The Mighty Volvo needs your help.

[MadmanO/T People]

I find myself in a bit of a quandry. My hitherto ultra-reliable 1990 Volvo 740 Turbo has suffered a rather inconvenient setback. The car suddenly died on me recently. I had it towed to an independent garage and they're telling me it's the Ignition Control Module. The Volvo dealer charges $939.35 retail for one of these, but I can get it at the shop rate of $751.48. That's still a bit steep for a 21-year-old car with over 291,000 miles on the clock. I've checked with all the big Volvo breakers in the US but nobody seems to have one.

So I'm putting the word out. If anyone has one of these (or knows somebody who does), I WANT IT!!!

It is located under the left (driver's side) of the dash. Here are some photos of mine......


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The Volvo part number is 3517369. The Bosch part number is 0 227 400 148.

I've also been told there are places that can rebuild my old one, but I haven't found any yet.


If you or anyone you know has one of these, please let me know!

Thanks in Advance,

Madman of the People

[Finlandia]

Might be worth a try to contact breakers in Sweden?

http://en.bildelsbasen.se/?index=default&link=...

[rallyspit]

Have you tried eBay?

there's an aftermarket alternative that could be an exact match on:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ignition-Module-VOLVO-240-VO...

Hope this helps!

[y2blade]

it has got to be worth trying the Volvo owners club forum

[James_N]

The ignition module went on my 740 volvo (B230E) engine whilst in mid france! What a bh that was! I managed to limp the car back to UK, and pick up a brand new ignition module for £15!

$1,000 is $960 too much!! even for a genuine bosch one!