760 spare tire woes (and plea)

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dale James
  • Start date Start date
D

Dale James

Greetings, all. I have a 1989 760 turbo with 193,000 miles on which I'm
slowly working out the 14 years of deferred maintenance (new cylinder head,
Hall effect sender, some front end components, 1 tire, faulty window
controls, etc.). The main issue right now is the original "donut" spare --
it's worn beyond use (i.e., it's worn through to the cords in at least a
hald-dozen places). No one I've tried sells tires to fit these (155R15),
Volvo wants >$300 for a replacement or ~$125 for an empty steel wheel, no
wrecking yards around me have any Volvo wheels.

Does anyone out there have a 15" "donut" spare with a reasonable amount of
life left that they'd sell me, or just a plain 15" rim that I could mount a
tire on?

I'm carrying around a can of "Fix-a-Flat", but that only works so far....

Thanks,
--Dale
 
Volvo wants >$300 for a replacement or ~$125 for an empty steel wheel, no
wrecking yards around me have any Volvo wheels.
Click to expand...

Tire Rack will sell you a new steel 15x6 wheel for $40, or a new aluminum
15x7 wheel for $99-$119 (these are aftermarket, not OEM, wheels).
It looks as though the web site only offers the steel ones if you are
looking for a winter wheel and tire package, but you can probably call
them if you want to buy a new tire mounted on a steel wheel for (full
size) spare use.

Here is a URL listing the wheels that Tire Rack offers:

http://www.tirerack.com/snow/SnowWh...rtSize=15&snowSortCode=12150&show=threeWheels
 
Go to your nearest wreckers yard and purchase an ordinary wheel and tyre (same
size as is fitted to your car) and place that in the wheel well in the trunk.
Before you stow it check that the pressure is more than the highest pressure you
use.

Cheers, Peter.

: Greetings, all. I have a 1989 760 turbo with 193,000 miles on which I'm
: slowly working out the 14 years of deferred maintenance (new cylinder head,
: Hall effect sender, some front end components, 1 tire, faulty window
: controls, etc.). The main issue right now is the original "donut" spare --
: it's worn beyond use (i.e., it's worn through to the cords in at least a
: hald-dozen places). No one I've tried sells tires to fit these (155R15),
: Volvo wants >$300 for a replacement or ~$125 for an empty steel wheel, no
: wrecking yards around me have any Volvo wheels.
:
: Does anyone out there have a 15" "donut" spare with a reasonable amount of
: life left that they'd sell me, or just a plain 15" rim that I could mount a
: tire on?
:
: I'm carrying around a can of "Fix-a-Flat", but that only works so far....
:
: Thanks,
: --Dale
:
:
 
There's a yard near me that has quite a few volvos.. I'm headed there Monday
AM to find an ignition control module. If you'd like, I'll see what's
there...

Tony
[email protected]
 
Does anyone out there have a 15" "donut" spare with a reasonable amount of
life left that they'd sell me, or just a plain 15" rim that I could mount a
tire on?

I'm carrying around a can of "Fix-a-Flat", but that only works so far....
Click to expand...

Dale,

Try erievovo.com -- if they have one, they'll ship it to you. Their prices
and service is pretty good.

bev
 
Peter Milnes said:
Go to your nearest wreckers yard and purchase an ordinary wheel and tyre (same
size as is fitted to your car) and place that in the wheel well in the trunk.
Before you stow it check that the pressure is more than the highest pressure you
use.

Cheers, Peter.

: Greetings, all. I have a 1989 760 turbo with 193,000 miles on which I'm
: slowly working out the 14 years of deferred maintenance (new cylinder head,
: Hall effect sender, some front end components, 1 tire, faulty window
: controls, etc.). The main issue right now is the original "donut" spare --
: it's worn beyond use (i.e., it's worn through to the cords in at least a
: hald-dozen places). No one I've tried sells tires to fit these (155R15),
: Volvo wants >$300 for a replacement or ~$125 for an empty steel wheel, no
: wrecking yards around me have any Volvo wheels.
:
: Does anyone out there have a 15" "donut" spare with a reasonable amount of
: life left that they'd sell me, or just a plain 15" rim that I could mount a
: tire on?
:
: I'm carrying around a can of "Fix-a-Flat", but that only works so far....
:
: Thanks,
: --Dale
:
Click to expand...
I thought all older Volvos had a full size spare? at least over the pond
(UK) they seem to. there certainly is plenty room in the spare tire wells in
these cars !!!! I have a full size spare that sits under the 7 seater option
in the rear of my 740 estate and with the extra seats folded down, you
would'nt know it was different from the regular car, except for the extra
seatbelts showing at the sides of the rear window.

Stuart.
 
They have space for one but originally they came with a space saver.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top