Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hi Alex You do not need to remove the nosecone. The earthconnections are on the innerside of the frontwings. Near the battery and near the washerbottle. The dim headlicht may also come from a bad connection on one of the three pins from the bulb itself or a cafed wire. This can cause extra corrosion...

Hi did you check the enginemount at the rear near the startermotor? By the force of hitting the kerb the rubbereniguine mount might have torn and therefore the engine position is not correct when driving with a running engine (due to the forces) and therefor the position of the linkage is not correc...

I hope for yoy that it is not your CEM that has given up.
But did you check and clean all the connectors to and from the CEM and clean all your earthing points?

Good luck
Gerrsvolvo

Sure there is a relay foor the longrange lights.
But what about the switch under the dashboard?

be aware that with these 10/100 watt bulbs your car is no longer in a legal way roadworthy.
You are driving an illegal car.
And so the insurancecompany has the right to say that you are no longer
covered by their insurance.
Nice isnt it?

Can the headlamps be turned up by hand? If so. Than check the electrics. And check the switches for the lighting in the dashboard first after you checked teh fuses. You have to check three switches. The round knob, the left stalk and (surprise) the righthand stalk on the steeringcolumm. Do not forge...

What make of startermotor is it? Is it Valeo or Bosch? Because after checking the electrical connections and battery (ignitionlock and realays. I suspect the startermotor. Especially the Valeo. I personaly always have the Valeo startermotor reconditioned after about 90.000 km. (60 000miles)I did thi...

It depends on what car you have.
In several ES types at least 3 places are not filled in in the relaybox.
Do you have frontfaglights? No than no relay
Do you have ABS? No, than no relays.
And so are ther more points to this question.

Gerrsvolvo

That stuff on the bronze parts could be right.

And to the powersteeringoil here volvo saus automatictransmissionoil.

So I think you could use any good brand of automatictransmissionoil use.

With ofcourse the right specification.

Gerrsvolvo

Yes all 480s have an alalrm.
But not all 480s have a led.
Maybe the led in teh smaal palsticpart is only there if an additional origanl volvoalarm was fitted.
At least I have seen this on a car from 1994.

Gerrsvolvo

Well I maybe a bit strongheaded :wall: but I doubt that twinmufflers where ever original equipment. :cry: I mean two pipes coming out of the rearbumper on teh left and righthandside. I did not neither find them in the partscataloque nor in the accessoires cataoque. The accessoires cataloque does how...

It worked
but as far as I know
it was only a study project.

Do not use unkown gearboxoils if you are not sure that they are destinated for the 480 or other volvo 400series. Volvo has added some special additive to ist gearboxoil. Use original Volvo gearbox oil supplied in containers with the correct amount. So it is not much more expensive than cheap gearbox...

Get the car on a pair of ramps. Check the gearlinkage to the box Maybe something has bend or what I think (in faraway distance) That the nylonbloc in the gearboxhousing has worked itself a bit loose and therefor given to much play and movement to the linkage. Also the rod may be bent. And check the ...

A small reminder
According to the official volvo repairhandbook the head may not be skimmed.

Gerrsvolvo

If you are lucky they will be abele to find out what part is defective and change the part.
All this at volvoprices.

Gerrsvolvo

I agree with Baffler
specially if you have a turbo with airco.
Good moment to change the timingbelt and its rollers if they are a bit older.

Gerrsvolvo

The "sensor" signal pickup foor the speedometer fits freely
ans does not have any pins that should fit in counterparts.
It is hold in place by a metalclamp fitted with a allenbolt (binnenzeskant) 6mm.

Gerrsvolvo

Would it not be easier to get a VEM from a breakersyard and replace rthe faulty one.
I finbf this part of the VEM difficult to repair or fix.

Gerrsvolvo

The gearboxes from Volva are inside different from the Renault ones. Also there are tree differennt final ratios. Two for Europe without France and one extra for France. The ratios are 3,73 for the turboversions and the two liter and 4.07 for the normal 1,7 ES . The is or should be a small tab on th...