Re-wiring rear hatch 1986 240 DL

Discussion in 'Volvo 240' started by carterbear1, Jun 26, 2008.

  1. carterbear1

    carterbear1 Guest

    Once again the wires going through the hinges of my 240 DL wagon are
    shot. I am trying to determine if there is a better way to re-wire the
    thing. 1) I could replace the wiring harnesses through the hinges and
    look forward to doing so again in 5 - 7 years. Or 2) rig some sort of
    loops that bypass the hinges and hang inside the top corners. Or 3)
    Get very inventive and put in some sort of contact plates that are
    mounted to the sides of the hatch and make contact with corresponding
    contacts on the sides of the frame. Does anyone have any suggestions?
    Thanks, Carter
     
    carterbear1, Jun 26, 2008
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  2. carterbear1

    clay Guest

    There was a post, while back, where a guy made a little harness that ran
    outside the hinge (inside the car) and posted pictures and a howto on
    his website.
    I may have it bookmarked at home...
     
    clay, Jun 26, 2008
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  3. carterbear1

    jch Guest

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    I did this "loop harness repair" to my son's 1985 240 wagon. Not too
    difficult to do. It is still working well enough. Replacing the
    harness through the hinges is certainly do-able, but the hinges have to
    almost come of the car. The harness consists of special wire that has
    very flexible insulation and extremely fine copper strands. This all
    aids the flexing. So far my experience with 240 wagons is that the
    hinge harnesses last about 10+ years. I would just get a harness from,
    say, FCP Groton, and install it.
     
    jch, Jun 26, 2008
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  4. carterbear1

    N8N Guest

    I'm just passing through (started the thread about the shocks for a
    1800/Amazon) and honestly know very little about Volvos. that said,
    I'm guessing that this harness is failing because of fatigue of the
    wires from repeated flexing. Could you just splice in some better
    wire (I'd solder and heat shrink it myself) in the area that actually
    flexes to make a longer lasting repair? old Fluke multimeter leads
    are a good source of fine-strand wire.

    good luck

    nate
     
    N8N, Jun 30, 2008
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