Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hey Dan, yes it came from a chap in Oulton Broad.

To all: The car has now been sold to someone very local, so I'll be seeing her still, and probably still getting my hands dirty.

Robert

No, the car came with Orange clusters. I bought it in May last year.

Of course new front lights were on the to-do list

Though they weren't leaking water into the car so the back ones came first

Morning folks, posted on here before but I really must throw in the towel on my 480 project, as I'm getting a new job soon, and losing my company car, need something more solid that doesn't need lots of jobs doing :-) Anyway, oh where to start! The good bits: Bodywork and chassis are sound Electrics...

Trouble is, the car is stood in my driveway at the moment, has no MOT and is in bits! So can't take it to a bodyshop I guess I could fibre it now, and get the welding done later. I'm planning to waxoyl and treat the whole underneath and nether regions of my car, are there any other nasty surprises I...

Heh mines not that bad, I was referring more to the backet on the inner side that has 2 screws from the archguard going into it, they dissintegrated! One came off, leaving a small hole in the bottom of my boot! Should I weld it up, or apply rustkiller, and some Fibreglass? The hole is the size of a ...

Evening folks, been working on my 480GT lately, all the screws that hold in my wheelarch covers are rusted in solid, anyone who hasn't changed theirs already, I'd strongly Recommend it! Also, look behind the rear wheelarch cover, you're in for a nasty rusty surprise!

Robert

Ah there are slabs under the wheels (it's on our front lawn) but I will move it to the driveway very shortly, don't want any rust.

Santa Pod? Track day?

How much and when please

can we drive our own cars ?

Rob

To all:

Think I'll do what that chap says above, disconnect the battery and sit on it for a while. She's currently sitting in our front garden but has a car cover over her.

Just snagged some new boot struts anyway so will have fun fitting those

Rob

Hehe I'm not interested in it being broken for parts, she's a nice motor.

Just a bit worried about leaving it standing, probably won't be able to start working on her for 4 or 5 months yet.

Robert

Evening folks, as it says I'd like to put out the feelers a bit here, here's the story... I've got a 1994 480GT, 102k on the clock, and the MOT runs out shortly. it has no rear light clusters as I took them out with a view to replacing, but havent gotten around to it, it needs a new ABS ECU, that's ...

Hey folks, on the weekend I decided to take out my rear light clusters, to try and tidy them up (Last owner caked them in with silicone) Anyhoo they were leaking, unfortunately I broke one of them whilst talking them out, so now might be a good time to change the whole lot, as they're looking quite ...

Many Thanks Dan, that's Quite a handy list!

I see the rear light cluser price is on there as £103, list must be fairly old, Called my local dealer today for a price and they quoted £136 not including VAT hehe

Robert

Hey all, anyone know if I can still get the little clips that hold up the back of the load cover? The ones above or near the spare wheel...

I've got all the others just need those two!

Cheers,

Robert

Actually, changed my mind about selling

Just so many jobs, so little time!

Hey folks, been thinking about getting my 480 in to the local main dealer for a 'big service' Does anyone know if they re-shim the tappets on a large service, the haynes book says they need doing every 48,000 miles but I doubt mine have ever been done, and my engine does rattle more than another 2.0...

Hey folks, bit of an unfinished project, so here goes. Got the car a year ago, it's in good shape, Everything works apart from a few bits that I'll mention below ABS controller needs replacing (I think) The paintwork needs looking at, no rust but it's been under a tree(by the previous owner) Suspens...

hmm looks like a good idea, might have to do that on my car.

Can't help thinking the 13.5s you can fit in the standard hole are a bit inadequate, I've got a sub but there's some bass missing. What's the largest speaker I can fit in the rear boxes using powertools? heh.

Robert

Heh what's the the panda thing?

I'l post some photos of mine later, only just got her back on the road after almost 2 months off the road. That first drive, sweeeeeeeeeeet.

Robert

Hey Tipper, I've read your thread but my rubber bungs have already been removed, so it's not water coming in through the fan, bonnet drains are clear and it's bone dry around them. I don't think it's rainwater coming in, as the carpet isn't any wetter as yet, despite the large amount of rainfall ove...