Volvo 480 Club Europe

Electronics suffer in time from corroded and/or broken connections, When you want to keep an old car on the road, fear is a bad counselor. You will have to bite the bullet and follow brinkie's advice. Or send him a PM asking him what he can do for you. In his home country he is well known for repai...

If you have some experience in soldering electronics (or know someone who can do it for you), I would try and solder the joints at the back of the green and grey connectors again. Then you won't have to worry about faulty soldering joints. Chances are, however, that the cog of the replacement instr...

you will need TWO of the first link, probably not need the one in second link.

certainly looks correct end fittings and assume correct length?

excellent

I like the comments about electrical gremlins.

NB different headlining on the Turbo vs UK spec or just the lighting?

imagine a T5 engine in a 480,

see also thsi trail

http://www.volvo-480-europe.org/forum/v ... lit=sensor

Sure Glasgow Jim has done a 'how to' raise lights THEN open the bonnet. remove the plastic trim from sides of the head light cowls when in raised position, remove offending screws and swap, one of the easiest jobs on a 480! for alignment it should be pretty close as long as you don't disturb the adj...

or check that the small rubber connection on the end of the inlet manifold nearest drivers front wheel is still connected , it runs up to the sensor at the base of the windscreen, on mine the air pipe fell off so the fuel mapping was all out as the ECU didn't know how much advance/retard to give the...

glasgowjim wrote:I have replaced parts before and it can be a real pain in the behind.

especially the joint at rear axle!!

Cranna, would any Renault 1700 turbo not be easier to find?

have you tried the Huntly breakers yard ?

guy in Kintore, Stanley Spence?

Overton in Dyce

which engine, nothing on the two litre

2 is a pain and needs suspension taken apart, so keep an eye on it, but also maybe the clip is rotten , so worth replacing as only pennies, I bought a pack of ten for £3 ! NB motor factors don't do singles :wink: 3 front discs DO need caliper AND holder removed and trust me the bolts are awffy tight...

That's a neat solution a sour surround is getting the same way, but also there are precious few fixings left, most are stripped or the plastic around them has fallen apart with age

any particular web-site for the sticky/fake leather stuff, & which sticky tape, as loads out there!

There is a thread on here showing which gearbox/engines ARE compatible to best to search for it? TBH I'm not a fan of 16Valves , seem very 'peaky' and the 2 litre has more torque so maybe get more oomph just by bigger injectors and looking at breathing both in and out? then your own engine managemen...

if you look at the face of the speedometer it has a 5 digit number, (10753, for a two litre 1993) this is the pulses per mile (in the UK) I assume similar if in km? I seem to recall/reckon that there are twelve teeth on the shaft that runs next to the speed sensor as when do the rolling radius time ...

Take the carpet off the side of the tunnel, plastic 'dome' down at foot well and then couple of velcro areas, it will let you get your hand up to free the tabs if you can't remove with brute force. . . . . .

Snap! I'm doing roughly the same thing in the same area! The two bolts attach to the chassis cross-frame member. Removing them will not affect anything, you still have four more underneath before anything falls off :D Regards, Rob Houston BUT an MoT man might ask about corrosion around that area :-...

I used a 'speed sensor' BUT bought it as a complete set , ie a sensor and speedo. Unless you are 100% sure it runs on 12V and correct resisitance etc I'd steer clear . . . . . The sensor fitted to the 480 has a square Actually the speed sensor on my 480, witch doesn't have abs, is "passive" (I pres...

Wow, thanks for all of your help! All I have to do now is figure out where all of these bits are.....and set forth with such diagnostics. Very willing and able...just need to learn...fast. Mini Instructional videos welcome! I can change wheels, bulbs and other chick stuff but, under the bonnet, I'm...

Thank you all. This morning she was all ready to take me on an adventure to Yorkshire to find waterfalls! ...For the first time in my car owning life (just under 20 years and probably 25 cars...I used to get bored easily!) She won't start. :cryhard: Weekend adventure ruined. Well, it'll turn over, ...

If I remember rightly it is in the middle with the rest of the mechanism. aye a wee flappy paddle that you can see when looking down into bonnet catch on slam panel. I usually just stick the pocket knife into the catch when working on the lights with the bonnet open so I can check all operates as p...