Volvo 480 Club Europe

:D Hello , :wink: The right term should be SMC ( Sheet Moulding Compound ) , a kind of pré-preg sheet included inside a hot form to be mold in shape . You may never call the plastic on a 480 fiberglass: it was specially designed by the dutch chemical industry, and a composite of things, unlike fibe...

:rofl: Hey , :? Really , take care if they are rear pads :shock: Fronts are a doddle, rears are trickier because of the handbrake. ... A lot of rear calipers are damaged in ..........quick service garages :angry: In fact they don't know the procedure to push back the piston in a Teves rear brake :sh...

;) I experienced once such a trouble during a trip all the day ! So at the end of the trip ( braking was still in use ! ) I checked the fuses and connectors ! :? Everything was OK .............The next morming , no longer any defect and since a year no more ! ! ! ....ABS warning light stays permanen...

:rofl: To be clear , we talk only upon flashing while driving , not car in rest ...Ive had a new stalk, didnt make any difference except that i can flash when i have my lights on sidelights. b4 it didnt... :x At least that means the stalk is doing properly its job of contacting to inform quite well ...

:shock: Hey guys , Who is right ??:hopping: ...The lack of intermittent wipe the wipers (mine acted as if they were switched to position 1 when intermittent was selected), is caused by the wires which would have originally been connected to the throttle cable switch being connected together , foolin...

For sure I agree

rogue wrote:My mistook, but still , it's a naaasty thing to have break !

Even at my worst enemy , I'd wish such experience ! you were lucky to break yours in kind condition

:wink: Lucky JPF , (but than again i have only recently found out there is an altered EEprom in my injection/boost controller) who has a tuned eeprom without knowing ! For sure , it helps a lot to travel in red zone regarding fuelling and max boost limit ... ......funny that your Manual boost contro...

:cry: Hey guys , something looks me wrong The anti-roll bar link at the rear may be bent..... .....It's the diagonal bar at the rear of the suspension.. :eek: The diagonal bar isnot the anti roll bar . That "panhard" bar ensures the position of the rigid axle in regard of the body ! if broken , axle...

:wink: Kirsty , ....Another thing, when you "flash" someone when you lights arent popped up, what lights flash? The very very usual reason of "high range lights" not working on flashing when popups are down is inside the stalk? commutator? The specific contacts for flashing tend to oxydise and the r...

:D Heeh JPF , :wink: note that the closest in sense translation of "Volvofox" should be in french " Volvorusé " or better " Volvofuté " and not "Volvorenard" :x But that doesnot matter at all ....... @ ...My '88 turbo has a small copper woven ground strap runiing from one of the distributors cabs ...

Sorry Richard ,
I misunderstand your intention to restore by anyway a clasp connection

richard.z wrote:What I want is to restore a solid clasp connection.

I fully agree to solve in that way , the original one , but secured that time
Good luck

:cry: Heey , you 're really pessimistic ! .....since solderings tend to crack as a result of the vibrations of the car. Those who had to resolder the joints on the print plate should know.... well resoldered with appropriate electronic product should provide you some miles before cracking again if a...

Just have a look in previous post where I edited with pics

Murf wrote:okay kap, youve sold it to me!
do you have any pictures of it? .

Good luck ............and let us know

Salut ,

an other idea as Lee could be to seal the moving wires inside the connector to avoid they can escape when pushed on their pins

richard.z wrote:...How do I know? Some of the wires can be moved up-and-down very easily.

silicon seal or polyurethane or acrylic shouldnot matter !

A +

:) ....still no improvement on the original problem :( Some of my friends have changed all the components without success ...........up to the day the made the ground mod :eek: :hopping: Just try it .......the 1rst time I made it , that was with a building copper wire and it worked immediatly ! ther...

:o Salut bbf aha! that's why i have a special ground cable running from distributor's cap screw to nearby chassis!! That one you mentioned in a serie one near ignition circuit and probably not an added . Nevertheless ground points look of main importance regarding quality and position in such an ele...

:) Hey guys , since my french 480 forum is out for some times , I just toured a bit along your troubles and that topic remember me I just found the SOLUTION for such poor acceleration behaviour while pressing hard the pedal :cry: - after months of investigations :angry: :) Through various improvemen...