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ZVOLV
03-04-2011, 05:08 AM
Do you want to know how to install Bosch LH2.4 EFI in your Volvo? Fantastic! It's very simple and only takes a few wires. We installed a 1994 B230FT and LH2.4 into a 1984 240 Turbo and this is how we did it.

Need:
-LH2.4 240 wiring harness.
-B230FT Engine OR drill/tap block for RPM sensor if attempting on a B21/23.
-LH2.4 Fuel Computer and Ignition Computer
-LH2.4 Flywheel or Flexplate and RPM sensor
-Complete rear axle or differential from electronic speedo 240
-Electronic speedo cluster
-LH2.4 Idle air motor
-LH2.4 MAF
-LH2.4 Coolant temp sensor
-Greentop injectors and resistor pack OR high resistance injectors like 850 Turbo orangetops
-2 small Custom fuel lines if converting from Kjet OR fuel lines from an EFI car

Process:

-First remove old engine bay harness

-Install B230FT and transmission of choice

-Install electronic speedo rear axle with gear ratio of choice.

-Install LH2.4 engine harness, run it thru firewall, and hook up computers.

-There is a wiring pigtail that goes from the computers and across the dashboard. There are only 5 wires here that need to be hooked up in order for your car to run.
Wire 1: Thicker Red/Yellow- Powers up the fuel pumps. Simply unplug your old 240 fuel pump relay (under driver dash) and put a male spade connector on the yel/red wire and plug it into the old fuel pump relay plug. You plug it into the terminal that has the old yel/red wire on it!
Wire 2: Thinner Red/Yellow: We put to fuse 5. Fused 12v Pwr for heated O2.
Wire 3: Red/Blk: Switched ign power from fuse 12.
Wire 4: Blue: Connect to male spade on the back of instrument cluster. Speed signal to ECU via cruise control output.
Wire 5: Oh yeah, if you want your ignition to work there is a 5th wire. By the igntion coil you will find a blue wire. Hook that up to your ignition coil! It used to go to your old igntion box mounted there by the coil. This blue wire feeds the 12v+ power to the coil whenever the igntion is on.
-The entire system (fuel pumps and computers) gets it's power from a RED wire from the battery. This has a fuse in it by the battery. This is the fuse for the main pump on a 240 as well, but the in tank pump runs thru a fuse.

- Relocate the MAF wiring to the other side. This was easy. We pulled all of the wires, except the brown/black ground wire, out of the harness carefully and moved them to the other side. For the ground wire (that black/brown) you cant pull it out because it grounds other things. You need to pull it out as much as you can and then attach it back to your MAF plug.

-Plug in 4 wire connector in your new 2.4 harness into the old firewall connector. Its grey.

-There are a few other wires that need to be hooked up for AC, ABS function, and Check Engine Light but the above wires are all it needs to RUN! Pink one is for Check Engine light BTW.

-For fuel lines you can either get a complete set of EFI fuel lines from a donor car, or you can have a custom feed line and return line made. We went to Parker hose fittings and got hooked up with both for about $20!

-For the speedo signal you just need to install a electronic speedo rear axle or attempt to install just the diff and diff cover in your existing housing. You will also need to install a electronic speedo cluster. There are two wires coming off the differential. You run the black wire to the same ground point with the black wire coming of the speedo. The blue wire from the diff cover goes directly to the instrument cluster. Then you need to hook up the red/black wire from the ignition switch to the back of the cluster. This will power the whole cluster up. Use the old wire that powered up your instrument cluster. More on this as I look at that part again.

-We also cut the blue/white wire from the TPS to the fuel ECU. Turbo cars dont need this WOT signal.


Also, this article is IN PROGRESS! This is just a start. I accidentally hit Submit too early also and cant change the thread title!

