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2 questions cruise control / fog light wiring 700 1990

Good morning to all ..
I have a 1990 740gl .. that I have only had for about 8 months ( by the way I really love it and it is my first volvo ) .. ON the dash is a switch for fog lamps that when I turn it on it lights up .. but I don['t have fog lights (yet) is there a place in the harness that I can hook into with out drilling holes in the firewall .. and if so any idea where it may be located .. 2 is there anyway to check an intermittant cruise problem .. some times it works and sometimes it dosn't .. I have looked at all the vac lines no holes or leaks I can find .. any ideas .. thanks for any and all replies








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2 questions cruise control / fog light wiring 700 1990

I've got a 90 740 turbo, but I assume the light setup is the same. Starting in 90, I believe that front fog lights became a non-option.

Front fog lights have a green dot on the switch.
If the switch has a red dot, it is probably for the rear fog lights, and only one of them (the other side was disabled "because they were being confused with brake lights"). It will be on the driver's side and fed by a brown wire into the light bulb socket. It's the lower, innermost light. They should only come on with the headlights. They are one of the fuses along the bottom of the tray that run perpendicular to the majority of the fuses. Second from the right. Doesn't matter if the light on the switch comes on though, it won't if the fuse is blown.


You can reconnect the passenger side. There should be another identically colored brown wire in the harness that leads to the passenger side. It should be easy to reconnect it by splicing in the brown wire. Trailer light splices will allow you to connect to the existing wire without cutting it

In order to mount front fogs (I'm going to tackle this over this summer), you will need to cut the underside of the front bumper or to replace the front air-dam/valence with an earlier year (89 or older I think), AND if you go backwards on the valence, you'll need an older bumper cover or to modify the attachment system (clips).
If you've got nasty Tule/California ground-hugging fog, it might be worth it. I've decided it is.
There are mounting brackets usually required for the fogs, but I will see if I really need them before buying them. Everywhere I've seen them, they are $15 apiece.

Best of luck,
Will

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1990 740 Turbo, on its way to stock specs, maybe beyond








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2 questions cruise control / fog light wiring 700 1990



Have you checked the cruise control's servo behind the throttle body?

-Ryan
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Athens, Ohio
1990 245 DL 133k M47, E-codes, bunch of fun accessories
1991 745 GL 290k (Girlfriend-mobile)
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2 questions cruise control / fog light wiring 700 1990

Are you sure the fog light switch isn't for the rear? It brightens the rears up only when the headlights are on.
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