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- Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:54 am
- Forum: Parts, Accessories & Brochures
- Topic: Door latch
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1992
Re: Door latch
Thanks guys. Sorry for the confusion. I was trying to differentiate between the the lock you put the key in and the part that closes the door. Anyway, Jim is looking after me very well. I love the internet because it is no longer a problem owning a rare car. I can get the mechanical bits that are th...
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:56 pm
- Forum: Parts, Accessories & Brochures
- Topic: Door latch
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1992
Door latch
Can anyone tell me if the door latches on the 480 are the same as a 440? Mine appears to have broken and the door won't stay closed.
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:39 pm
- Forum: Parts, Accessories & Brochures
- Topic: Parts needed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 827
Parts needed
Hi guys. I know I have been away from this site for quite a while, but I still have the 480 Turbo and until recently it has been in regular use. It is off the road at the moment because it got vandalised by an angry, drunken idiot when my son had it parked outside a friend's place recently. The guy ...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: 440 aircon into 480?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1438
Thanks for that guys. Our 440 has manual knobs for the air conditioner controls, so I don't think I will need to fit a vacuum set up. The 440s over here don't have things like the info centre and stuff although they are all 2 litre and many, like ours, are GLT models. If I do go ahead and do the job...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:07 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: 440 aircon into 480?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1438
440 aircon into 480?
I have been absent from this site for a while, but not from 480 ownership. The car has been laid up for the summer because it is not air conditioned and we have had record breaking heatwaves in South Australia with temperatures up to 46 degrees celsius! My wife was driving the car on her daily commu...
- Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:26 am
- Forum: Spotted!
- Topic: NOT SPOTTED: 480s in VIC, Australia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1556
Re: NOT SPOTTED: 480s in VIC, Australia
It's official, after over 2 months over here and soon to return, I have not seen a single 480 over here around Melbourne and other parts of Victoria. That's because they were never exported to Australia. My Turbo lived in Melbourne, undriven, for a few months during 2005 after being imported from t...
- Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:34 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Severely frustrated
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3836
- Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:50 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Will she make it to the north of Italy?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4565
We, (my wife, two kids and I ), drove our Italian 480 Turbo 37,500 km around Italy and other parts of Europe, including climbing to the top of the Austrian Alps, the Dolomites twice, France twice, Spain and Switzerland. Some of that was in the first half of 2002 and the rest in 2005 when we went bac...
- Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:33 am
- Forum: Tuning And Tweaking
- Topic: Questions about decats...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5682
- Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:01 am
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: ecu colours
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4890
Just one question: Do you have to disconnect the battery before you unplug any of the computers? I want to unplug the one that controls the lights and stuff and clean the contacts because it does strange things like turning on the interior light after you have left the car for 30 minutes and the wip...
- Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:36 am
- Forum: Tuning And Tweaking
- Topic: dump valves or not to dump
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3426
- Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:16 am
- Forum: Tuning And Tweaking
- Topic: Questions about decats...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5682
My exhaust guy fitted a high flow cat to my turbo and it has made a big difference to the performance. Universal cats are made here in Australia by Walker which can be fitted to most cars and they come in standard and high flow versions. I don't know if they export them. Do you have exhaust speciali...
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:32 pm
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: Heated seats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2042
Thanks for that link. I think it might have answered my question. Here is what autobahnstormer said: "Just repaired mine for about the fifth time, and I also noticed (or didn't) that the seats were getting warm. I flayed the seat, took the thermostats out, and now have a nice toasty warm bum when I ...
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:45 am
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: Heated seats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2042
Thanks for your input. I just looked up my owners manual and it says: "Switch depressed: the seat heating comes on automatically at temperatures below 14C and cuts out at approximately 27C" That sounds like it simply switches it on and off according to the temperature in the cabin or outside, it doe...
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:00 am
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: Heated seats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2042
What does the temp sensor actually do though? This doesn't quite make sense because why would the seat catch fire if you removed it? I thought it only controlled the switching on. I used to have a SAAB and you just had 3 different temp settings to choose from but they didn't switch themselves off. Y...
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:50 am
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: Heated seats
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2042
Heated seats
Does anyone know if it is possible to modify the seat heater switches so that you can switch them on whenever you want like you can in most cars? I believe they are connected to a sensor so that they only come on when the outside temperature is below a certain amount. The trouble is, here in South A...
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:31 am
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: NO!! Infocenter stopped working..
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6310
Hi Anton, they probably a cable with all of the moving of engine bits, most likley the cable that runs from the speedo sensor up from under the engine to under the battery plate. Hope it holds up! Where exactly does the speedo sensor go and what does it look like? I would like to check mine but don...
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:16 am
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: charging issue... very frustrating
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2376
My original Valeo alternator died the other day and the local auto electrician replaced it with a brand new Bosch one which works beautifully. He said he used to do a lot of work for a Renault dealer and they had a lot of trouble with the same Valeo units on Renault 19s and replaced them with Bosch ...
- Thu May 10, 2007 2:14 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: I suppose it's time I introduced myself...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4219
As for the car itself, An earlier car would be my preference, just so I can ditch that strangling CAT, but again, it's not essential. Cheers, Andy. I had an exhaust specialist fit a high flow cat when my old one fell apart and it is like not having one at all. It improved the performance quite a bi...
- Thu May 10, 2007 1:36 am
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Watter Circuit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2559