Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hello All, I recently purchased a second 480 as a restore project. 1995 2.0 480ES Cheap as chips & well chuffed with the purchase. All instrumentation seems to be functioning, what look like accurate readings being given, with the exception of the speedo. No dial sweep at all during driving. Their i...

Hello All, Recently purchased 480 had peeled paint on speedo facia halting sweep of dial at approx. 40mph. Cleared paint, speedo now only reaches 60mph. Have things been strained within ? The cluster unit has green & grey sockets on the rear. If I were to change (If need be) the actual speedo unit o...

Has anybody had the crackpot idea of fitting 225/50/15 tyres all round ? Retaining standard body height & 38mm offset, can such a thing be possible ? With the 480's substantial wheel arch design width, those arches would certainly fill up but would the tyres have clearance ? Especially fronts ? :sho...

Hello All, Is anybody aware of a non-Volvo engine ever having been grafted into the 480 ?

Could.... Has this ever been done still retaining dashboard electronics ?

With thanks, Marshall.

Thanks joolz, hjkort did the honours with the pictures..... thanks again.

What a helpful forum this is !

Hi hjkort, I will as soon as I figure out how to do it. In the meantime go on Ebay from where I purchased it. Search for Volvo 480, click "completed items" & you'll find the auction with photo's included. The rust in the wheel arch mentioned by the lady seller turned out to be a rear mudflap having ...

"BINGO" Many thanks John. Turned out to be a 2.5mm Allen key. All was revealed on removal of the glass. Beneath was mechanism in totally unused condition. It looks as though it belongs to a brand new car. What was happening was the slider mechanism was not being allowed to complete it's full movemen...

Hello all, Just purchased my first 480 of which I will be explaining my good fortune later. Because the one previous owner probably never operated the sunroof, the motor drives from one limit to the other without movement of the sunroof itself. Are these symtoms suggesting it is stuck only or mechan...