Overdrive gone on the Daily Driver Volvo Wagon!? Not good! How to fix Volvo Overdrive issues!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2022
- We aren't by ANY means a "How To" channel nor will we ever really pretend to be however sometimes a situation pops up that gives us a chance to show a semi useful fix, so here it is! There's not much you can find in the automotive world that's more reliable than an old Volvo but they do have a few known failures. One of which is the overdrive on the AW70 / AW71 automatic transmissions in the 240 Volvo, 740 Volvo, 940 Volvo series. Really just about any automatic transmission for about 20 years of production, if it's in a Volvo car this is pretty applicable.
So what happened? Well I was just driving down the interstate coming back from 2 hour road trip to Cleveland and my overdrive off light flashed on the dash, the little orange arrow. Immediately the car kicked itself out of overdrive and into 3rd gear which pushed the RPMs at 70 to a considerably higher level than we would like to see. Toggling the button on shifter kicked it back into overdrive... for a couple seconds before it kicked back out again. Clearly we have a problem!
With snow and salt season quickly approaching here in central Ohio the daily driver hot rod days are fading fast! Let's get this 940 Turbo Volvo Wagon fixed and back to work! - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Austin you got it buddy. Glad you had the extra parts car. Most people would not know about this fix. Thanks for sharing!
Easiest way to fix a car, have a whole other identical car to steal parts from! ;)
Austin really has a soft spot for the mistakes on our highways. I often wonder if he has a housefull of stray cats and dogs !! 🤣
Lol I DO have a thing for unloved things but promise I'm not a "Crazy Cat Lady"!
@@LucoreAuto Does that include the early 80s cars with the ill-fated diesel?
Uncle Bob gets it done again! That Bob!
Great to meet you Austin! Truly enjoy watching your content
Thank you Sir, was great meeting you and hanging out last weekend. Just finished off the editing for NNN which we'll have up next week hope you guys enjoy reliving all of it from my eyes.
Great video - thanks for showing simple diagnostics with the 'relay click' & a couple options to aleviate the issue - all of the strange issues I have run into with my street car stuff has proven valuable diagnosing on the hotrods, so this is good stuff to video - thanks Lucore !
Nice work Austin!!
Love the Diagnostics buddy!
Keep content flowing...,
Good work Austin. 👍
I enjoyed this video and learned something as well keep em coming
Thanks Bruce! Happy to entertain AND educate 😉 We're back to muscle car stuff on Friday ... these Volvos don't break down fast enough 😉
Austin your alot of help, I'd go with no button make it never off. Great video thanks for posting.
Thanks Austin 🇺🇸
Got the same problem, saw your video and now my 240 is running great again, great video easy to follow up, thanks.
Good Job Austin
Thanks Donnie! 😀
Thank you for the video, it was useful, I think may be having an issue with the switch button in my 940 but fixed with a little piece of paper into de relay pushing contact "forced" to the copper plates, didn't test yet but in a while we'll see!
Great content
I love Volvo very strong structure.
I see Volvo... but no Elkavolvo.
But keep robbing parts of that other one, eventually it will be a prime candidate! 😆
Good stuff as always Austin, and this will actually help me out. A cousin just bought a 9 series for $1K, OD not working and half the glass missing. At least I can solve one end of his problems now!🤣
Have to give it too you nice old Chevy van in video
So no button means you can just down shift and no button, you got it better now.... I could go for a Volvo upgrade .
Nice to hear that "Appalachian application" is gaining some ground.
It's a bit more classy than Redneck Engineering ;)
Good evening Austin, u know that Volvo videos will either get tons of views or no views
1000% true Sir! Most likely, none 😉 But it's honest work and fixing and might help someone out of a pinch so figured why not share it. Always appreciate you being here to support us!
a friend has a mechanic that bypassed the overdrive solenoid on a 1986 Toyota van. So like you the mechanic says "the van is in overdrive all the time, yet it will not go into the overdrive gear and this is normal"
Is there a way the overdrive is bypassed so that the overdrive is off all the time?
I don't think so, but that is the way the van seems to behave, since it does not go into overdrive gear, and also when climbing a gentle hill, it doesn't do what it normally would do with the overdrive turned on, i.e. downshift as needed.
