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I just sold my '89 740 GL and 19 hours later bought a '93 940 with only 70K in silver. Did not plan on it but it just happened that one came up and I was the first one there. Like all used cars this one has a dozen little things to fix. Cheap plastic failures mainly... Fluid changes next.
What an improvement in ride quality and body design though. Really like this car already as it drives so nice and much better than the 740 that had rebuilt front end, Tokico shocks and IPD anti sway bars. The stock 940 is still so much better.
Driving position is perfect, better than any car I have driven.
Engine bay is even bigger and easier work on and build quality is the same.
Need help with the cassette deck though...
My radio works fine but the cassette player takes the tape and then doesn't start playing and stays in radio mode, also won't eject but has not eaten the tape. Its the 818 model. Any suggestions to fix??
thanks,
Maui
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My cassette stopped working on my 91 240. Inside there was a little clear plastic protector that looks like it was there to stop the cassette form rubbing during entry....or something. It was way in the back and was stopping the inside gear driver from engaging. I used a set of hemostats and yanked it out. Cassette works. Don't use the cassette as ii is a piece of junk but my factory radio works like it used to now.
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420,000KM and still ticking
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BUY A NEW RADIO/CD/MP3 PLAYER for $99 at Brandsmart or BestBuy, Sony or Pioneer, and you can fit 8 to 10 music CDs in each CD after ripping them to MP3, buy the converter ($14) and make some adjustments in the radio plastic frame, get one at the junk yard so you can work it out before.
I used to have a truck load of cassetes in my 93-940, now I only carry 5 or 6 CDs and they have more than 40 music CDs loaded on them....we are in the 21st century already.
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Hey sorry your tape deck does not work. I might have something that can help you out. I to have a 940 but mine is a 94'. I changed out the radio about 6years ago and the stock radio is in a box some were. If I can find it I might be able to sell it to you. I just need to make sure the miss's says yes and I find the radio code you will need that.
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posted by
someone claiming to be jeff
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Tue Jan 29 14:46 CST 2008 [ RELATED]
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buy a new radio.
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Why do a lot of you boarders always say buy a new radio, buy a new CD changer, buy a pioneer, etc.
When your Volvo doesn't run you don't go out and buy anew Volvo do you?
I like my oem radio and its 6 cd changer and cassette and like to keep it running so if any of you out there have bought a new radio and have the original volvo 6 CD trunk mounted changer available please contact me
Thanks.
As for the cassette problem I used mine a week or so ago after three years of no use and pressing all the buttons, FF, REW, Eject etc many time it suddenly worked. Keep putting it in and eject it after pressing all the buttons.
Be persistent if the radio works the cassette should work too.
Good luck.
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EJO now a 1993 944T 197K; ex '65 123S; ex '75 245; and ex '81 242GT; also 2001 Kia Sportage, Chrysler 2002 T&C and 2006 MINI Cooper
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Don't know if this works but i stumbled on a 6-pack in Kijiji Toronto
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-parts-accessories-Volvo-Cd-changer-From-a-850-6-disk-W0QQAdIdZ37871714
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420,000KM and still ticking
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If the Volvo ran on an obsolete fuel, indeed the second it broke, I'd replace it! :)
I'm one of the biggest curmudgeons on this board I bet... I've kept almost everything on our cars stock (from one or another Volvo markets). Everything, except for the tape deck... and I struggled over this. Fortunately, in two of the cars the tape decks were either dead dead (leaky windshield syndrome), or already replaced. The one working Volvo tape deck I replaced went to a friendly retired Volvo tech for free.
My take is that it comes down to the fact that the cassette is a 100% obsolete medium... and the CD changer isn't far behind. CD's in cars get wrecked almost instantly up front: if you're putting them away right, you're not driving. Changers in the trunk are just plain inconvenient. We own these cars for practicality.
MP3 CD's work fine, lots of music fits on a single CD, and if it gets wrecked it's disposable. Lots of early Grateful Dead just happens to be out there on MP3 for free. Why shuffle though 6 or 7 John Coltrane albums when driving, when you can dump them all on a single MP3 disc? Plus the originals are safely at home, not getting scratched or baked in the sun. Still, even the "MP3 disc" is getting obsolete. Flash drives and iPods are taking over... though I'll not own an iPod anytime soon... mostly because I intensely dislike Apple... but the podcast concept is pretty cool, just wish it wasn't "pod" specific.
This is why many of us advocate simply replacing broken Volvo stereo's with newer technology. $120 from Crutchfield buys you everything you need.
-Ryan
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Athens, Ohio
1987 245 DL 314k, Dog-mobile
1990 245 DL 134k M47, E-codes, GT Sway Bars
1991 745 GL 300k, Regina, 23/21mm Turbo Sway Bars
Buckeye Volvo Club
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posted by
someone claiming to be YOU FORGET IDIOT,SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP IT ORIGINAL
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Thu Jan 31 05:29 CST 2008 [ RELATED]
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Nobody here cooks with wood anymore, I guess, this is already the 21st century.
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Sweet! I've been flamed...
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Athens, Ohio
1987 245 DL 314k, Dog-mobile
1990 245 DL 134k M47, E-codes, GT Sway Bars
1991 745 GL 295k, Regina, 23/21mm Turbo Sway Bars
Buckeye Volvo Club
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posted by
someone claiming to be Felix_the_Cat
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Thu Jan 31 06:44 CST 2008 [ RELATED]
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Lol. You don't see many flames on this board.
I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I am very curious as to which stuff from crutchfield you are referring to. I had given up on replacing my radios as the local best buy sales nerd told me that 940s have some odd anomaly that precludes you from going aftermarket. I didn't really believe him, but never pursued it further. Can you reference a particular make/model?
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Best Buy is evil!
I didn't expect it, but Crutchfield has actually been amazing with their website and customer service. Very few companies in any business have impressed me like they have. Only qualm I have is the number of catalogs I keep getting from them.
The 940 either has a six speaker stereo or a four speaker one. Lots of 740/940's have speaker grilles in the front doors, but actually don't have speakers behind them. Threw me for a loop when I installed the 740's stereo. Six speaker stereo's are expensive, a four speaker one works fine in a six speaker car if you just use the door speakers. The dash speakers aren't the greatest anyway. The Metra kit the Crutchfield has makes installation very easy.
Usually, I get the cheapest model Crutchfield sells over $120. The reason is that at $120 and above, they include shipping and the Metra install kit for free. I also like the least "blingy" stereo's out there. Nothing aftermarket really matches the Volvo dash perfectly, but it helps if the face is not shiny silver with umpteen flashing lights. Also important to me is that the unit doesn't require removing or rotating the faceplate to get a CD into the unit.
Hard to say what specific model stereo works best, since the individual manufacturers revamp and change their line almost annually, and not necessarily for the better. Pretty much anything should work in the 940. There isn't any integration with the stereo and other components to the best of my knowledge. You simply bypass the amplifier with the Metra kit and go directly to the speakers. The word "bypass" makes it sound complicated, but it's not at all.
We've got a low end Panasonic in the 1990 245 that works fine. It does MP3/WMA's Our 740 has a Sony that's a little more "blingy" than I like, but it's also pretty good. Our 740 has what looks like a 6 speaker stereo, but it's really four speakers in disguise.
-Ryan
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Athens, Ohio
1987 245 DL 314k, Dog-mobile
1990 245 DL 134k M47, E-codes, GT Sway Bars
1991 745 GL 295k, Regina, 23/21mm Turbo Sway Bars
Buckeye Volvo Club
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