Volvo 480 Club Europe

I wasn't looking for anything particularly, I read an article related to this town so I kind of half consciously checked it out, and I found this...

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Spotted this 480 S by complete accident somewhere in southern Sweden. Appears to be have been sitting for a prolonged time, license plate have been taken off. Image date August 2019.

1986/1987 cars have VERY flaky electrics, they were the Volvo mechanic's nightmare. I once worked on a 1987 car, which had all sorts of strange failures (engine did start, but no brake lights, dashboard dead, etc.), turned out to be a bad socket of the "15" relay supplying power to the rail that is...

When I got my car out of the workshop i noticed my speedometer, odometer, info center and the side indicators were dead. After I took out the CEM and back in, the pop up lights had also stopped working. Only when I disconnect the wire going to fuse box from the battery, the info center comes to life.

They are widely available. However...‎ My choice would be to send yours (along with the pop up light gas struts which are probably also very weak now)‎ to SGS Engineering. They will recharge yours and if they hold a pressure, send them back. If they don't hold pressure, they'll send you replacement...

So my springs cannot hold the window anymore, but i can't find any replacement specifically for the 480. So does someone know any compatible springs i can use?