Volvo 480 Club Europe

Hi,
Where are you located?
Last one I priced up was ~£160 all in and they came to me.

Regards,
1st480

I've had my current 1 for over 6 years and run it as a daily driver. It's even transported doors and beds and all sorts in that time. Poor thing has had a bit of a hard time with awful people who feel the need to damage other people's things. Everything from mirrors and aerial to windows, theft atte...

Hi, As it's been standing (or possibly more because it has) and if it's not actually using any water from the cooling system....it may well just be water vapour that has collected in the exhaust pipes as they do seem to collect it. I had a centre pipe rust out from being stood on tarmac(Read dry sta...

To somewhat answer my own question, it appears that there are 2 options on starter motors; Both will happily bolt in place, but one is a 9 tooth (believe these are for pre '91/92) the others are 10 tooth. The later 10 tooth ones have a much thinner body, the 9 tooths are much fatter but I believe sl...

Can anyone confirm if there is any difference in the starter motor for a 1990 Turbo (Orange ECUS) and starter motors from other years and engines?
Mine no longer works simply rattles and spins slowly or doesn't spin at all.
Thanks,
1st480

Hi, Has anyone got a flywheel for a 1991 Turbo Manual? The car has the Orange ECUs. I'm due to do an engine pull with several gaskets and seals to be replaced and a clutch change (massively slipping for a while now :S). I figure a spare flywheel I can get skimmed before I tackle the job it might eas...

Does anyone know if the flywheels are different on the N/As compared to Turbos?
Ie will a 200mm flywheel off a 1.7N/A fit and work on a 1.7 Turbo with the 200mm clutch?
Is there any difference in tooth count?
Are the fitments/bolt patterns the same etc?
Thanks.

Hi,
Can anyone tell me what the original clutch friction plate thickness is meant to be new?
This is for a '90 Turbo 200mm.
Was there any difference between the Turbo clutch and the others?
Were the 215mm clutches the same thickness?
Thanks

Has anyone got a spare dash/instrument cluster for an M reg 1.7 Manual 480 S (with the analogue fuel/temp guages)?

Also looking for original removable tow ball from the Volvo original towbar.

Thanks,
Leon.

Hi,
does anyone know how far out the Panhard rod would be after lowering 30/40/50mm?

Thanks,
Leon

Hi,

quick question, is it possible to remove the body in one piece from the chassis? If so how?

Thanks

Hi,
are all the starter motors compatible? Are there any recomendations for a starter from any other vehicles which are bolt on? My brother has had 2 fail in his Two Tone on a k plate (1.7 manual) and is looking for a working replacement.

Thanks.

can you send some to leonsbmw at yahoo dot com as I'm also interested.

Part answered my question as managed to get the laquered label off Chip is a 27C 256 I'll continue to look into what can be done and hopefully some testing in the not too distant future, but in the meantime if anyone has more info on the ECU I'd be grateful. Also if anyone has a spare ECU S101 706 1...

Does anyone have the details of the EPROM chips used in the Fenix 3B ECU? (code/type/compatible chips) mine has a sticker that's been laquered over covering the chips number. If anyone knows if these allow you to read the chip while it's still in the ECU (eg is there an rx/tx pin on the connector si...

Sorry, yes the near side front wing is correct. I may also need a good heater matrix and aux water pump shortly if you have any of them.

Thanks,

Leon

I've noticed as engine revs rise there seems to be a rattling from the steering column which sounds like like ball bearings are loose somewhere. Is there a race bearing in the steering column that it could be? Is it possible that it could be the powersteering pump? I've noticed the steering doesn't ...

I don't suppose you have a good lhs front wing do you? Am also possibly looking for a 1.7 Cylinder head at somepoint soon.

Thanks,

Leon

Are there any other jobs worth doing at the same time the HG is done?

Whilst the engine currently produces decent power, reasonable economy and runs sweetly enough there are a few issues that seem to be suggesting Head Gasket Failure to me... Firstly, there seems to be a lot of steam from the exhaust, (and when idled on the spot upto temperature there is an oily patch...