Greetings.

Perhaps like others, I'm looking for the elusive Green Book(s) which detail overhauling the newer (1990+) B230s.
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• Tried https://ozvolvo.org/archive/ -- great resource, but no newer B230 overhaul stuff.
• Tried http://www.k-jet.org/documents/greenbooks/ -- all completely gone (and pulled from archive.org, too!).
• Rummaged about in https://vcoa.org/ -- which doesn't seem to have disks for sale anymore, either.

Model-specific data for other things would be a plus (1990 740), but I know that's probably too much to expect...

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

You don't really need "model specific" rebuild books. The b230 is a b230 throughout its long life span and there is nothing specific for 1990+ cars. The basics are the same when it is about rebuilding. I have a bunch of paper Green Books but not the engine overhaul one.

 

see if volvotips.com has what you are looking for.

 

@lev:
Thanks for the tips Still digging for some tech info; maybe something will finally turn up in the woodpile...

@mt6127:
Volvo Tips is a great resource for these cars; but, like everywhere else, there's no rebuild manual for the B230s

On that general note, the Oz Volvo site does have what seems to be the correct book in their collection, but, sadly, it's only a truncated scan (just 11 cherry-picked pages).

FWIW, it's really frustrating that Volvo has decided not to publish these manuals anymore. I guess they're just doing what is commonly done by most manufacturers that want to keep pushing out "new product". Great to know the bean-counters are alive and well in Sweden...

Have a great day, all --

 

Sadly, yes. Making the bullet proof Red Block made Volvo unprofitable and subsequently the victim of takeovers leading to today's Volvo's dubious stable, to put it politely.