Volvo 480 Club Europe

yep both speedo have broken plastic gear wheels :-( one has two teeth missing, one has a tooth 'folded over' so I guess two gear wheels needed :( Was about to suggest that! Presumably you've already found the part you need, they were available on eBay last time I checked. Probably wouldn't have hel...

That looks fantastic! I've had SuperBrightLEDs in my bookmarks for a while as one of the few websites advertising B10d bulbs, but I've never ordered anything from them, partly due to shipping hassle and mainly because I suspected that the front-facing LED chip would be too directional to allow the l...

Don't forget the hazard switch while you're in there: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SLI-EBT-1107 ... 2577963987

...and this is useful in general: https://www.volvo-480-europe.org/forum/ ... 2&p=218099

Not my car, but the latest 480 at Lake's had 196,681 on the clock, and looked like it was doing well until it unfortunately hit something. That Celeb has been up for sale for a while, perhaps the high mileage has been putting people off? The rear clusters look fairly bad but hopefully that won't be ...

the 480 in lakes had a set of gauges I think - James can probably confirm! It did indeed - if they didn't make it into your boot then I've probably got them. Haven't been through my bits yet but will check in due course. I believe you had first dibs on them but if you're offering them to David then...

The whole car has been off the road for a while (coolant leak, now fixed with a new pump) and I've been daily driving it this week to bring any niggles to the surface, which turned out to be the near-side pop-up not working and the info centre being completely dead. I can do without them for driving...

The GT and I are having a slight disagreement:





Fortunately I had a feeling this would happen so I preemptively took the day off. Not sure which car I'll be in tomorrow but I'll get there one way or another!

Looks familiar!

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So it's done 16km since it was sold last year and gained £14,675 in value!

Thanks for posting that picture - I was basing my understanding of how the motor works internally on ancient text-only posts dug up by the forum search, so that makes things much clearer! When I was referring to 'switches' I meant the interrupting mechanism that gives top and bottom position. Someon...

I can't confirm with absolute certainty, but I'd wager that if anyone here has a '95 car with no clips along the bottom then it had them when it was new but they've fallen off in the meantime, probably when the door card was removed in the past.

Try this: https://www.shapeways.com/product/7N25R ... vo-3121595

are you sure they are missing?, assuming that those being requested are those along bottom edge of the door?? I just discovered that mine were NOT missing as the later doors are held on with 'hidden' clips that might have 'disbonded' from the pressed chip-board inner . .. . . My '94 car has both th...

It's been relisted, now with a lower price, more description and a lot of pictures (serious gore warning):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223710581340 ... 3710581340

That description also sounds like symptoms of a position switch not working (the switch at the bottom of the rotation being jammed, thus interrupting the power lines), and would go some way to explaining why it will go down and not up. Regardless of the direction, the relay is simply closing and ope...

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Here's the part in question: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3140751
Up to you to sort out printing, for example via 3D Hubs or similar.

also, I need to find one of these for the pop-ups, I am tired of fixing them all the time, only for the passenger side to flip down again... By the way, if a headlight pops up when it should close or closes when it should pop up (and stays there), you have fixed the popup motor arm in the opposite ...

Nice cars if you're into Volvos, probably a bit dull if you're not. I considered getting one when I was between 480s, although I was looking at later models. The pre-facelift versions are much more similar to the 480 both in terms of design and styling, which I presume a J reg ought to be. The post-...

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Sat Oct 05, 2019 12:19 pm

Has anyone seen this car?

Not as far as I know, although I'd be happy to get in touch with the seller if you're interested but not local (although note well the very valid caveats raised by the esteemed members above).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-480-TURBO-ONLY-36K-MILES-MOT-JULY-2020/223690505473?hash=item3414fe3d01:g:55oAAOSwdNFdfhYr Not often a 480 comes up for sale in one's home town, unfortunately (or fortunately) I already have two and I'm very happy with them. I saw a white 480 on the roads in Oxford a...

I'll be there - not sure which car yet as it's been a busy few months and I'm seriously behind on car maintenance but I have every faith that I will have at least one working 480 by the 26th!