This tag slipped out from the edge of one of the main instruments in my '81 242DL. Not sure which. Can anyone tell what the tag means?

That’s from the back of the factory speedometer p/n 1205239 which is superseded by p/n 1324798 as the replacement speedo in the field (parts chain)
https://www.volvopartswebstore.com/products/Volvo/Speedometer/1205239/1324798.html
Replacement speedometers sometimes have a distinguishing feature, like a red background for the rightmost digit, to indicate they don’t show the actual vehicle mileage.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now

That tag is from the back of the factory speedometer p/n 1259764 which is superseded by p/n 1324798 as the replacement speedo in the field (parts chain)
https://www.volvopartswebstore.com/products/Volvo/Speedometer/1205239/1324798.html
As I mentioned, replacement speedometers sometimes have a distinguishing feature, like a red background for the rightmost digit, to indicate they don’t show the actual vehicle mileage.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now

My guess is it's the tachometer.

15 or more years ago I bought an instrument cluster that was (supposedly) from a 264/265. It bears a similar sticker on top of the pod, and you can probably guess why I think yours is from the tach.

I think it must be from the tach also since the car is an '81 auto. I swap out the stupid clock for a pick-n-pull tach probably sometime in the 90's.

Hi,

I can only say that the bottom number is the date of manufacture or date that the unit was assembled before the cars assembly time.
This, of which I would assume, was a contract number or a purchase order number from various vendors used.
It also can be some “in-house” inventory number for their recognition.
These clusters come with variations of a clock and a tachometer on the left side let alone the craziness with the ways to use different light bulbs for different markets around the world.


Phil



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