Volvo 480 Club Europe

triumphtoledo wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:32 pm

The fuel injection on the 2.0 takes a signal from the speedometer to sense vehicle speed to cut fuel when the throttle is released. My 480 also experiences hanging revs when the speedometer decides to stop working

Not sure that is true

Hi there In a bit of a pickle with my attempt to fix my non working odometer. Pulled the cluster off the dash but the board is a bit diferent, mine being a my88. There's four pins that seem to be holding the board and also there's a blue thingy that seems to go through the board and i have no idea ...

Hi there In a bit of a pickle with my attempt to fix my non working odometer. Pulled the cluster off the dash but the board is a bit diferent, mine being a my88. There's four pins that seem to be holding the board and also there's a blue thingy that seems to go through the board and i have no idea ...

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SR means sunroof. Many UK cars have this, known as a 'moonroof'-- basically a shit sunroof

Hey Adam, Check where the accelerator goes through the blukhead in the engine bay. I know two of my early cars have had the sort of guide tube on the cable break up and cause it to stick. I've sort of bodged it with garden hose and tie-wraps to guide it better but on my current car it sometimes stil...

Since the baby came, my wife doesn't use her Mini and has stolen my C6 as her every day transport with the baby! This is fair enough but she has now decided she wants something larger of her own choice. She's owned it since 2013 and it has been fantastically reliable and is the only car to have neve...

I often wonder about the rescue cars but struggle to find their posts. Could the R-cars be put as "stickies" at the top of our "The secret life of a 480 owner..." section?

Gapples wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 2:35 pm

I must have been pretty close as you've obviously got the photo James, not to worry, hopefully I'll not need to post too many pics

Two tone pics always welcome!

Gapples wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:04 pm

2 failures so far

You are very close! Just past the "Direct Link" in (it ends with the file extension, in this case .jpg) rather than the image link

Unfortunately it is very complicated because this is a very old forum.

Gapples wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 1:04 pm

Gapples wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:00 pm

Are there any meets in the pipeline? I'm itching to get out, explode my cooling system and go home, as is tradition! Even maybe a curry out one lunchtime or evening near me in Cambridge? I think I could arrange this and get a field nearby; but Sylvia's mega missions that she does would be beyone me!...

They have to be hosted eleswhere and then linked to on here. I use www.postimages.org out of sheer laziness, other solutions are available so also see what other members do. Once the image is hosted elsewhere, you can press the little photo icon which will them put the following "code" in to your po...

So today I went about fitting the new land Rover washer part ( thanks for telling me about it jamescarruthers :D ) Had to annihilate the old piece to try get the pipes off but apart from that it's on, currently out of washer fluid so can't actually check if it works but hey it's a step in the right...

Brilliant as this will be an only increasingly common source of starting troubles as time goes on. I've had trouble with two-- added a relay to one car and replaced the switch on another

Hello. The hoses behind the nose cone do look like garden hose from the factory. However, I suspect that the splitter valve to the headlight washers has broken. You can get the original one from the Landrover dealer of all places! Note, the ones on eBay are completely wrong for the 480, even though ...

Hello. Keep an eye out for my red one which I take to Luton some times. It likes a good thrash too!

Hey Dave, I think at least one good sensor would make your car run a lot better-- the sensors to not work together so there will be no confusion of the ECU (its not that clever!). I have a black intake temperature sensor that I could send to you, which is very easy to install-- just a bit of wigglin...

Hello Fietsaapje!

You are lucky that Brinkie on here is in the NL and hopefully able to help you out. Do you know him already as he is in the Dutch 480 club?