Volvo 480 Club Europe

Once they start to go, they’re irreversible.
Get it copied, wear the copies, keep the originals somewhere warm and safe

That’s the one! Technically the new ones are illegal, but you’d never know!

Have a look in my green turbo thread (worse kept secret). James found a company that can reproduce the plates. Mine were impossible to tell apart - there’s pics to prove it

Oooo also remembered I swapped out the rear hatch seal for the 440/460 one.... Slightly longer so you have to cut it down, but here's the difference in profiles: 480 on the top https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7n-Mj-Zdk89wcd0umPLvmfxhl79GCFZd81XmEOTXtYnqGQiXZGIFtoUUx6t5AceDU8cU4_G_RuAx--4aBhzehdlmz...

They’re a combination of capped and capless 286 bulbs.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401525445728

Dashbulbs are capped, with the exception of the info centre and dashboard illumination,

Heater, cigarette lighter and a few others are capless.

I feel another thread coming on....

So a few updates on this one.... Got the VEM out, but not got around to resoldering yet... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5SaRMHr5QGkXfQmO0epnD0YOcpNzBruPN7EaTTmWl-dlCkgCNlxo6mlkNAxhHynTwh7DRKQkxz4EttR4KTBdOAEDHtoTqDVk3jjvAxp3Xm4EWmlboEbXCB267Y6lz6kjKIfsvroZ-w4WZaHqdds-mgG--G0vQKAVcGc8EXcsLMPHteE...

Dashboard out isn't that bad a job! I reckon most 480 owners can do it in undo 5 minutes!

Plus you then get a chance to repair the front/rear dashboard panels. oh and replace ALL the bulbs in the dashboard/instruments in one go!

I thought it was looking a bit odd :nuts: Is there a reference photo of what it SHOULD look like? Pic above, but also, a view from the rear: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cigcKth02hV8w7v7xoWQE0h7UeXCYtVS96jQE3BtQ-q5JEeSn7PUM2BVp9GeEWJoZATQDXPfztnxh4TcS47WwUhBlJCZ2didswbQ1U0jf8b9FtFi_SolbyusD5R0...

Is your light Prism in correctly?

Looks back to front?

Alan 480 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:58 pm

that's in fairly good nick, EVA is 'shredded' only the switches hold it in together
I thought you had used loads of two part epxy to re-build one?

I've rebuilt them all I think! Getting quite good at it now

Completely unobtainium.

However, you could use something like this to effect a fairly decent repair.

Drop me a PM with your Address - Obviously it may be a bit delayed in these Viral times! So, the areas I mentioned.... Pull the switch off, it'll look like this: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WXH0dobHwTeElfsqr5F4GgBF0mpnaS9P9NsN117pFXaLPh7iCuRH76pGz4eInblA09Z_gwt00FagNm2AQI3tCz5LYhBs1FU0MmN1cJ4b...

AleksanderHugo wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:16 pm

Isn't it an aircon compressor plug?

Oooo Thats another good possibility

its more likely a problem with what lies behind the dash that the switches themselves - happy to send you a spare switch pod if you want to test though. The contacts sit on plastic towers that are part of the back half of the dashboard - very likely, they're all split or non-existent meaning that yo...

Possibly the wiring for the additional oil pressure gauge?

This is what the clips look like: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o4bC5xCLMKx1TUTktD-o2fdOMw9hpxdGeACpAlUunFoGsEtp-VigkU1KTTeYaBEIWbL6PjjLI-hrRXyrLxSsx-lR69id7I-dYXg0Ynk10vaQnZm7dLfUwuWfPX6PxUaLHwLqLdDN_aFRXy8xKRJzx-7Vhwl-ske6F6SvcSfF7jn0xBjEI88Wwr33a2GYnwvlJpOmzfMM5xesvqyn_fQ0r6JCepSIsFrofd4aHLas...

I’ve Seen it happening more with volvos of late; It’s used to be the 340/360’s stripped for “drifting” but I also very recently saw a saffron c70 t5 coupe that had been started as a “track car” before “moving on to a new project”. Essentially, he’d binned all the rather lovely leather interior, bar ...

A sorry tale of woe, brought to you from the hallowed pages of Facebook... It's starts in 2018, when someone sold this 480 Turbo car: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pwUDKL21KlZdLihaokQDbL7x3pdJO_dUTwOfSukOo6Wr3P0DTzz6ARcNWVo12zjkECJw_2TM--yF6KQNEI5iGz1L4M6IrdEPEmsOJRURdprOIg1U685c0Wl5vysbj2OMgZqn...

When I posted the last update, I didn't know the cap pressure... Having discovered it was actually 1.5bar and I'd only pressurised the system to 1.1, it kinda played on my mind for the last week..... So out today, and how glad am I i went to the full 1.5 bar? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SBP6lm...

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