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by buttercup
Fri Nov 23, 2018 10:02 pm
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: Red 480 in Thetford
Replies: 8
Views: 5305

Re: Red 480 in Thetford

Hi, I will look out for you too, l am usually parked in the car park near the canal in town. It would be great to see another 480.
by buttercup
Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: wow !
Replies: 7
Views: 5417

Re: wow !

It is good to see a positive article about the 480. When was it written? I do love mine and would like another one or two!!
by buttercup
Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:49 pm
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: Red 480 in Thetford
Replies: 8
Views: 5305

Re: Red 480 in Thetford

Thank you, hopefully l will meet some 480 owners. Actually, l really liked the one for sale in Sheffield which is on the 480 uk site. Would quite like it but don’t know enough mechanically to go and buy it. It would have to be very reliable and sound as l use mine for work and it lives outside. Need...
by buttercup
Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:53 am
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: Red In Bury St Edmunds 27/2/18
Replies: 3
Views: 1950

Re: Red In Bury St Edmunds 27/2/18

I hope you don’t mean my 480 has flakey rears? They are new!! So hopefully not flakey yet!!!
by buttercup
Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:49 am
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: Red 480 in Thetford
Replies: 8
Views: 5305

Re: Red 480 in Thetford

It was me in the red 480, have just managed to get into the forum after forgetting passwords etc. This 480 is in Thetford most days and is most likely the one in Bury st Edmunds too!!
by buttercup
Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:52 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Last day driving my 480T....for now.
Replies: 10
Views: 3549

Re: Last day driving my 480T....for now.

Understand how you feel, I had 2 on my drive and had to get rid of one of them, it needed a lot doing to it, fortunately my new one is in really good shape, but I had to go the road to see my friend the night before she went cos I wa sooo upset and needed some TLC and some very nice chocolates!! lik...
by buttercup
Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:35 pm
Forum: The secret life of a 480 owner...
Topic: the demise of Beryl
Replies: 1
Views: 2372

the demise of Beryl

Alas, poor Beryl has gone to Amazonia where hopefully she can donate some parts, has brand new back lights!!! Good news is I now have a bright red H reg which has had one owner and has been garaged for 20 years, all MOTS etc, My volvo chappie phoned me one night and said he has a 480 that was too go...
by buttercup
Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:29 pm
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: lights blowing!!
Replies: 6
Views: 1561

Re: lights blowing!!

thanks Capt Slow, Yes am using the correct bulbs, and everything is switched off, but running lights still on when headlights are up so I can access the bulbs. The indicator sockets are still live too! but will see if I can get some new holders. Any special place to try in particular? Brookhouse is ...
by buttercup
Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:31 pm
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: lights blowing!!
Replies: 6
Views: 1561

Re: lights blowing!!

Um, holders not in brilliant condition, have been cleaned but they look pretty knackered!! Can you still get new holders? The plastic looks a bit ropey!! one more problem, when the headlights are up in order to access the indicators etc, even though the ignition is off the running light s are still ...
by buttercup
Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:00 pm
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: lights blowing!!
Replies: 6
Views: 1561

lights blowing!!

Hello, any idea why my front indicators and running lights quite regularly blow? costing me a small fortune in bulbs!! hope it is nothing too technical? still haven't got speedo sorted but will somewhen. Thanks.
by buttercup
Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:46 am
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Speedo and mileometer not working
Replies: 12
Views: 4253

Re: Speedo and mileometer not working

Rachel you sound braver than I am at tackling your 480 problems!! My speedo and tripometer have not been working for 3 years but everything else does!! (at the moment) I kind of need a workshop and someone to pick up the pieces!! literally!! Good luck with yours.
by buttercup
Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:32 am
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: speedo !!
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

Re: speedo !!

Well it could be James Elwood or it might have been James Curruthers!! it was some time ago!!
by buttercup
Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:40 am
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: speedo !!
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

Re: speedo !!

thanks very much for advice about connections at the back, I will mention this when I take it to have a service next month. the guy who does my car is really into Amazons etc but is whizz at sorting things out but not this!!I wish I knew how to do things but it would be fatal!! As for who is James i...
by buttercup
Sun May 22, 2011 10:43 am
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: speedo !!
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

Re: speedo !!

when I got the instrument cluster I bought it from james who said it was working and it is the right one for my car, however I will have a look at the sensor again in the near future. Thanks for suggestions.
by buttercup
Tue May 17, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: speedo !!
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

Re: speedo !!

Captain Slow, the sensor was checked about 2 years ago before I had a new cluster and it was not at fault but with a different cluster would that affect it? I think if I attempted to take off the dashboard myself it would be a a loooooong time before it was back on!! am not really mechanically minde...
by buttercup
Sun May 15, 2011 6:36 pm
Forum: The secret life of a 480 owner...
Topic: Beryl
Replies: 0
Views: 1834

Beryl

Well now I have finally got the hang of using the forum I thought I would say a little about Beryl the Peril! She is my first car ever, I did not want a new car Horrible and they have no style. So I had no idea what I wanted. One day I was walking past the back of Iceland in Bury St Edmunds when I s...
by buttercup
Sun May 15, 2011 5:54 pm
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: speedo !!
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

Re: speedo !!

No my speedometer does not move atall! neither does my odometer( is this the tacho?) but my rev counter does! My little car is G reg automatic. Actually reading about other peoples woes with this it seems as if it is something which could takes decades to fix if atall. I certainly do not have the sk...
by buttercup
Sun May 15, 2011 12:31 pm
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: speedo !!
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

Re: speedo !!

thanks very much apparently it is not the sensor but can ask my " mechanic" to check it out!! it has been permantly stuck at 83,000 miles for ages even thou it is of a much lower miliage cos of new cluster.
by buttercup
Sun May 15, 2011 12:12 pm
Forum: Electrical system (30)
Topic: speedo !!
Replies: 15
Views: 3212

speedo !!

is there anyone who lives in the Bury st Edmunds area who is a whizz at speedos etc not working!! I am a bit clueless and it is not something that my "mechanic " is very willing to touch!! Please help!! It has not worked for 3 years even thou have replaced instrument cluster. everything else is fine...
by buttercup
Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:30 pm
Forum: Spotted!
Topic: Wow another one! Bury St. Edmonds Wed 8th April.
Replies: 1
Views: 994

Re: Wow another one! Bury St. Edmonds Wed 8th April.

hello, it was not me you saw but like you I saw 3 in this area in a week and then none atall for ages until last week when a black one passed me going towards Ixworth roundabout. Sadly to say I do get a bit excited when I see one.Have been known to sit in a car park waiting for the owner of one!!! I...