well...almost like new.

the car ran fine for a couple days but now it seems to be leaking from the solenoid. so maybe I didn't get the bolts tight enough? and the trans is shifting crazy...not shifting between 1st & 2nd, very soft shifting, etc. so I'm going to try to get under there and tighten the bolts more (it was hard to get a wrench up there) to see if that would fix it. if not, the trans might be going out. I found a used 940 trans for $250 at a yard, but I'm not sure how to tell it's an aw70 for sure. this is the car: for parts 94 volvo 940 remains

I called, and they didn't know which trans for sure...any way to tell exactly if this will work in my 240 if tightening the bolts doesn't work?

J.

 

a turbo would be an AW71, which is the heavier duty version of the same transmission. afaik, this should bolt right up.

 

that's what I was thinking, after reading which trans were in which cars. just wanted to make sure I don't spend $250 on the wrong trans.

J.

 

the only one that would be significantly different would be the AW72L used on the 16valve DOHC models of the 740/940, those have much lower gear ratios, as the 16V was a higher RPM motor.

a transmission from a LH2.2 car (pre-1989) would need its flexiplate swapped to use with a LH2.4 car (1989+) but the other way around shouldn't matter. in this case, both cars are probably LH2.4

 

grabbing the trans from the junkyard. what do I need, other than ATF, to swap these out? anything special?

J.

 

I'd use a new transmission mount, and replace the plastic bushings in the tranmission shift linkage, they are almost always worn out and are cheap enough. new gaskets for the transmission cooler fittings would be a good idea.

if your car is a LH2.4 and the donor car is LH2.2, you'll need to be sure to swap the flexiplate as LH2.4 uses a 'crankshaft posiition sensor' which reads notches on the flexiplate, the older ones didn't have this.

 

it's the trans from the 940 I posted earlier...the AW71. it should be a 2.4, correct?

J.

 

yeah, all 940's are 2.4 (or regina/rex, but they too use the CPS)