ZVOLV
03-08-2011, 01:26 AM
I used this thread when figuring it all out:

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=215399&page=2


Here is a wiring diagram:

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy242/ZVOLV/EFI%20Swap/lh24.jpg

ZVOLV
04-02-2011, 01:58 PM
The 9 wire dash pigtail. The thicker red/yellow is POWER for the fuel pumps from the relay and goes to your old fuel pump relay plug.[/B] Your old fuel pump relay is removed and then you simply add a male spade connector and plug it into your old fuel pump relay pigtail harness under the driver side.
The thin yellow/red wire is for your heated O2. It goes to the fuse panel and we put it on the same fuse as the intank pump, just like on a 740. Red/Black on this harness goes to fuse 12. It is 12v switched power when the ignition is on. The 4th wire you SHOULD hookup on this pigtail is the blue wire. The solid BLUE wire is for speedo. Some people say this is optional. I have heard you can have high idle after high speed freeway runs and the like. The solid BLUE wire goes to the double spade output on the back of the speedo. The other 5 wires are optional and not needed to make the car RUN. They are for things like CEL, AC,and starter test circuit,

The computers and dash pigtail: (Top Left. White plug)

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy242/ZVOLV/EFI%20Swap/IMG_0367.jpg

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy242/ZVOLV/EFI%20Swap/IMG_0368.jpg

The leftover wires:

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy242/ZVOLV/EFI%20Swap/IMG_0371.jpg

There is a medium sized grey plug (8 pin?) that connects at the center of the firewall. This plug at the firewall is compatible with the LH2.4 harness. Just plug it in! This gets you alternator excitor wire, starter signal wire, temp guage signal, and oil WARNING light. This also used to have your wires for the oil pressure guage. You need to hook those back up to your chassis plug here if you are trying to retain the 240T pressure guage.

This solid blue wire (cant really see in this pic) got a jumper wire (our yellow) attached to it and we ran it to the coil positive. This blue wire is the power for the coil from your old 240 kjet chassis harness. It should be sitting right there where you removed the old 240 ignition box from. You simply put a male spade on your jumper wire and plug it into the female plug on the blue wire. Then you simply add a male plug to your jumper wire and plug it onto the coil. Now your coil should get 12v when you turn the ignition on.

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy242/ZVOLV/EFI%20Swap/CopyofIMG_0361.jpg

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy242/ZVOLV/EFI%20Swap/CopyofIMG_0360.jpg

sekokupu
04-02-2011, 04:49 PM
And if you use 240 N/A harness, you have to cut/disable TPM full throttle wire.

dalek
05-08-2011, 12:32 PM
Would that work in a vagina car?

DNAsEqUeNcE
05-09-2011, 12:56 PM
And if you use 240 N/A harness, you have to cut/disable TPM full throttle wire.

what's it do if you don't?

ZVOLV
05-10-2011, 12:03 AM
what's it do if you don't?

Sbabbs claims certain ECU's will go to full rich.

Lord_Athlon
05-10-2011, 03:01 PM
Kris' went full rich with 52lb

D.E
05-12-2011, 07:29 PM
Thank you for this guide. I do have a few questions.

Where do I get fuel pump power from if I didn't have an electrical fuel pump to begin with?

What do I do with the electrical speedo, seeing as how I have the early cluster in my car? Will the car not run at all without the electrical speedo signal? I have all the wiring from the rear axle (an electrical speedo 1031) to the computers but no way to run the speedometer itself. Maybe I could integrate it into the early cluster, replacing the original speedo?

What colour is the TPS wire that is to be cut?

Thanks again.

ZVOLV
05-13-2011, 02:58 AM
TPS wire was blue/white.

D.E
05-17-2011, 01:21 PM
Thanks. Are there any pictures available of the LH 2,4 harness with all the connectors labeled? I forgot where some of them went and I was too stupid to label the harness as I took it out. My Haynes is of no assistance.

OttoB
05-17-2011, 03:19 PM
what's it do if you don't?

It will run very rich in some cases. ECU has hidden WOT map that activates.

And that was metioned above

OttoB
05-17-2011, 03:26 PM
Thanks. Are there any pictures available of the LH 2,4 harness with all the connectors labeled? I forgot where some of them went and I was too stupid to label the harness as I took it out. My Haynes is of no assistance.


Those connector are color coded, and only place where you can do wrong is inder intake; temp sensor, idle motor and knock sensor. I can check my notes

D.E
05-17-2011, 03:31 PM
I think I figured it all out, it really made sense seeing as how it was colour coded (except the white connector which fit on a black sensor under the intake mani) and routed in branches. I could however not identify a few odd connectors that stick out toward the drivers side headlight. They aren't the standard clip-on connectors.

jamesinc
05-17-2011, 07:49 PM
I think I figured it all out, it really made sense seeing as how it was colour coded (except the white connector which fit on a black sensor under the intake mani) and routed in branches. I could however not identify a few odd connectors that stick out toward the drivers side headlight. They aren't the standard clip-on connectors.

