Volvo 480 Club Europe

In view you note that you are looking to run it as a second car, try the classic car insurance companies, they are cheaper but the downside is you might not build up a no claims bonus and there could be other restrictions. Out of interest I have tried a quick quote (google search classic car insuran...

Will be interesting to hear how things go, as you say at 20 quid go for the regulator, It will eliminate it from the equasion.

At least its a nice sunny weekend you will be missing, have fun.

Regards

Simon

Thanks for confirming that you have verified charging at the battery, your comments re the charging light glowing might point to the battery not the alternator. When you turn on the ignition it sends +12ve through the warning light to the alternator and then to earth lighting the lamp. On starting t...

Not 100% familiar with 480 charging but wiring diagram looks normal so turning on ignition sends +ve along the small red brown cable from charging light to the alternator. Now if the general circuit is normal starting the car also sends +ve back along the cable from the alternator and extinguishes t...