Tech Articles Listing by System
As the above list has grown with articles simply being added as they were
finished or revised, it also
results in a decreasing overview...so Tech Articles are also arranged here a
bit more logically, by
System...and if they fit under multiple categories, they may be listed multiple
times.
2A - Engine
Timing Gear Notes
Manifolding
Notes for B18/20 Motors
Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV)
Diagrams and Notes
B18/20 Heater Core Return Pipe
Original Equipment
Oil Cooler Notes
A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to my
200K Mile Badge
Original Equipment Oil
Cooler Notes
Removing an Amazon Oil Pan
with Engine in Vehicle
Of Unleaded Fuel and Burned Valves
2B - Cooling System
Coolant Distribution Pipe Notes
Cooling System...from theory of operation to installing that
Electric Cooling Fan
you've been considering.
Heater Control Valve
122
Heat from
Heater/Defroster, when Control is set to COLD
B18/20 Heater Core Return Pipe
Original Equipment
Oil Cooler Notes
Temperature Gauge
Notes.
2C - Fuel & Exhaust Systems
SU Carburetters
Manifolding
Notes for B18/20 Motors
SU Carb Throttle Plate Early
vs. Late
SU Carburetters
SU Carb Service - Lite
Carb Service -
Expanded
SU Jet Bearing
and Supply Tube Notes
Centering the Jet of an SU
Carburetor
Additional Notes
Check Your
Choke
SU
HS6 Jet Supply Line Seal
SU
Carb. Adding Threaded Inserts for Air Cleaner Securing
Bosch D-Jetronic Fuel Injection
Notes Compilation.
Fuel Gauge Information and Notes
Fuel Delivery
Components and Considerations
2D - Control linkages
Throttle
Choke:
Check Your
Choke
Other:
Heater Control Valve
122
3 - Electrical equipment.
Charging System:
"Starter
Cutout and Reversing Light Contact" on (BW35) Gearbox
Alternator Installation Failure Report and Analysis
123GT Charging
System Notes (also 1800E/ES Chg Sys info)
Headlight Notes
Radio Notes
123GT
Reliability Weakness and Simple Improvement
Battery Notes
AMP Indicator
ON.
GEN Indicator in the 1800
Bosch Generator based Charging
System in Detail.
Cut-Out Contact
Notes
Alternator in 6V Vehicles (...it's possible!)
Alternator Conversion of a 6V 444 Volvo
Directional Indicator Switch Mechanism
Starter:
The Starter System
Ignition System:
Late-Production Ignition Lock
Removal
Check your
Distributor Cap Brush
Dual Ignition Switch Special Configurations for 122 and 1800 Models
Broken Vintage Volvo Ignition Key
Understanding the Failure of a Diode ORing Cable used with Electronic Ignition
Module
123Ignition in a Volvo with
Armored Cable
Ignition Switch Key
Breakage
Volvo Ignition from Scratch
Ignition
Additional
Vintage Volvo
Ignition system and the Armored Cable
A Tune-up out of
Guilt or One Set of Points Outlasts the Clintons
Swedish vs. British
Design
Radio Notes
Lighting:
Third and Strobing Brakelight
Notes
Headlight Notes
Amazon Lightswitch Review and Notes
Ignition Slave Relay
Blinker Relay (or Element) Notes
Directional Indicator Switch Mechanism
Voltage
Drop in Headlights Power in Hex Connector
Variable Instrument
Lighting
Lighting, including
Upgrades
(Full) Headlight control upgrade.
122S Headlight Flasher Restoration
Emergency Flasher Retrofit for
122/1800
Emergency Flasher Variation in late production 122
123GT
Consideration of Lighting Differences
1800 Light Switch, Wiper Switch,
Fan Switch Drawing Corrections
Courtesy Light 1800
Information and Notes
Courtesy Light
Assembly 122/544 Notes
1800 (Tail)lighting
Stories
Amazon Tail-light
Fixture Restoration
Amazon
Rear Light Fixture Maintenance
Electrical Troubleshooting
Notes
Wiring:
Power Supply Susceptibility in Injected 140 Model
Temperature Gauges 1800E/ES
Notes
High-Side Switching
vs. Low-Side Switching
"Starter
Cutout and Reversing Light Contact" on (BW35) Gearbox
"Smoke in the Cockpit!"
Two Wrongs make a Right!
123GT FuseBlock Rework
Corrosion on 1800E and 1800ES Fuseblocks.
Wiring Notes
Locating Electrical Shorts
Electrical Troubleshooting
Notes
OR-ing Circuit Notes
Ignition Slave Relay
Fuse your Cigarette Lighter!
Wiring Diagrams
of various models, including Excerpts
Fuses, Allocation
and Troubleshooting
Electrical Ramblings
Voltage
Drop in Headlights Power in Hex Connector
Notes on Making In-Line
Connections
123GT
Reliability Weakness and Simple Improvement
Proving Everything Bad you Ever Heard About Lucas
Swedish vs. British
Design
122 Horn Notes
The Gas Tight Joint
Part II
The Gas Tight Joint
Bosch D-Jetronic Fuel Injection:
Bosch D-Jetronic
Fuel Injection Notes Compilation.
