Volvo 480 Club Europe

I was talking to a nice chap on one of the Facebook pages about my sunroof and wondered if anyone else has the same style mine has? Its a manual pop up one with two blinds built in! Looks to be quite a bit smaller than the electric one, Jeff has told me that this was a dealer option back in the day ...

Pressure testing the best way of finding leaks. Flushing? I normally drop something in the tank and drive the car for half an hour, drain, fill with water, half an hour, drain, fill with coolant. Driving, rather than sitting at idle, just seems to make it work better. One of the first things I do o...

Where are you based yeti? I have a pressure testing kit if you need to borrow one.. Does it overheat when it's moving? What's the temperature when you're ambling along at say 50 mph? If you find it's running ok and the temp is about 80 to 82 degrees ISH when moving, that would suggest the cooling s...

Did you put correct temperature thermostat in? When was coolant last changed? Has it ever been flushed to get rid of any silt build up which could block the pipes? Is radiator in good condition, IE all cooling fins still attached and in good condition, and free from blockages? Is there white gunk i...

royhedger wrote: ↑

Fri May 10, 2024 7:45 pm

Was the cooling fan cutting in at 88/89 Deg C?

Couldn't give you an exact temperature but from what I could tell it was kicking in as normal!

Had the joy of taking the car to it's first proper car show last Saturday, safe to say it was the only 480 there 😂 Did have a bit of an overheating issue waiting to get in, had 20min of slowly driving to get into the place and the car just didn't like it 😩 had the heating on full blast just to try c...

Evening all, After years battling and multiple sets of taillight seals I’m really at the end of my tether with my perpetually leaky rear light clusters which seem to let a steady stream of water in at the base of the light. :wall: I know that permanently sealing the lights in could be short-sighted...

Update, fix didn't work it's back to being shite again

Have you tried adjusting the cover to make it sit flush. If you loosen the 4 Allen screws which hold it in place, I've found a good 5 to 10mm adjustment. If the headlight sits at the same level as the other even with the cover adjusted as far down as it'll possibly go it still sticks up to high! 😩

Back at it again with my everlasting headlight problem! After my last fix the headlights they seemed to work okay for ages but the past month or two the same drivers side headlight had stopped popping up. Now all it took was to gently pull the headlight and it'd pop straight up, first thought was ma...

malkontent wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:13 am

Hi
Have a pair of rear , used .

How much would you like for them?

I got some from Skandix ages ago along with a big order for the car. https://www.skandix.de/en/spare-parts/body/interior-equipment/safety-belt-system/button-lock-safety-belt/1034049/ I don't think they are anything special or specific to the 480. For example, these look awfully familiar don't they:...

Hey guys! Don't suppose anyone has a spare seatbelt release button? Mine decided to just disintegrate

Hi. I don't know what they are, but my guess would be that they are off-cuts from some rubber off a different car, that someone was trying to make into widow scrappers. That's the rubber at the bottom of the door windows. Under the yellow and red is it sticky tape ? Do your window scrappers look or...

Don't suppose anyone here knows what these are and what these are for? They've been in the door pocket of the car since I bought it and have never been sure where they're supposed to go (or if they're even for the car) https://i.postimg.cc/pLHYptXJ/IMG-20240204-145026.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/52dpLC...

Do you mean the rotary light switch on the dashboard? I have a sluggish drivers side light and want to get it sorted. That's the one! Give it a bit of tug and it'll come out There's a few spade connectors on the opposite side, I just cleaned them up, stuck it back in and violà https://i.postimg.cc/...

I've had a recurring problem with one of my headlights since I've bought the car, originally I assumed it was the motor which did bugger up and die a while back so it got replaced but the headlight started getting sluggish again recently and would only go up if I physically pulled it up a bit , so t...

jifflemon wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:27 pm

Drop me a message - £20 a pair, you could even collect as your local (ish!)

Oh that'd be perfect!
I'll drop you message!

Anyone know where would be the best place to get new gas struts for the headlights? Mine has started getting lazy and needs a little push or pull to go up and down now
I've only managed to find one site overseas and wondering if anyone knows of any uk sites that might have some?

Nothing exciting to say today but actually took notice of the milage and noticed I've almost made it to 55000miles which would mean I've driven the car about 10000 miles! Not bad for only owning the car a bit over a year! https://i.postimg.cc/Wz5LQX21/IMG-20231124-221303.jpg It amazes me that lookin...