Along with smashing my driver's side taillight assembly and shearing off the gas door, a snowplow tore off the driver's side exterior door handle on my 1990 740 GL. Thanks guys. I have a replacement handle and my lackluster Chilton's 72302 (p 10-7), which claims to apply to almost every car Volvo put out between 1990-1998. Predictably, it sucks. The diagrams which detail removal of the inside door panel don't apply to my model. -- I tried to pull off the plastic release handle 'nub' from the end of the lever, at first with hand pressure and gradually more aggressively prying with a screwdriver. The screwdriver, a cheapo, bent, so I was unable to remove the nub. I moved on to other areas and figured I'd get back to it. -- The speaker grille/cover was considerably different from that shown in the book. The book's appeared to be some sort of mesh stretched over a frame, whereas my car's was black metal with a hard plastic frame. No visible pry slots or screws. -- Removed the trim panel beside the arm rest. In the book, the panel covered two retaining screws. There were no retaining screws behind the trim panel in my car. -- In the book's fig 32, there are 5 retaining screws at the bottom of the door panel. Not so on mine. The book's photos don't appear to have a magazine slot, which leads me to believe that the demo may have been the car's rear door. Can anyone help me get the interior panel off so I can install the new handle? I'm getting a little weary of having to open the rear door to reach through to the front door's interior release handle. TIA. Scott
Try these instructions: http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/BodyDoors.htm#Inner_Door_Panel_Removal -- Mike F. Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont. Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly. (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
Thanks Mike. I gave it a glance. Doesn't sound exactly like my door (there's no light on the end of the door near the latch in Step 2). Hopefully it'll be close enough, though. I felt three square holes at the bottom of the door's interior. They felt like slots for plastic tabs within the door. I pushed up on the three tabs and they moved in a tad, but the lower part of the door still didn't seem like it wanted to budge. Scott
You pull the clips down and out of the door to release them. Also the speaker grills need to be removed. All the best, Peter. 700/900/90 Register Keeper, Volvo Owners Club (UK).
And I've never seen a 740 door panel without the little light lens on the rear. Maybe that has been removed or lost on yours. -- Mike F. Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont. Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly. (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
