Volvo 480 Club Europe

Great pics. Breaks my heart to see the breakdown truck but we've all been there. Glad its sorted James.

Perhaps one day i'll make up the numbers

Just to play devils advocate for a minute.... Even if you could find the parts, would you put your faith in some 30 old solenoid motor that someone found in the back of their damp shed, to keep your throttle open? :shock: Modern cruise control not so bad, because you can tap into the existing "drive...

As a big Taurus fan.... lookin' great!

Keep in mind your diagnosis of “getting hot” is based on 480 instrumentation

Get it idling with the fan cutting in - out - in - out. On that basis at least you know it’s stable. If the fan cuts in, stays on and she boils over, then you know you have an issue.

The elephant in the room is H/G but lets not go there yet. They are pretty bullet proof (only with a history of good coolant, thus minimising that corrosion element that Jeff mentioned). Another thing to check is the expansion tank cap or "rad cap" as it were. If they vent too early then they lose c...

Alan 480 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:48 am

although 'BER' doesn't always apply?

BER went out the window years ago

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Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:44 pm

Speed yellow with matching wheels for me which ideally I'd like to park next to a yellow on yellow 205 rallye. Don't judge my poor taste!

Yep, very cool and exquisite taste I’d say.

Besides, if you want poor taste, you could of said the Skoda Felicia “Fun”

Poor thing. Always sad to see the Grim Reaper hovering over a Turbo.

a 968 CS! I would love a 968 and briefly looked at one last year - I remember when they were £15k - £20k! :cry: What a fantastic colour Cheers Oli; 2 years to find a CS in Riviera Blue. We got there in the end. Dream spec, body colour hardback Recaro's, not even a radio! I had my first 944 in 2003 ...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3fP_DE73G9jXJg1viUCrrKzyf6Pa4MiHfSVna6LIn7hQcdSnZ-Gjh4udfyoIhfrxdVOlvsGMaYWYNXEkm_v-q69s2m1khZ5yc2KCD9wDmafWErS4Ir0EKOmbUJz05bR5V3SQOKc2Ngt86NPld1GSjmlIA=w1204-h903-no?authuser=0 Wow! :eek: That is gorgeous. 2 posts in 18 years! Ervine, you need your own bu...

I absolutely love the number plates. https://i.postimg.cc/0jdQTPD2/tt1.jpg It reminds me of this guys period Alamy images of the dealer . Why do some clocks go soooo bad around the odo? It looks like its suffered a nuclear blast :lol: https://i.postimg.cc/13gS6yXn/tt2.jpg I hope its rescued but I fe...

Sad news. RIP Joep. Some of your parts will live on in my car for hopefully many years to come.

Cheers Jeff, likewise. One's enough in my world, how you juggle 5(?) is beyond me! The trip to the MoT station was a testing ground for many of my things - the PSA engine mount - the Audi TT crankcase ventilation system. I think Rachel Essex was the first guinea pig of that mount and she must of rac...

September 2021 - Ups & Downs [/u] Continued re-building. Not long until this is finished right? :rofl: Doors Time to rebuild the doors and seals... Sadly, the paintshop returned me a collection of torn and ripped apart seals... http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/update16/ds_1.jpg Paintshops are u...

I would say “back in the day” there was a difference. Once they’re passed the 10 year marker, things start to become much more generic…. Below is an excerpt from the 2022 Klarius Catalogue... https://i.postimg.cc/7Lp48nK1/exhausts.jpg Rear box connection diameters as stated : B18FT = 53mm into fema...

I’m going to put my neck on the block here! I believe the Turbo rear box is different as the B18FT uses a slightly larger pipe diameter. Nothing stopping you purchasing the silencers listed and performing a very slight diameter modification mind. I too have noticed all the Turbo rear boxes slowly va...

Cheers Ben, James. Cambridge Electro Platers Thanks James, I'll check them out. Problem is, once you find somewhere decent, every bracket from this point forwards needs doing... :nuts: I did the Ford Festival at Santa pod just gone, walked round Show & Shine. The guys with mirrors under their cars.....

August 2022 - Bonnet [/u] I have collected quite a few photographs here, so this is an update solely for the bonnet. Again, I have wasted far too much time on this, and a whole update just for a bonnet seems a bit :roll: bonkers I know. But here goes. How do you work with a freshly painted bonnet, ...

I second Jeff's recommendation, but I struggle to get exactly what I want from a trusted supplier. I think the vast majority of VHB on eBay is fake. Even with Amazon it's all third party sellers. I purchased what I thought was 3M branded VHB and one hot summers day, I found my front number plate lyi...

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for all your work. Put me down for a pair of side marker seals for my next swedish meatball run

Would be great to do a side-by-side comparison with what I already have.

Kind Regards,

J.