Volvo 480 Club Europe

Ah, sounds like the Volvo Klassiekervereniging, the official Dutch Volvo classics club. "No true Volvo!" one of their officials told me, "the quality is Volvo unworthy!". I almost punched the bloke in the face. I am a member of their club though, because they have to admit members to their club with...

Oh, I've seen this many, many times before. Every time a boy racer (we call them "white caps" or just "caps") lays their hands on a 480 Turbo, they soon abandon the project when they've ruined it, because they lack both the brains and the means to finish it. I've heard of a story here in The Netherl...

I started to browse the (very expensive) pictures offered on this web site, followed the link of the photographer who made the pictures of the dealership, because obviously this guy was active in the late 1980s. Just being curious to life in the 1980s and 1990s and clicked on the very first picture ...

There is a pretty posh family living at the end of the street. I think the man in the house must be doing pretty well in business since he is always driving brand new Mercedes, BMW and Volvo. He gets thumbs up from me every time he drives by, as you don't see many special cars here (mostly Skoda and...

I see things from the positive side, when this corona winter is over, I will have the desperate urge to leave the country for a trip, just to taste freedom again. The 480 has MOT until January 2021, is currently filled up with Shell V-Power (no ethanol) and has its battery disconnected, so when this...

I already thought the photo looked familiar
Send me the details via PM, I will give you my PayPal address and post it tomorrow. Fortunately the country isn't in full lockdown, so I can still post things.

I have literally a big IKEA box, the size you can hardly manage to carry on your own, full of speedometers, tachometers and stuff. I can send you one speedometer for free, you only have to pay for the postage. Before you start spending money, check if the cog wheel is put in correctly. Turn the trip...

Heslington... http://www.volvo480forum.com/index.php/ ... #msg147854

Hello Jean-Henry, First of all: measure the resistance over pin 6 and pin 12 of the grey connector on the cable side (not on the instrument cluster itself). It should be around 3 ohm (can be a little more, but not more than 10 ohms) If you measure open circuit (infinity), measure across the cable un...

I'm not in the UK, but mine is semi-daily (as in: when both my wife and I need a car) and there is a daily driven 480 (a red 1993 480 S, 2 litre w/o info centre) in the same town as where I live. The owner has my telephone number in his WhatsApp favorites list, in case something goes wrong

If you have the VEM out, break out the soldering iron, as it is just like the instrument clusters some broken solder joints (usually those around the relays)

A member of the Dutch forum spotted a 480 in York



One of the prettiest colours ever applied to a 480!

What do you mean with "ignition relays"? You have to be more specific, preferrably using the original Volvo part numbers so we've a clue what you need. Headlights are standard 5"x7" because Volvo had the US in mind when they were designing the car. Look on eBay for Jeep Cherokee headlights, they're ...

Yes, it's the one without the throttle switch. Most cars have lost that functionality because the cable with switch became unavailable very early.

Alan 480 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:51 pm

brinkie wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:25 am

If you don't mind to have a non-working airbag, pull the SRS bulb. Not having an SRS warning light is not an MOT failure.

I didn't want to be quite so blunt . . . .. . . .

Obviously, it is by far the cheapest option.

If you don't mind to have a non-working airbag, pull the SRS bulb. Not having an SRS warning light is no MOT failure. Read this: https://mattersoftesting.blog.gov.uk/common-mistakes-made-by-mot-testers/ 2. Supplementary Restraint Systems (SRS) lamps When testing SRS MIL (Malfunction Indicator Light)...

Don't know how strict your MOT rules are; here in its country of origin the rules state that no white light may extrude and the lights must have the same luminosity and correct colour (tail/brake lights red, indicators amber). The smoked plastic cover is only for cosmetic purposes, there is a colour...

Can you post from which year your 480 was please, and with which colour ECU it came?

Ooohhh... I've visited the Yorkshire Dales in 2017, in a LHD V70 which is a good drivers car (thanks to the Ford Mondeo underpinnings) but I think that wasn't as much fun as it would in a 480. Took a detour from the A65 (to Malham Cove) and more or less followed the signs "Unsuitable for HGVs"

The bulb failure circuit works by comparing the currents of two bulbs, if there is a big difference, one of the bulbs must be blown. So if you change both incandescent bulbs for LEDs you're still good. I changed the rear lights/brake lights for LEDs (all 4 of them) and the bulb failure circuit still...