Tilt steering wheel 700 series

[8587turbo]

I have a 90 760 parts car with a tilt steering wheel, has anyone taken a tilt system & installed on an older 740 (87) ? Would like to use the tilt but have a feeling it may be a major job. Advise please, Thanks.

 

[Jack]

I dont know how it is on the 760 but the 850 tilt steering column assembly is massive!!!

 

[stiligFox]

If the 760 is like my 960, which I believe it is, I feel it would pretty much mean an entire dash swap since the tilting steering column has the key facing into the column while the non-tilting one has the key in the dash panel. The entire mechanism won't fit AFAIK.

That said, a full dash swap has been done before, but I wouldn't envy the task in the least.

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740

 

[lverhagen]

Similar to stiligfox above, my understanding is that the 760 and 740 firewalls are completely different, and a steering column swap would be a monumental task of questionable efficacy. If you enjoy fabrication and have a lot of resources to throw around, I'm sure you could do it, but again, is it worth it?

 

[lummert]

If the 760 is like my 960, which I believe it is, I feel it would pretty much mean an entire dash swap since the tilting steering column has the key facing into the column while the non-tilting one has the key in the dash panel. The entire mechanism won't fit AFAIK.

That said, a full dash swap has been done before, but I wouldn't envy the task in the least.

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740

88-90 760 steering column interchanges with 91-92 940 SE, 92-97 960 and 97-98 S/V90. The multi-switches may not have the same pinouts.

 

[stiligFox]

88-90 760 steering column interchanges with 91-92 940 SE, 92-97 960 and 97-98 S/V90. The multi-switches may not have the same pinouts.

What I figured - so it would be a monumentous undertaking to convert the 740. Sorry OP :l

 

[mertz]

Has anyone else looked into this over the last 8 years? I've picked up a knee injury and I need to either convert to Auto or convert to a tilt wheel to allow me to straighten my clutch foot.

 

[2manyturbos]

Has anyone else looked into this over the last 8 years? I've picked up a knee injury and I need to either convert to Auto or convert to a tilt wheel to allow me to straighten my clutch foot.

You would be changing the entire dash and everything related to it. Even then, it is not a bolt in solution. Just find a Volvo with a tilt column or swap your car to an automatic transmission. That swap is easy.