Volvo 480 Club Europe

A very helpful list indeed!! Agreed - I don't want to waste too much on it if its totally knackered. Will a 1/2" socket wrench be enough to turn the engine or is a breaker bar essential? If so I'll have to wait until Monday to replace my broken one. Without scanning through the whole thread, I'll a...

Apparently the Radiator has now gone on it, and the Headlights wont work. The Radiator is apparently going to be sorted. But the Headlight isnt going to be done? The messages im recieving are rather cryptic. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not consider buying this car... For entertainment value, it's worth...

Sounds like I need to go pay it a visit.... with my friendly dvsa man...

and have this form ready to fill in...

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... result.pdf

I've just popped out to have a closer look. It's not screwed in to anything, I think it's glued on to the original back plastic piece. It looks to be the same colour as the other side, as well as the rubber seal. Not a great photo, but you can just make out some of the original reflector through th...

BUT - and it is a big but - there will be a lot of work and cost involved. How much can you do yourself? Can you weld, for example? Are you reasonably mechanically minded and experienced? Do you have a good range of tools? If you need to pay other people to do everything, then I would seriously que...

Yes, safe to say the dodgy reflector is the thing I hate most right now. I'm not OCD much, but that is really getting to me haha. Hopefully I only have to put up with it for a few more days and I'll have the correct one in. As for the knocking, you may be on to something there, I'll investigate tha...

Service -last service is unknown so I'd like to get a service done for peace of mind. Handbrake adjustment -I've improved it a bit but needs more attention. Fix Odometer -no idea why it isn't working, I'm guessing it's just a stuck mechanism. Speedo is fine. Have somebody inspect underneath and see...

dragonflyjewels wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:34 pm

Despise that channel - Drives me insane!

Think the mess and muddle at Lakes drives you insane as well Jeff

Oh it does... When I run the place.....

Despise that channel - Drives me insane!

dragonflyjewels wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:58 pm

Anyone else remember this one ?

http://www.justcreativeads.com/tv-film/ ... its-stunt/

And of course, the chuck norris christmas response to it!

this one is one I always remember (mainly for the "I'm a control freak!" line!)

I am unsure whether this applies to the earlier models, but it is certainly relevant to 1991 and onwards. In the fuse-box, at position 23, you will find a slightly odd looking item - it resembles a fuse, but sits a bit proud and has much thinner prongs on it. It's the orange item in this (sorry, ra...

MisterH wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:37 pm

Or if you do, make sure you pick up the rights to the Born Factory as well, you'll need it for that one

"Born again" anyone??

Light prism as in headlight switch/fog etc switch pack? David Yes! Hmm, did you do those wheels yourself? Thinking of doing mine, where can I get the right colour? There's no such thing! Pick a silver you like and use it! These (and my other wheels ) are done in VW Aluminum Silver Metallic (paint c...

Helmert3 wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:58 pm

Has anyone popped up there to actually take a look at it? Cause with a list of issues that long (and mould visible in the photos) id imagine any seller would have a hard time justifying the price.

the seller is on a totally different planet to the rest of us....

So with R2 now at the pamper parlour, it was back to R1.... As I'd discovered a lack of vapour barriers on R2, I thought I'd better check R1. Sure enough... Missing! Thankfully the speaker shields were there (and of better quality than the later ones!) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3enCg...

Did you see it actually went for an MOT? Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects): Nearside Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel (1.2.1 (a) (ii)) Offside Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel (1.2.1 (a) (ii)) Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the require...

I'd whip it out and repair it; I found that I was losing all fan speeds intermittently on the blue turbo. Occasionally tapping the buttons or random potholes would sometimes revive it. AC Max would do the job, but as it also shuts the fresh air flap, it was no good for demisting. Pulled it out, reso...

It’s normally dry solder joints.

There’s a how to in the faq in the main website (NOT the forum)

Always happy to help!

Now.... More problems you say???

Sold to a facebook member - Shall try to get him on here!