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All you need to know about the M90

For a user on another forum, I took some pictures of a flywheel from a 740, with a 940tdi clucth and pressure plate, and release bearing.
Perhaps this could be of interest to others in this thread.
The pictures can be found here http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee242/testhest/Kobling/
The parts I have ordered, have been ordered through Skandix.de. The clutch kit is SACHS make, and the numbers are:

Clutch: 1862 468 031
Pressure plate: 3082 204 033
Release bearing: 3151 189 232

Above parts are all included in the clutch kit: 3000 696 001

All numbers are SACHS refence numbers.
 
For a user on another forum, I took some pictures of a flywheel from a 740, with a 940tdi clucth and pressure plate, and release bearing.
Perhaps this could be of interest to others in this thread.
The pictures can be found here http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee242/testhest/Kobling/
The parts I have ordered, have been ordered through Skandix.de. The clutch kit is SACHS make, and the numbers are:

Clutch: 1862 468 031
Pressure plate: 3082 204 033
Release bearing: 3151 189 232

Above parts are all included in the clutch kit: 3000 696 001

All numbers are SACHS refence numbers.

awesome work! this is the info you really need when converting to the 700 series.
Also you want to share how much you where set back on that set?
 
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awesome work! this is the info you really need when converting to the 700 series.
Also you want to share how much you where set back on that set?

Hi,

Well, the conversion is not just for the 700 series. The conversion is when going from dual-mass flywheel to dog-dish/single-mass, and using an M90 gearbox. I just found a flywheel from a 700 series.

The clutch kit was around 175 EUR + shipping (around 17 EUR).

/edit: the price is plus VAT, which is 19%, and thus the price is close to 208 EUR
 
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That's a good price, thanks (ordered mine already on ebay for 100+ euro's but not sure on the partnr's .. so i might need another set, why i asked :p)
 
I recall Fred found that pivot ball spacing was necessary in his M90 install as otherwise the clutch would not work.
There is a risk of hitting the rear part of the transmission housing when the ball is not spaced out a little, yes.

3 washers or so is about right. But that also depends on your flywheel.
 
For a user on another forum, I took some pictures of a flywheel from a 740, with a 940tdi clucth and pressure plate, and release bearing.
Perhaps this could be of interest to others in this thread.
The pictures can be found here http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee242/testhest/Kobling/
The parts I have ordered, have been ordered through Skandix.de. The clutch kit is SACHS make, and the numbers are:

Clutch: 1862 468 031
Pressure plate: 3082 204 033
Release bearing: 3151 189 232

Above parts are all included in the clutch kit: 3000 696 001

All numbers are SACHS refence numbers.

thats the exact same set i bought! Mine was a bit more expensive but the release bearing was in the set. Mine came from Scandix too.
 
thats the exact same set i bought! Mine was a bit more expensive but the release bearing was in the set. Mine came from Scandix too.

Well, the release bearing was in mine too. Upon reviewing the price again, it seems that the price I quoted was without VAT. My kit also included the release bearing in the price. VAT is 19% in Germany, and thus the price is close to 208 EUR.
 
I got the wrong kit maybe..

Sachs kitnr:4000 874 001
Clutch: 186 246 8031
Pressure plate: 3082 204 033
Release bearing: 3151 189 031

Am i totally doomed with this kit, it was a but of a guess on ebay but the pressure plate seems to be correct at least
 
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I got the wrong kit maybe..

Sachs kitnr:4000 874 001
Clutch: 186 246 8031
Pressure plate: 3082 204 033
Release bearing: 3151 189 031

Am i totally doomed with this kit, it was a but of a guess on ebay but the pressure plate seems to be correct at least

That should be fine, 4000 874 001 is the M90 turbo intercooler clutch kit. All you now need is a Motronic dog dish flywheel, which I can't remember whether or not it exists.
 
Anyone got any ideas what an M90 with part number 1208650 (definitely xxxx650...I'm pretty sure it started 1208...and I'm too lazy to go and look again :rofl: ) would be?

It supposedly came from a 1997 940 with a B230FK, but that part number doesn't match anything I can find, including in Vadis.

cheers

James
 
Anyone got any ideas what an M90 with part number 1208650 (definitely xxxx650...I'm pretty sure it started 1208...and I'm too lazy to go and look again :rofl: ) would be?

It supposedly came from a 1997 940 with a B230FK, but that part number doesn't match anything I can find, including in Vadis.

cheers

James

And I guess you are sure that it is a redblock M90?
 
Sorry about the slow reply...

I can't be entirely sure until I try it, but 99% certain. I think I'll try counting shaft rotations in 5th...

cheers

James
 
Hi James
I have my 940 dangling around up on blocks of wood at the moment so I can fix the rear brakes. I can get underneith easily enough to look what the part numbers are. That is an M90L2 and I have another M90 in the shed. I will look at that too.

I will also be changing the clutch and binning the dual mass flywheel soon.

Rob
 
My M90L has a number 1208837 or 1208337. The 8 or three is where the sticker is damaged so cant tell if it is a 3 or 8
That came from a 1997ish car


My M90L2 has the number P 1208947 and is in my 1998 Celebration 940.

Neither match yours though..... oh well



On a similar M90 note: I ordered a Valeo 826450 clutch kit as our local company does not do Sachs parts.
Anyway I opened the box and inside is a Sachs clutch. So that is good

Rob
 
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I have been looking for numbers on my M90, no sticker but there is a cleaner rectangle where a sticker probably was. Is that where it should be ?
I've got a clutch and flywheel coming in the post. Hopefully it will turn up on Monday.
What are you planning to do about spacing the clutch pivot ? I haven't had a chance to study it yet. Putting a few washers behind it is suggested, would a proper spacer be better ?
 
Rob...I think it's probably a 9...i.e. 1208937...an M90L. Vadis says...

1208937 - "B230FK 4DRS Chassis 238058- B230FT"
1208947 - "B230FK 5DRS Chassis 198077-"

I just checked this against one of Fred's posts at the beginning of this thread, and it's true - there is a different box for saloons and estates, and those two part numbers are the 'final' versions of each box. In other words, the L2s are estate only.

Why would Volvo put the "ultimate" box in an estate only? Is it not possible that the L2 is different to the late "937" M90L only in that it has a taller 5th gear ratio, and that "937" M90Ls (i.e. from late saloons) have all the strength upgrades? It doesn't seem to make sense that estates would have stronger boxes than saloons of the same age.

Rob...are you able to check the part number of the output shaft casing (of the loose box will do...don't want you crawling in the dirt!) when you get a moment, please? I'm talking about the number cast into the rear of the box, on the opposite side to the reversing light switch. If yours is the same as mine, I think it's safe to say that the part number I quoted earlier (1208650...will confirm that I got that right tomorrow) is for that section of gearbox casing only.

I'll try counting output shaft rotations in 5th tomorrow, too.

cheers

James
 
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