finally got my 1995 850 Turbo Wagon home today, in good shape am charging the battery and will see what the next problem is, previous owner said something about an oil leak and some smoke in exhaust, turbo seals my guess

 

How much u buy it for and how many miles

 

800 with 180k miles

 

well the first problem, when i turn the key to run nothing happens i cant turn the radio on or the heater, it acts like the key isnt in or turned but if turned to start it turns over. also what is the area behind the fuse box? looks like a place for relays or something or is that a diagnostic area.....?

 

Thats how this 850 was today i tested if u turn the key back a lil after u start it everything should work try that

 

i will give that a shot but it seams to me that its still reading that its off because the fuel pump doesnt come on, could a bad ignition switch do this? but what is the sealed area behind the fuse box?

 

There is nothing behind that to my knowledge. In some countries, the steering wheel is on the other side of the car. In those situations the area is used for the cabin filter and the climate control fan is down there.

 

well if nothing else is coming on that leads me to beleive that the fuel pump isnt coming on either

 

The electrical part of the ignition switch might be bad.

 

what would be the best way to diagnose that? and how hard would it be to replace that?

 

Easy to replace. Best would be to try to find a used one and plug it in.

 

how do you get the column apart?

 

There is screws from the bottom that hold the covers together. There is 2 t-15 screws and I believe 2 t-25 and the covers come off.
Then you will see the electrical portion of the switch. Then 2 screws hold it on.

 

Fuel pump is in the trunk, there is a schraeder valve on the fuel rail you can check with a bic or something to see if you are getting fuel. If you are hearing the pump engage and there is fuel, you're confident there is spark, you are probably looking at a bad pnp switch or ignition switch. First i would check the fuses with an indicator light (ground to a nice big bolt and touch each exposed metal strip with the key in pos II). Second what you can do is find yourself some nice sized wire, remove the cover from the starter cram exposed wire into the starter and touch the positive terminal of the battery (obviously insulated wire). If you start you're looking at a bad ignition switch or the pnp. If it doesn't, you are looking at the starter.

The best way about any of this though is to read up on DTC and how to read the codes from the jumper box, as long as you have power codes should lead you in the right direction.

 

pump is not coming on, i know its not getting fuel. What is a pnp switch? Well the starter turns over. Also what is DTC and how can i get codes with out a odb2 reader?

Also on another note i picked up a IPD strut bar for 5$ at a local junkyard yesterday

 

The PNP controls the starter. So if the starter is working forget about the PNP.
The fuel pump relay is under the hood in the fuse box. You have to remove the 4 t-25 screws and take the top cover off. Then find the red relay. You can remove it and open it up and inspect the solder joints.

Luck S*** on the strut brace!!!!!

This is how to read codes.
http://www.troublecodes.net/Volvo/

 

are you talking about the area behind the main little fuse block? ive taken that off, and theres nothing back there ill have to take a pic

 

The fuse box under the hood. Like around the wiper arm area.

 

 

the diagrams ive seen show there are suppose to be relays in the back there