 then it was definitely built in 1994!

I take it that it's manual then if it has no dipstick tube? On this pdf, Pg5 (by document viewer page number) shows how to decipher your VIN code to find out what sort of transmission, brakes etc you should have.

http://www.myvolvolibrary.info/Tech_...DataPocket.pdf

Perhaps you can post a pic of the gear selector if it is auto and/or an underbonnet pic - that would help identify the box if it is auto.

Wouldn't the number of pedals tell you what style of box it has? IIRC the 3-litre cars only ever had an automatic box while the 2.5-litre ones had the option of the M90 manual one.

[Dippydog]

Unfortunately I can't access that link it keeps coming up with doing something about default settings and I'm not clever enough to do computer stuff without the possibility of messing things up entirely! However the car is an automatic.Gear positions are shown as P,R.N,D,3,L and it has the three buttons to the left[rhd car] marked as[from front to rear]W,S,E. I can post the Vin/chassis number on here if that's a safe idea or pm it to you?

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Dippydog

Unfortunately I can't access that link it keeps coming up with doing something about default settings and I'm not clever enough to do computer stuff without the possibility of messing things up entirely! However the car is an automatic.Gear positions are shown as P,R.N,D,3,L and it has the three buttons to the left[rhd car] marked as[from front to rear]W,S,E. I can post the Vin/chassis number on here if that's a safe idea or pm it to you?

By all means post the VIN number but leave the last 6 digits off - they are the unique chassis number that relates to your car only.

[rwdkev]

Originally Posted by Dippydog

Don't know what injection system it has but the car was first registered 1/1/95 so built in 94?

Bosch Motronic 1.8

[rwdkev]

Originally Posted by Dippydog

Don't know what the gearbox designation is but it has no dipstick tube.

Aisin AW 30-43

[rwdkev]

Originally Posted by Dippydog

Thanks for that.Note taken re-the plastic nut.If it does indeed prove necessary to remove the switch it'll have to wait for drier[preferably warmer]weather.

https://www.volvoclub.org.uk/faq/Tra...delInformation

[rwdkev]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

I take it that it's manual then if it has no dipstick tube?.....Perhaps you can post a pic of the gear selector if it is auto and/or an underbonnet pic - that would help identify the box if it is auto.

I think you are losing it Dave!! This whole thread was started-off on the subject of PNP switch issue.........

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by rwdkev

I think you are losing it Dave!! This whole thread was started-off on the subject of PNP switch issue.........

I've been asleep since then Kev!

Hadn't really woken up when i posted that either!

[Dippydog]

Don't worry LS I have more than my share of "senior moments" Anyway for info the Vin is YV1964956S1xxxxxx. For an update took car for M.o.T. today[it wasn't booked in until tomorrow but that's another story]from start up the arrow was flashing as were the E and W buttons,during test the tester asked "What's the flashing arrow for?" to which I simply replied "Gearbox" and he just said "Oh" when he'd finished test he parked it on the car park and when I'd squared up I got in it and the flashing had stopped!! So at present I'm still no wiser as to the issue.
Test was passed by the way sold the old battle cruiser lives on