Hello. First post here. I have a 91 240 automatic. I took the starter inhibitor switch out and cleaned it and re-installed it, but before I did that, I put a jumper wire in between each of the contacts for the two plugs that the starter inhibitor was plugged into to see if I could bypass the switch. I’m pretty sure one was the backup light and the other was the starter inhibitor. Well, that was mistake bc after I cleaned the terminals in the switch and reinstalled and plugged it in, I now have no fuel pump priming and the ignition switch doesn’t light up the dash anymore. I check the fuse box and they all look ok.

what do you think I did? Mess up the ignition relay? Blow a fusible link? I really have no idea. I will say the hazards, interior lights, dash lights, central locking and running lights all still work so the car is getting juice, just not the ignition??

please help!!

 

I would recommend going to Turbobricksdotcom to try and resolve this problem.

 

can you at least get the starter to crank the engine over with the key or?....

 

Yes, the 4 wires from the NSS are for the reverse lights and the power to the starter solenoid. Moving, touching those wires (on the left side of the transmission tunnel) would not have caused your problem.

Have you checked your fuses. Corrosion, bad connections are common. There are no fusible links in a Volvo.

 

hoonk, if he tried to crank the engine using the remote starter wire under the hood would that effectively bypass the NSS?

 

No that wire under the hood near the firewall still goes through the NSS. A guess would still be battery connections, fuse continuity, or if no power to the starter his engine wiring harness might look like another recent poster here.