Volvo 480 Club Europe

You have a 1989 ES so it must be the bigger side mirror (pre 1991 facelift). Maybe if you mention the colour, Marek may even have the correct one for you. The maximum size for a 2 - 5 kgs parcel from The Netherlands is 100x50x50 cm and it will cost € 34,50 to deliver to New Zealand. If you get the w...

I can't remember if my 'box was like this when I had it out, but all the connections were re-soldered, but the pins did look bad like in the picture, so perhaps that is the reason for my speedo/odo not working? Very well done, that is a fix and a half! :eek: I hear it's a good thing I have been col...

Display temperature sensor is NTC, if you disconnect the sensor input (open circuit, i.e. infinite resistance) it will display COLD and if you short the input (i.e. zero resistance) , it will display STOP. I always test with a 68 ohm resistor to ground, the reading should be just above 100 degrees.

Looks like I have to ship a box full of superfluous spares in your direction, including speedometers, boards and more stuff to play around with. Because I send boards like these straight to the bin...

What Jeff said, simply epic.

One other interesting thing I found while plugging part numbers into Google was this rear wiper motor, apparently used on the 740, 760 940, 960 and V90: https://i.imgur.com/nIiDW7Y.jpg Look familiar? Mechanically it looks identical and presumably it works on the same principle internally since the ...

It is all a matter of how badly you want this particular car back on the road, or is it just that you want to drive a 480 again? Then you should take the unobtainium bits off. get a better car (with possible niggles and rust) and bring what's left to the scrapheap, because this one is really far gon...

F = just a flesh wound
S = Tis but a scratch...

close call.

His name is Alan, not Marvin. "A 480 makes me so depressed."

Look for "Simple Tone Generator"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... ator&hl=en

If the pinout matches, sure, why not. You only have to be sure the relay can cope with the current.

I can highly recommend the chap in Hungary, I have ordered dozens of cog wheels from him.

The big ones I have yet to find out where they can be bought separately, the small ones are available for a few quid each through sellers like Conrad. I think I know what the small strip of metal does which you have pointed out: it is probably a current measuring resistor for the flasher. If the fla...

Very good, this is exactly how I bench test the speedometers! (I do have to cope with the same mess, though :lol:) Actually, there is very helpful information on the speedometer print itself so you won't need the confusing information from HBOL. In technical terms, this is called a silkscreen ( see ...

The T5 bulbs are the small wedge bulbs that light up: - the light switch/fog-light switch pack; - the heater controls (2) - the heated seat/long-range lights switch symbols - the ignition switch - the ashtray/cigarette lighter That accounts for 6, and Robert says there are 7 - I certainly don't wan...

I have never had to replace a bulb inside the ventilation switch, but it is the same kind as found in car radios. Indeed soldered with thin wires.

A bit late response to this topic... The warning bulbs in the instrument cluster rarely burn out, except for the "lights on" (green light bulb symbol) and maybe the oil pressure (oil can) and charging (battery) warning lamps, but I rarely change them, only if they really look black. Both analogue an...

Those struts look familiar: http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160927/0dab5f5386307123bc62d8dfd3268295.jpg http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160927/09ad485e354916058c5f599dc453cbef.jpg Happened to me as well, was cured with new top mounts. It was a bit scary, because I found out the struts were comin...

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Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:34 am

Is Jeff wearing an Unobtainium shirt there?