Nice 740 volvo estate for sale.

Somehow I've ended up with two volvos, an 850 and a 740. I don't want to,
but I've decided it's time for the 740 to go.The volvo is a 740 estate. late
1988 (they revised the model with a lot of modifications in this year). It's
a 1998cc in line 4 cylinder fuel injected. I am the second owner of the car
which I bought in 1990.The bodywork is good apart from a small dent on the
front o/s wing. The car is in a striking light blue with chrome trim and tow
bar and electrics. Electric windows, heated seats, electric mirrors and
power stearing. the interior is good with blue pinstripe seats. I have a
brand new, never used set of tailor made seat covers which I will throw in
free of charge as well as a haynes manual. The car has approx 9 months mot.
The tax runs out at the end of september. It has had regular oil and filter
changes.

The car has had new front discs 30k mile ago. It's had new cam belt and fan
belts about a couple of months ago, new radiator and new exhaust front pipe
and first box (the rest of the exhaust is in good condition), new handbrake
cable and new exhaust manifold gasket and new tailgate struts a short while
ago. The engine is good with 170,000 miles on it. All the tyres are like
brand new. the car was serviced about 6000 miles ago when i told the garage
to go through it from front to back bumper. The fuel injection system has
been completely overhauled. All receipts are there for anyone to see.

Now the bits that need attention. It drops a small amount of oil which i
usually top up about once a month. I have replaced the fuel gauge but it is
still erratic (a usual problem with this model). I just need time to do it
again, it's a simple repair. The front passenger central lock motor is in
need of replacement and the drivers door catch need attention. It shuts so
long as you do it gently. the drivers door glass is in need of replacement
£14 from Halfords. the rear light has a chip in it, it's not an mot fail and
is not in need of replcement apart from cosmetic reasons (new one £40)

I wasn't meaning to replace this car and it was when i went for the new fuel
guage i saw the 850, then volvo greed took over and before i knew where i
was i ended up with 2 volvos.We wanted to keep the 740, it's been so handy
but it's in the way and extra expense.

Based on this and other 740 cars in the second hand market , make me an
offer what you think it's worth. I will try to answer any questions you may
have as honestly as possible.

Roy

 

Should've said am in Manchester uk and it's the drivers door MIRROR glass
that wants replacing.

Roy

 

hope you have had the air con checked out, the 850 suffer from leaks,
i have just had my internal air con unit replaced, non volvo garage:
£498.00.

apart from that i think my 850 is great.
1996/7 model 2.5 20v got all i need even down to a 6 cd changer.

now looking for a tow bar for it.

whats yours like (the car i mean)

colin

 

What colour is the car.

 

the colour is light blue.

Roy

 

Roy.

Is the interior also blue, how much are you looking for.

 

Interior is a blue pinstipe. What do you think it's worth?

Roy

 

I note that you have in common with many/most 740 owners had problems with
you fuel gauge/sender. You say that you have repaired it in the past and
that it is simple to do. Are you meaning that you simply replaced the
gauge or something further? I have replaced the gauge and the sender and
still have an erratic reading. Fairly sure its not the earth. Just
wondering if you have found the secret to Volvo gauges. Apparently man can
get to the moon but Volvo can't make a reliable fuel gauge/sender! But why
would they at their charge for replacement sender unit?
I would be grateful if you or anyone else can enlighten me with a fix for
the damn thing.
TH

 

I've never encountered a fuel gauge problem in any Volvo other than the
cluster regulator failing on the early 240's. I'm curious to know more about
this.

 

I am curious as James Sweet is never seen a post here about fuel/sending
or guage reading problem, I hope people aren't stealing gas right out of
your tank? The fuel pumps last pretty long too why would the senders be
poorly made? Oh well, I'll just add my 2 cents here anyway. the fIrst
one may be somewhat of a joke, but I really didn't mean it that way. If
you cannot get any other solution than you'll have to resort to some
better system like I describe below TO MONITOR GAS LEVEL IN THE TANK.1) CHOICE (I'm sorry but I can't help myself) fill the gas tank before
it's dry and forget the fuel sending unit issue all togther. Ah, common
it is conceivable that one can know by how many klms driven how much gas
should be consumed, THEREFORE HOW MUCH SHOULD BE LEFT IN THE PETROL TANK.
Trick may be to always fill her to the top!

2) CHOICE WOULD BE DIAGNOSE IF THE DASH cluster HAS A PROBLEM WHICH
MIGHT MEAN CHANGING THE SPEEDO AT SAME TIME, SURELY A WRECKER SHOULD BE
ABLE TO DIG UP A USED DASH/SPEEDO HEAD UNIT, IN THE OFF CHANCE THAT THE
GUAGE IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
TRUTH IS I DO NOT KNOW IF THE SPEEDO CAN BE SEPARATED FROM CLUSTER WITH
OUT BREAKING IT?

 

Yes it can, there's a bunch of screws on the back of the cluster and the
whole thing comes apart relatively easily. It's a little more intricate than
that in a 240 but still not too bad, all the guages can be removed
separately.

 

I'm not familiar wtih 740, but I did have two 240's with failed fuel gauges.
In one case, the gauge was erratic and moved about nonsensically. In the
other case the indicator always sat in zero. Both had the same electronic
problem. There was a little printed circuit board, about 2 x 10 cm, which
plugged into the back of the instrument cluster and amplified the signal
from the tank sender. On the first car, I replaced the PCB with a new one
from Volvo for about $80. The second time, since I now had a spare
(broken) PCB, I took a stab at fixing it by replacing the only active
component, an op-amp (LM324?), with a Radio Shack equivalent, swapped that
one back into the other 240, and it worked fine thereafter.