D-Jet Injector
Maintenance and Service Notes
D-Jet
Manifold Pressure Sensor
D-Jet Idle Adjustment
Vacuum Leak at FI Intake Manifold Plug
Power Supply Susceptibility in Injected 140 Model
Misc. Electrical, Instrumentation, Windshield Wipers, etc:
Blower Motor Notes
High-Side Switching
vs. Low-Side Switching
"Starter
Cutout and Reversing Light Contact" on (BW35) Gearbox
Late-Production Ignition Lock
Removal
"Smoke in the Cockpit!"
Voltage Stabilizer Notes
Temperature Gauges 1800E/ES
Notes
Wiring Notes
Locating Electrical Shorts
Electrical Troubleshooting
Notes123GT Charging
System Notes
Radio Notes
OR-ing Circuit Notes
544 Wiper Info
Temperature Gauge Notes
Battery Notes
Alternator in 6V Vehicles (...it's possible!)
Fuel Gauge Information and Notes
Smith's Tachometer Information and
Notes
Proving Everything Bad you Ever Heard About Lucas
Windshield Wiper Systems
Wiper Arm and Blade
Notes
Wiper Parking
Side
Notes
1800 Wiper
Switch Disassembly, Reassembly, and Review
1800 (Tail)lighting
Stories
122 Horn Notes
122S Horn Upgrade
Voltage
Stabilizer Study
Hydraulic Brake
Light Switch Failure Investigation
L3314HD Laplander Alternator Conversion
General:
The Gas Tight Joint
Voltage Drops Cause Inadvertent Circuit Interactions
An Automotive Electrical
Primer Tech
Article ...and remember:
Please don't call it juice!
Vintage Volvo 6V to 12V
conversion
Deoxit D5 Additional
Electrical
Upgrades / Buzzers and
Beepers
Alt
Kit Pivot bolt with a "Drunken Thread"!
4 - Power train, Rear axle
Driveshaft and U-Joint Notes
Clutch - Cable
Actuated, Notes
Hydraulic
Clutch Tech Article
Analysis of the clutch slave cylinder action.
Transmission:
Overdrive:
OD Retrofitting on a vintage Volvo
5 - Brakes etc.
Pedal Position Sensing Brake Light Switch Variations on 122
Models
Manual Rear Drum Brake
Adjustment and Adjuster Notes
Girling 3 Piston Brake
Caliper Rebuild
Mismatched Threads on All Amazon Braking Systems
with Hydraulic Brake Light Switches(!)
1800E Brake Lock-up
due to Lack of Free-Play
Brake Notes
Rear
Brake Valve Notes
Brake Drum Notes
Incorrect Assembly of Rear (Drum) Brakes on 122 and 1800
Vehicles
Hydraulic Brake
Light Switch Failure Investigation
Brake Fluid:
Amazoning With Silicon Brake Fluid
6 - Front axle, Wheels, Steering
Wheels, Tires,
Suspension Notes
Anti-Swaybar Mount: That Nagging
Clunk Single bolt anti-sway bar mount vs.
double.
8A - Body P120,P130 (2D + 4D), 1800
Interior:
Window Lift Cable
Repair
Late-Production Ignition Lock
Removal
122 Instrument
Panel Indicator Lens Graphics Repair Notes
Water on the Floor
Headrest Upgrading Notes
Omega Clip Notes
Wiper Arm and Blade
Notes
SW-EM
Amazon Rear Light Fixture Maintenance
Seat-Suspension, Original
Equipment All Metal
"Sheet
Pasta Gone Wrong" revisited!
Courtesy Light
Assembly 122/544 Notes
Trunk:
Trunk-lid Torsionspring Notes
Trunkseal and Fuel
Filler Compartment Drain (1800) Notes
Fuel Tank Notes
Sheet Metal Frame Repairs:
John Z. DeLorean had it
Right
Bumper:
US Delivered ESs have an "Overbite"!
8B - Body etc. P220 (Estate)
9 - Miscellaneous equipment
Voltage Stabilizer Notes
Removing an Amazon Oil Pan
with Engine in Vehicle
10 - Bosch equipment
Bosch D-Jetronic Fuel Injection
Notes Compilation.
D-Jet Injector Pulsetrain
Notes
General
Houdini Threadlocker
Torque
Anti-Corrosive-Zinc-Paste for
Electrical Connections
Simple Corrosion/Oxidation vs.
Galvanic Corrosion and Comparison of Anti-Corrosive-Zinc-Pastes.htm
Run-In Torque (this is a
subsection of Anti-Seize Notes).
Realworld
Experiences with Electrical
Corrosion and ACZP
Reviving a 'Decommissioned'
Volvo
Volvo Stories
If Cars could talk or History of the
"Jupiter V Rocket No.3"
Its a Small World
or How I Came to Own a Sport Volvo
Mind-Numb Robots
End of Listing by Tech Articles by System