They're not connectors for test equipment are they? Like for tuning your MAF sensor and all that.

OttoB
05-18-2011, 03:11 AM
I could however not identify a few odd connectors that stick out toward the drivers side headlight. They aren't the standard clip-on connectors.

On option is EGR-valve, and there is something about coil and tachsignal. What colors do you have?

D.E
05-19-2011, 11:48 AM
These are the wires I was wondering about. The blue one, the red one and the one I'm holding. They're part of the same branch.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/MDSE/DSC00295-1.jpg

kampman
05-19-2011, 12:22 PM
The blue and red/white wires are for the ignition coil. I'm not sure what that connector is, though-what sort of car did the harness come from?

ZVOLV
05-19-2011, 01:45 PM
That grey plug is tach signal to cluster and the power for the coil.


BLUE needs 12v switched (12v ONLY with key ON) and then the RED/WHITE goes to your tach.

Connect that blue wire to whichever wire powers your coil.

If you want to run a tach, you run that red/white wire to the back of the cluster and plug it in!

NOTE: When pulling a harness from a donor car, don't be a noob and cut the wires right at the plug! Cut AT LEAST 6 inches after the plug so you have the connectors and a pigtail lead.

D.E
05-19-2011, 03:30 PM
Thanks. I don't need the tach signal wire since I have the early cluster and already have a separate wire ran for the tach. Can I connect the blue to the + on the coil? I think that's how it was setup to begin with. The car the harness came from is a euro spec 1991 245 with B230F, no options other than power steering and central locking which I think was standard in 1991.

ZVOLV
05-19-2011, 04:00 PM
Can I connect the blue to the + on the coil?

You need to add POWER TO THE COIL by adding 12v SWITCHED to that blue wire at the grey plug. On our 1984 240 Turbo we simply found a blue wire there already with a black male connector and then we jumped it to the coil.

Every model Volvo should already have an ignition coil with a (blue) wire to power it up. Find that bitch and POWER UP your coil!

ryanfay
05-26-2011, 12:41 PM
Sorry about the misinformation. I was wrong. lh2.4 does use the black ect sensor.
Moderators feel free to delete my post to protect the truth.
I only wonder why the motor I pulled out of a '90 740t had a green ect. It did have a "k" stamped on it after all.

DNAsEqUeNcE
06-04-2011, 12:40 AM
Sbabbs claims certain ECU's will go to full rich.

make's sense. it did that with the "other" chip. a little mapping and it didn't care anymore.

beepee
06-06-2011, 02:48 PM
make's sense. it did that with the "other" chip. a little mapping and it didn't care anymore.

Every factory TURBO bin I have seen has the WOT map blanked out (all zeros). There is also an "enable WOT switch" flag that is usually disabled.

I have tested neither on a turbo bin, but I would expect that NA cars (with a WOT switch) would have data in the table and the flag enabled. Paging Sbabbs or anyone who's ostrich'd a NA car to thread?

In theory, if you are a pro tuner, could use your WOT switch with your Turbo ECU. Or wire a switch to something else (like nawssssssssss doooood :oogle:)

DNAsEqUeNcE
06-06-2011, 11:07 PM
water.. methanol injecton..

OttoB
06-07-2011, 03:16 PM
Every factory TURBO bin I have seen has the WOT map blanked out (all zeros). There is also an "enable WOT switch" flag that is usually disabled.



I think it was 563 box which had this WOT issue, I converted engine wiring loom for turbo, but I didn't cut WOT cable. Thought it was not needed.

David777
12-05-2011, 12:26 AM
I just did this swap, but can't get it to start. My 78 K-Jet has no stock ECU like your 84, so the wiring is even more simplified, but that's making it more difficult to follow these instructions. Please advise. Instead of posting all the details here, I just made a new thread.

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=248471

ZVOLV
04-23-2012, 08:57 PM
I just got my 1975 244 back up and running perfect on LH2.4. Parts are also cheap and abundant!