Volvo 480 Club Europe

Were you successful though? I'd have thought tapping the block for an oil feed would have been much simpler!

Just a couple of things to add.... Places to start: Is there anything "non-factory" installed - Headunits, alarms systems? They're usually a good starting point. Secondly, are you sure you're battery is good? You say it'll drain in a day - That's a pretty serious drain given that the standard Volvo ...

Cool! I'm next. I'm based in the south in Buckinghamshire. I'm willing to travel a reasonable distance for a meet. I have a '95 turbo - storm grey - only comes out when dry too. Looking forward to the summer and getting my 480 out and about a bit more. http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j235/miley_2...

Just run it gently and hope that not too much muck / fuel is lurking in the CAT as the extra fuel causes them to run TOO hot :-( you can't really clean a cat, we tried once after it decided to check out the contents of the deep fat fryer (cold) and it wasn't easy . .. . :wink: worst case is that it...

Sounds wise, I've had little interest trying to shift my old car at this time of year. People don't generally have a grand kicking around to splurge on something fun for themselves at this time of year sadly. Some people do; I was quite tempted, but I'm holding out for a either a turbo or celebration

I'm more intrigued as to whether the car got fixed!

The rot doesn't look that bad, but then I've a friend who's quite handy with the sparkle stick.

Don't bother with Nitromors - Like anything that "used" to be good, it's been made environmentally friendly, which means its no longer good for stripping anything. Depending on how Far you want to go, a flap wheel on a grinder would get you down to bare metal pretty sharpish. For treating rust pitti...

Looks like the eBay listing was pulled - Good news I hope?