Volvo 480 Club Europe

Windows scrapers - have a read of Jay kay ems excellent thread; originals are unobtainium, but Jay has found alternatives. Rear lenses are available from The French Club, I make rear seals Crash bar - more unobtainium; there is a fibreglass alternative, or try to repair what you have Chin spoiler is...

That is epic!

Jeff - you have recommended Bilt Hamber S50 cavity wax in the past. Does treating with Lanoguard (or something similar) first and then following up soon after with a cavity waxing sound logical? If there's one thing you can't have enough of, its rust prevention! Most cars rot from the inside out. W...

have a read of JKM's excellent thread, specifically this post . Note of Warning! A common trait of right hand drive 480's is the offside wiper arm fouling the bonnet. My wiper arm was historically worn away, in conjunction with a tiny chunk of bonnet worn away too. My making of new bolts for the wip...

Valid points; my thinking is that modern ethanol laden fuel is not very good (utter shite would probably be my description).it doesn’t like to stand. I tend to only put E5 in mine.
Your experience with the Saab is probably due to it having real fuel!

Fuel tank is plastic so now chance of it rusting. I'd leave as empty as possible, so that you can then add plenty of fresh stuff come the summer months

Thanks to Sylvia's recent problems forcing her to break out dehumidifiers, I thought I'd add a few random musings about "winter proofing" a 480. First and most obvious, is to make sure your 480 is water tight. Yes, we've all heard the jokes, but its actually not as hard as it seems. Obvious ones are...

Final approved parts now available! https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHejX9iD_QTM_wlADSHPNEVlRhlfmDfDH4IfCvEgiJyUX9b9FrD3T5d7ypB0chnOtyhMVDGR6u7S2lIMQVZtzXZPtUDZ-YB4GZiKxqQV-cNpbl2v4uE9hIhVzqDyq4fFQlYhXj6XHFR7RedvY__ZNqMegg=w1683-h1337-s-no-gm?authuser=0 This is what you'd be getting. Obviou...

Excellent write up as usual, TBH for the outer seal/dust cover I normally fit it after I've fitted the inner seal and pushed in the piston, I guess depends on clearance and how easy fiddly it is to flip it over? The problem is getting the out seal lip to tuck in - If google images was playing ball,...

So, to remove the mechanism from the piston, its a simple as levering from both sides with a pair of stout screwdrivers. You don't have to dissassemble it to transfer it over but do ensure you give it a thorough cleaning. Fitting into the new piston is done by pressing in - A vice (fitted with soft ...

Rear Brake Strip down So, working the handbrake lever should be sufficient to push the piston out of the bore; otherwise you'll have to hydraulic it out. Turned the piston over you'll be greeted by this (another image to fix) That's half of the handbrake adjuster mechanism. If you're looking at you...

Rear brakes I've deliberated posting this one, as I'm fairly confident I'm probably the only person mad enough to take this on, but here we go anyway! First lets cover the earlier statement I made - However, I should point out that if you are having your calipers refurbished, I'd absolutely make so...

Then its the outer seal and piston. I find the easiest way is to fit the seal to the piston about a third of the way down the piston like this (trying to fix image) You fit the lip of the seal into the caliper before pushing the piston squarely down into the bore. As you push the piston down the lip...

Reassembly A rebuild kit typically comes with two seals (inner and outer), a new piston and bleed nipple and some red rubber grease. If you lay your parts out, it should look something like this: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHf6GPzNMHjv0YXJ4PCoFi_xeBFfb7zXJemW7uMRUmwIpfAYPz-TGLrwkOZxTu...

Front Caliper: Front calipers are relatively simple to do. You remove the Piston and replace the outer and inner seals, and the piston too. Ok, a little more detail perhaps! First thing to consider, is that if you intend painting the caliper, whilst its fitted to the car, it's a good opportunity to...

Let's just start with a typical disclaimer. Brakes are the amongst the most important parts of your car. If you're not sufficiently qualified to work on them, please step away and leave to a professional. It's not just your life you risk but other road users. Before getting into the how to, there's ...

Ah, the joys of fleet management eh?

I think a dehumidifier is also as essential to 480 ownership as 7mm hex bit (for handbrake adjustment, in case anyone is wondering!).

Although I'd have paid good money to watch the reverse tow start....

Remember the car's that are meant to have the digital clock have four pins on the plug, not three like you analogue peasants. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: On the plus side, us analogue peasants can easily tell the time...... One of the things I was looking at with Mr Dendy, was actually replacing all the g...

Test it under load; Headlamps, heater blower on Max, heated rear windows and seats.

Shouldn't drop below 13.7 really.

What year is the car? All volvo's have an 027 style battery, which is in the region of 60ah; So, it can stand a draw of 1amp for 60 hours, or in the case of you 27ma, 222 hours.... I'd suggest it's one of two things (possibly both!). 1. As it's start with colder, darker weather (which means more loa...