November 2023 - Half an Update... [/u] Since September 2022 a text was sent every fortnight to that paintshop man. This continued for 8 months. :wall: May 2023 I was told rectification work was ready. Turned up for collection. Driver's seat impregnated with dust. Should never of fitted the leather ...
This year I have been a victim of advertising too! :bla: I saw the Lanoguard adverts and fancied trying something new. Lanoguard has some amazing recommendations from organisations associated with coastal use. Like many of these things, it’s just the emperor’s new clothes – any product that keeps ou...
Quite bizarre. Thanks for posting. Many bizarre things in 480 world. Had a quick at the parts catalogue I have and no mention of Japanese lights. The red side markers are in the parts catalogue (3402472 & 3402473) but that's not to say they are exclusively Japanese - I think they might of been in pr...
I think in many ways, this forum is the new "Lifetime Care" :lol: i'll drink to that :cheers: Many have the cassette... https://i.postimg.cc/QdZny31f/IMG-4182.jpg I have said it before but Volvo should be absolutely ashamed - under Ford ownership at the time - of what they did to 400 support. I get...
With the advent of the hateful website "Collecting Cars", it seems many classified websites are trying the auction format now. Car & Classic is no exception with this tidy Celeb #21... https://i.postimg.cc/PqYBc59Z/wjo-celeb.jpg Thankfully I screenshotted it at lunch as it's disappeared now. I bet i...
They're late 360GLT alloys... https://www.stonecoldclassics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1988-Volvo-360-GLT-SR-rear-quarters.jpg However, saying that, they were often promoted as optional in various 300 accessory brochures... https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-WwAAOSwwrNd2bo4/s-l1600.jpg Pictured pag...
Good write-up Jeff. Great to see UTT looking so smart. I went 2021 and it seems nothing changes re. getting in. "Unexceptional" is such a difficult thing to police. Me and a good mate had huge debates that day about what cars were or were not unexceptional. Being an infidel he totally believes the 4...
I haven't seen a 480 out in the wild for many a year.... then I only go and spot one in my village! It was a proper :shock: moment! Black with red stripe JxxxTBW on traditional 5 spokes (Pollux or Atlas type) Couldn't see if Turbo / ES as it whizzed passed me. From Alconbury Weston -> Alconbury, pas...
Sometimes alternators need a slightly higher RPM than idle to "kick-in". Once they're going however, they're going. If you start the engine and slowly bring the revs up, will it kick in just the same (eliminating the driving part)? This all might suggest the pulley is the wrong diameter on what you ...
Don't know if that's a bug specific to a 1983 240 or just general problems with a 40 year old tape deck! If its "auto reverse", then if the tape reels go tight, the player thinks its reached the end of the tape and flips sides. This will get your switching as you describe. All 40 year old tape decks...