Well, time for a small block swap 🤣
Ohhhh there's a plan already on the books 😉
@@LucoreAuto 🏁
On the upside the floor is never going to rot out.
Both this car and it's twin sister are almost completely rust free despite serious mileage AND being Ohio cars. Hard to beat an old Volvo!
Volvo love
Yessir! This particular one may be going a BIT more your style in the near future too 😉
@@LucoreAuto Hell ya !
Get a big hammer for the Tunnel ⚒️
Have Bill come fix it with wire nuts.
Lol not sure Bill would even know where to start, everything on this car is metric 😉
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For the millions of avid Volvo collectors out there you just increased the value of the car by 15 $ if you decide to sell it.
Lol interesting question I CAN not answer is... how many 2xx/7xx/9xx cars have already had the overdrive off bypassed? It's a very VERY common problem for something few people ever use
Gotta have a Volvo wagon to shag parts/engines from across the country!
Yessir this thing and it's sister ship have done many many miles after parts and pieces for various projects!
At least that Volvo probably doesn't have FoMoCo stamped on every conceivable part like the early 2000's. I swear they have more FoMoCo stampings than an actual Ford running on Focus suspensions and brakes.🤫 I especially appreciate the 2005 V50 heater motor location.
watch out man these volvos go for the kill im always injured after working on my 240
I think I need to drop off some gloves for you on the way work 😂
Would you believe I actually HAVE 2 brand new boxes of gloves sitting in my toolbox? Whoops!
@@LucoreAuto lol happens enjoying the videos
Within 2 minuets I ALSO am the guy under the car more black with muck then white, but I ALWAYS wipe out a good shirt as well ! P/S what did you do with the wobbly driveshaft Austin ?
If you choose to do the Overdrive Bypass all you have to do is take the existing solenoid and cut a notch between the two ports remove the inner o-ring and reinstall! discard the wiring. See video th-cam.com/video/k_OsHUZlg1o/w-d-xo.html no need to buy the $30 part that'll take three weeks to show up.
Well that's good to know too! Thanks for the info and link!
At last the automatic rust proofing system works! = leaky engine.. A working fuelgauge on a 7-series Volvo, maybe when new? 9-series, sometimes that gauge works. As for that powerseat, didnt even know they had that fancy option 😲 Oh and the majority had M46 M47 or M90 gearboxes, proper manual ones 😉
Lol she's got a few pretty common issues but we still love her! Great daily driver even with all her little ... "quirks". Don't think any of these came with manuals in turbo in The States did they?
@@LucoreAuto No idea what options where available 'over there' but my 940 is truly a poor mans low pressure turbo version with 136hp. Central locking, powersteering and factory Green tint Windows, thats about tips! PS. Both me and the car is located in Sweden, about 30 mins from another famous but much smaller Swedish car manufacturer starting with a K 😉
@@thatdudeinorange5269 ah ha! Yeahhh unfortunately we Yanks didn't get the turbo stick shift versions, oddly our maple creamstick friends to the north got tons of them! It's a tempting swap though... however THIS particular car may be destined for a bit more rowdy future 😉
@@LucoreAuto my buddy has owned a ton of Volvos over the years. He had a 740 turbo that was a manual, had a button you pushed for 5th gear/OD on the shift knob. I don't know if the wagons got a turbo stick option. I owned an 88 740 turbo wagon back in 2016 and I really wish I never sold it. I love the redbricks. If I could find a decent one with working ac here in central Ohio I'd snag on it for sure. But I'm perfectly content with my ol GMT800 Sierra right now.
didn't mean to laugh but ouch that hurts! watch the head?
That's one of the blessings of a thick skull ;)
Still purring at 172k.
Yessir! Only things that usually go wrong with these things are the "questionable" fixes done by others previously! Hard to beat the ole Swedish Tanks!
@@LucoreAuto Appalachian applications totally agree.
for sale sign would be an easy fix
Could easily sell this car for what I have in it. But absolutely no need to do so. Fix it, drive it, use it.
You paid $2500 for a car. I thought your max was like 5 bucks ...
Lol hey now I'll pay more than a cheeseburger! 😉 But $2500 had kinda been my hard limit for a few years now...
@@LucoreAuto I hope you relies I am always just joking around I love your content man keep it up ....
Hillbilly engineering at its finest. Lol
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