Dear Everyone at Brickboard,

I am so thankful to all of you for your responses to my "radiator" (NOT!!!) issue. Being too chicken at this time to work on the car myself (and needing the car daily to go to Maryland for my soon-to-end employment), I took it to the mechanic I know who pretty much only works on Volvos.

Your suggestions were correct about the little piece of wire that was needed and caused the temperature gauge to look like the car's overheating. I am gathering that this wire is what the mechanic called a "jumper harness." In looking at Art's pix, the process was the same. They pulled the instrument cluster and put this "jumper harness on" (or a piece of wire as shown in Art's diagrams). The cost was $106, and if the "jumper harness" is the same thing as that little piece of wire you've all mentioned, then I guess I paid an awful lot for it.

As for posting, I will soon register to be a member of Brickboard (hoping you want novices like me, but we NEED all of you so much!). I find it difficult to read and comprehend all the individual posts, and I so very much want to respond to each one. Please know that I am SO thankful to all of you for your continuing help.

I will soon be taking on the odometer, trip meter, speedometer, interior lights, continuous "light-out" light being on, door locks, wipers being slow (even though the motor was just replaced with a new motor), and all other issues that I face with this car that I love so much.

Before I do so, I will be sure to check the board for related issues and pictures of the jobs, ditch the Chilton manual for a Haynes or Bentley manual as suggested, get a set of necessary tools, and FOR SURE not think an issue is fixed just because it runs for two miles without the gauge going up.

I drove the car to Hunt Valley from Tuesday through Friday, with the gauge perfectly in the middle the whole time.

You all are the best, and I'm sure I'll talk to you all again soon!!!!!!!!

Respectfully,

Susan
Owner of a 1990 240 wagon and 1996 960 sedan
York, PA