Volvo 480 Club Europe

Very interesting, thank you!

Hello 480 friends, Is this rear bumper support still available? Can i contact with somebody? Yours Berry Hey, I'll send you a PM with his email address just incase he doesn't see this forum so often. Note, you will need to add some rivnuts to it and also you will loose the rear tow hook. Hi James, ...

Bollocks, just as I need the 480 for daily duties and decide to adjust the clutch, I realise my bulkhead is also cracked. Joining you in early-car nightmare club again! Sending you a PM. When you say "you need a new hole", did you open the bulkhead hole up to remove the damage, or did you just slide...

Very interesting stuff.

There was that one that came up for breaking in Japan. No idea if it was a Japanese original though. Can't seem to find the post but the pictures, if still available, might show the sidemarkers. Had a quick at the parts catalogue I have and no mention of Japanese lights.

I've noticed the floor on the passenger side has got all wet again, it's definitely water so I thought maybe it's the something to do with the fan? So I've pulled all the carpet up and it's soaked so I've pulled the drain plugs out to try drain the worse out and went about pulling all the underside...

This wont let you fix it nicely and grease it but you might also find that there are leaves in it. You can go in with a vacuum from the engine bay and suck out some debris. Fan air inlet is on the UK passenger side, at the back, next to the wipers.

Painted headlight surrounds were standard on all models until 1989 when they were dropped in favour of black unpainted ones (due to cost-cutting by Volvo). Lots of other things were taken out of the cars such as the under-bonnet dome light, footwell courtesy lights and second rear fog light to name...

Hello, I would like help on how to disassemble the piece that attaches to the glass (where there is the green plastic latch that usually breaks, I can't get it out of the track) and some advice on how to replace the latch with a new one more resistant metal. Are there any repair kits on the market?...

Hello, I would like help on how to disassemble the piece that attaches to the glass (where there is the green plastic latch that usually breaks, I can't get it out of the track) and some advice on how to replace the latch with a new one more resistant metal. Are there any repair kits on the market?...

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Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:12 am

Hello 480 friends,

Is this rear bumper support still available?
Can i contact with somebody?

Yours Berry

Hey, I'll send you a PM with his email address just incase he doesn't see this forum so often.

Note, you will need to add some rivnuts to it and also you will loose the rear tow hook.

Wow, quite a heart in mouth moment there Sylvia. As you can imagine, I sympathise. Glad you got some great help from our French cousins-- it restores your faith in humanity when things like this happen to you.

Well it looks like 850 mirror motors are nearly identical! If you order an 850 motor, you will have to swap over the back cover, the screw hole strengthening tubes and the mirror attaching ring to use the 850 motot. Its fiddly but possible. Or, you could just rob the parts from the 850 one and make ...

Wanted: early style wing mirrors, that adjust up.down, left/right and generally good condition. Not worried about the colour as I will put my caps on them. Ideally from RHD car so the mirror glass is definitely correct, but can swap my questionable* mirrors in to them. (I would consider a set from a...

Silver is my favourite 480 paint. Good luck with the sale

Very tempting!

Hope you all have a great time in Scotland. I'm out as it's Alf's christening that weekend.

I had a great time although the weather did rather stop most of the 480 admiring. Good thing there was good company!

Thanks for the little freebie Sylvia and Al. It’s up on Alf’s wall:

Fantastic, you must be very pleased!

In this thread you'll see a NOS one for some 1.7. Still for sale this morning.

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Prepping for little passenger


Boot is still bloody useless!


But good enough to get going tonight and be in position for the morning