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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:35 am
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: CEM Speaker replacement?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 219
Re: CEM Speaker replacement?
Snazzy is also an L reg, and her indicators went really quiet recently as well. I hadn't got round to trying to find out why yet, so I'll be watching this thread.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:37 pm
- Forum: Body and Interior (80)
- Topic: Front valance lower piece
- Replies: 3
- Views: 102
Re: Front valance lower piece
Reproductions in fibre glass available from Wayne at wrcomposites, much stronger than the plastic Volvo ones. He has a website with contact details and out of date prices.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: Meetings
- Topic: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
- Replies: 71
- Views: 41007
Re: International Meet up - 17/18/19 May 2024 - Bruggen
Al and I are going on le shuttle on the 17th 14.20 crossing.
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Merry Christmas!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17354
Re: Merry Christmas!
Best wishes to everyone - have a good one !
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Any advice or suggestion?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4773
Re: Any advice or suggestion?
Really depends on how bad the rust is and how much its going to cost. I'd recommend getting that evaluated first. Everything else can be sorted.
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: Tuning And Tweaking
- Topic: Releasing a few horses
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7651
Re: Releasing a few horses
I have a richmod and hubby has a robou - both modified ecus. Rich stopped making them quite some time ago, and Robou has recently wound right down, so you will likely have to try to find a secondhand one. We took my turbo to a rolling road day and put her on for 3 runs with each variant of ecu which...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Body and Interior (80)
- Topic: Late Bumper Stripes?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 23292
Re: Late Bumper Stripes?
Yep, they’re standard. They are anti-vibration pads to stop the nose cone chafing the bumper. I think there should be some more by the indicators. They fall off in time, or the bumper gets painted and they never get restored. and if there is no gap between the nose cone and bumper it's virtually im...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:01 pm
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: Headlight brackets
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13728
Re: Headlight brackets
I'm not sure aluminium is a good idea - I suspect Volvo intended them as a sacrificial part to protect the pop up motors in the event of a gas strut jamming. As the motors are now hens teeth, I'd stick to plastic.
Jeff (jifflemon) has 3d printed ones.
Jeff (jifflemon) has 3d printed ones.
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:40 pm
- Forum: Parts, Accessories & Brochures
- Topic: Plastic bootliner on ebay
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12261
Plastic bootliner on ebay
Plastic boot liner up for auction on ebay if anyone is interested
eBay item number:196125102867
eBay item number:196125102867
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Retractable roller cover eBay scam??
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11060
Re: Retractable roller cover eBay scam??
Scouselad is the bloke who bought the four 480s that someone had stored for years as a retirement project.
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:28 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Speedo sticking around 50mph
- Replies: 14
- Views: 46687
Re: Speedo sticking around 50mph
Needle catching on peeling face perhaps ?
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:46 pm
- Forum: Body and Interior (80)
- Topic: Missaligned bonnet.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13917
Re: Missaligned bonnet.
Could it be that the door has dropped on its hinges ?
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: The secret life of a 480 owner...
- Topic: Paris the Unicorn joins the club !
- Replies: 29
- Views: 19400
Re: Paris the Unicorn joins the club !
We were 'spotted' on facebook, on our way to the multi storey carpark.
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:00 pm
- Forum: The secret life of a 480 owner...
- Topic: Paris the Unicorn joins the club !
- Replies: 29
- Views: 19400
Re: Paris the Unicorn joins the club !
If you've read the horror story of Lily the white turbo getting flooded by storm Babet, you probably realised that Paris ended up in the garage that flooded. With storm Ciaran due just 6 days later, the worry was that the garage would flood again. We had a chat to several people in the neighbouring ...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:34 pm
- Forum: The secret life of a 480 owner...
- Topic: Lily's transformation
- Replies: 92
- Views: 106041
Re: Lily's transformation
This is rather a looong story, hope I don't bore anyone. Lily was on the road in September, with no problems at all until the last week. I noticed it was taking several extra turns of the key to start her when were out shopping in Norwich. We parked in various places and luckily she started every ti...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:51 pm
- Forum: Body and Interior (80)
- Topic: Retractable rear cover
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14427
Re: Retractable rear cover
A word of warning - make sure the screws you use aren't long enough to clamp the rear seat belts to the inside of the body, otherwise you'll fail the next mot !
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Meetings
- Topic: Scotland Mini Meet October 14th 2023
- Replies: 26
- Views: 49679
Re: Scotland Mini Meet October 14th 2023
It certainly was quality, we had a wonderful day with interesting enthusiasts to chat to and cold but sunny weather. When we first arrived at the Kelpies, there weren't any 480s but there were 2 guys waiting for us. JohnO's celebration was off the road but he still came along to meet us. The other c...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:12 pm
- Forum: Body and Interior (80)
- Topic: Coloured headlight surrounds
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21711
Re: Coloured headlight surrounds
The dummy foglight also had no bulb holder. Talking to my brother, who was a senior design draughtsman at the Cowley works, all car manufacturers will remove the smallest items, including washers on nuts and bolts if they can. Seems really penny pinching, but then they need enough for hundreds of th...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: Meetings
- Topic: Scotland Mini Meet October 14th 2023
- Replies: 26
- Views: 49679
Re: Scotland Mini Meet October 14th 2023
I wasn't aware there was more than one. I'll pm you my mobile so we can make contact in the morning.
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:27 pm
- Forum: Meetings
- Topic: Scotland Mini Meet October 14th 2023
- Replies: 26
- Views: 49679
Re: Scotland Mini Meet October 14th 2023
Good news on the mot. Look forward to meeting you both !