Volvo 480 Club Europe

Well, I did this job again, the other clutch cable started to fray and when I took it off, it well only held by four stands! This time the job took me equally as long as last time three years later, and I have the same cuts on my hand because of the air vent diaphragm cutting in to me. For future re...

I think they are welded on! I cant see any bolts holding them on whatsoever. Going to take the disc off at the weekend and investigate.

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Stephen

Are these brake disc backing plates/splash guards required for the MOT?

Mine are starting to rust away, so how do they attach to the axle? Are they bolted on with the caliper carriers I wonder? I can't see how they are attached to the car...

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Stephen

We're back and had a lovely time. As usual a wonderful location and was great to see everyone again.

Thankyou from Petya and Stephen...

See you there....

Part number 3404053, easy to remove after the metal panels along the side of the windscreen have been removed...

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Stephen

Well for me it turned out that it was the hoses where they went through the bulkhead. Took the bottom cover from the heater matrix housing and it was bone dry, dusty in fact, no white residue left over from when coolant evaporates or anything similar. It hadn't seen any water since it was made. Easy...

Thankyou for the photos - went to the scrapyard earlier and got one from a 440 (same part as mine). I think the plastic case is dry because the water evaporates because of the heat from the matrix, it is definitely coolant in the footwell... could only be the heater matrix itself or the pipes maybe....

Think my heater matrix has gone too.

Took the console and carpets off but the plastic cover for the heater matrix is bone dry.

Are there any secrets to removing the plastic cover, is it just undo the bolts and pull it apart?

I'll have one for sure. At the price it would make sense to buy two - if you intend to keep the car.

Somebody ought to reproduce these.

Stephen

Hello, Many thanks once again to the organisers, we all had a great time - shame that we couldn't make the Friday due to work commitments. Our stay in our holiday home was extended by two days further, because my alternator failed. I ordered one on Monday, from ATU in Meschede, but had to wait 2 day...

Saw you today and followed you along Walkden Ave for a bit.

Can't remember the last time I saw another 480 (probably since last year at the meet, when I saw a few...)

You should hear the compressor kick in as you switch it on (might take a fraction of a second).

It could be anything, but when mine was playing up, I ended up taking apart my VEM and finding lots of dry joints to re-solder.

Stephen

Ferry booked!

As always we have a long drive so we are unlikely to make it for the start of the rally...

In all cases, see you there!

Stephen and Petya

No, you didn't miss anything...it's my girlfriend's daughter...

Would kids be able to come (just in case we can't manage)?

Stephen

We hope to be there!

Just trying to arrange for some child-care for the weekend..

Will confirm in the next couple of weeks.

Stephen

Where are you located?

Stephen

Are you still looking for this?

There is (as of Saturday) a G reg ES in at my local scrappy. Most good bits are gone now, it's been there a while, but I think that the CEM area is untouched. Might be worth a look if you are in the area. It's in Haydock.

Stephen

I contated Scandcar today. I asked them about the rear lights and they've come back to me saying that they are working on a reproduction.

I also asked about indicators, and they said that they also have plans to reproduce those!

Very happy with that, hope that they make them...

Stephen

Well, Perhaps I'll need to accept the fate of the 480, they are, as mentioned, 17years old at thier newest, perhaps Volvo expected all 480s to have died by now. It would have been nice to have some brand new rear lights and indicattors though. I contacted Volvo Global Customer Services yesterday to ...