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My guess is piper 1st

Hi James

If you need some wheels to get it down i have a set with good tyres for the drive if you want to borrow them.


Cheers

Rich

Hi James

If you do end up with the car in cambridge, and you need a hand with anything give me a shout.

Cheers

Richard

Hi

Could you find out a price for me please i am interested in the kit. Could you also find out if it would fit a 2001 model.

Thanks

Richard

Excellent well done Ben might see another 480 in cambridge.

Rich

Fuel filter is a nightmare to do if it has not been done for a while. Never had a prob with a sump plug always come off quite easy with the right size key on a breaker bar. Good Luck

Rich

There was also one on scrapheap challenge the other week unfortunetly it was on the heap it was a black one with red stripes

Rich

Looks fairly good to me, looks like a good genuine straight car obviously you need to see it to make sure its as good as it looks in the pics. You need to remember this is a 17 year old car and part of the interest is improving the car. @ Dan If you look at the pic with the door open you can see the...

Here it is

http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/vi ... mote+alarm

Rich

You can buy exactly the same alarm aftermarket i think Daniel found it and it is still available

Rich

It was an optional extra. You would need a complete kit to install it. I fitted a remote start alarm to mine which was fairly easy. If you want remote locking you also need to get a solenoid for the drivers door as there is not one fitted easy to get from the scrappy. It is an easy install to conver...

Excellent always good when its an easy fix when you expect something expensive .

Rich

I have always used Castrol magnatec in all my cars (admittedly mostly turbos) but seems to work well. Sounds like the same problem as the golf the oil was far to low a rating modern cars seem to use a lot thinner oil then old cars so if it is a garage that mostly does newer stuff maybe just stuck st...

You would be best to get a scrap engine and drop it in easy job. I have a spare turbo bottom end. loads of 2l engines about. When did the noise appear? Friend had a golf that started knocking after an oil change muppets put the wrong oil in, Replaced the oil and all was good again.

Rich

Im the oppisite actually ive never had a car fail even one that i dragged out from under a tree for 3 years should have been silver but was green.

Rich

Ps. Must be the quality of the workmanship done

The computer is the same for manual and auto just few extra valves and switches to fit on a manual.

Rich

You would also need the loom, vacumn, pump and stalk plus a few other bits. Gets expensive to make the full kit as i found out .

Rich

Put me down the 480 has hardly done any miles this year with me not making the euro meet and no uk meet. North york moors would be good nice countryside or the penines. Around june time would be good before people go on summer hols etc.

Rich

red 480 on a private plate spotted at tesco in Ely *** 300L

Rich

Hi

With the rich mod it should boost off the end of the end of the red. Would say you have a prob somewhere. Air leak maybe or faulty waste gate.

Hope this helps

Rich