Volvo 480 Club Europe

I may be interested. Please conact me at richard(AT)rkdi.co.uk replacing AT with @

Cheers

Richard

Many thanks Jim. I will tackle the jov as soon as I get a decent day.

Cheers

Richard

PS is there any reason why I am not getting notifications of replies to my threads? I have that option ticked.

Again many thanks. I had no idea that there were additional posts to that thread! I had no notifications of additional posts. I will redouble my efforts to sort this before I run out of cheese<G>

Cheers

Richard

Thank you so much for posting those pictures. Any tips on removing the plastic protector? The idea of doing this repair in winter is not very appealing <G>
Cheers

Richard

I am suffering from mice getting into the driving compartment of the car. I now have to keep a couple of bated mouse traps in the car to protect the interior. I have had it up on a ramp and cannot spot any access point so has anyone had the same problem and found a cure please?

Cheers

Richard

I've damaged my front off-side body panel.....that's the one that runs from the door over the wheel arch to the bumper. I think the easiest way of doing the repair well apart from replacing it would be to remove it. Can anyone please advise me on how to go about this. I can see that there are screws...

heavend wrote:Hey Richard. You're describing the gearbox breather thingy. The sensor is bolted to the engine just a couple of inches behind it.

Many thanks for that.

Cheers

Richard

When I had the HT lead disconnected from the distributor I had it plugged into a spark plug. Fingers crossed that the postman will bring the new part in tomorrow morning and that it does the business. It's a seven mile walk into town!

Cheers

Richard

I've checked the resistances on the coil and they read badly so I've got a replacement coming in the morning hopefully.

Cheers

Richard

Thanks Jim for that. Anything else worth investigating at this stage guys?

Cheers

Richard

Guys I have been trying to work out why my GT is so lack luster in engine power. It feels like the spark plugs are shot as the engine has very little power when under any sort of load. It is terrible when cold but improves when up to temperature. What I have replaced: Plugs, all HT leads, air filter...

It must have the wires attached if not the wires have come away from the sensor. Should be an easy check since as you can see from the first photo the wires connected to the sensor are very short so you should be looking for an unconnected wire with a connector which has a 2 to 3 inch black sheathi...

stand at side of car look under distributor cap then under the large hose (thermostat housing) and underneath that just above the gearbox housing is the crank position sensor. Dear Jim and Steve Many thanks for your help. Its raining cats and dogs outside so I will not venture out to see if I can fi...

Thanks for that. The only thing I could see there when I was trying to find it the other day was a small black plastic device without any leads that was plugged into the area to the left of the distributor and underneath it when facing the distributor from that side of the car. Obviously it is not t...

Ettore Bugatti wrote:Above the gearbox, under the dizzy IIRC

Thanks but I need a bit more guidance please. What is the 11RC when it's at home please?

Thanks

Richard

Guys

I have been trying to locate the flywheel sensor on my GT but have failed. Can anyone point me please. The Haynes manual is not helping me!

Many thanks

Richard

I am now wondering if it would be worthwhile having my local Volvo dealer do a diagnostic test on the engine to try to pin down what is wrong. Any thoughts guys?

Cheers

Richard

Thanks Ted. I had ruled out an injector problem because the LPG system uses one supply port in the inlet manifold for all cylinders.

Cheers

Richard

I am trying to work out why one cylinder appears to be subject to a bad misfire when cold which shows up also under load when up to running temperature. I've replaced the plugs, the HT leads and had the compressions checked and all well there. The distributor cap and rotor arm were replaced about 12...

Very, very many thanks for that.

Cheers

Richard