Volvo 480 Club Europe

Wait, what? There is a Volvo 480 in the USA? Please, do tell us more!

Looks like a broken headlight motor indeed. I can send you a headlight motor, I just bought a couple of spares for $50 each, but the postage across the Atlantic will be bloody expensive...

At the moment the only thing I can say is that my inlet manifold is black with chrome letters And the engine from other car have the same inlet manifold black with chrome letters Both a pre-1991 (phase 1) engine. Could be a good drop-in replacement. If it doesn't run you need to swap the flywheel, ...

No, there are differences! Every evolution of the engine (at least two different versions exist) comes with its own ECU. Differences in camshaft profiling and TDP sensor. Also the flywheel is different from 1991 onwards.

Just trying to look now at what engine and gearbox oil people recommend.. Engine oil: 10W40 semi-synth of a good brand, or just 10W40 from any brand if you don't plan to drive a lot and change oil every year anyway Gearbox oil: you MUST use oil that is compatible to Renault JB/JC gearboxes. Volvo 3...

Hello Paul and welcome to this friendly and helpful lot! Positive points...low milage engine! Pulled with ease. I hate to burst your bubble but... are you sure the mileage on the clock represents the true mileage? Have you checked the MOT history? Every 480 will eventually suffer from broken odomete...

I think some people have learnt their lesson and will now start planning a few months more in advance. :wall: Also we are trying to work something out in September. I'll keep you posted :) By the way, this weekend a LOT of rain is predicted with temperatures barely crossing 16 degrees. I think some ...

jifflemon wrote:

brinkie wrote:Orlando has cleared his field full of scrap 480's and now there is ample space for a meeting with BBQ and camping.

Cleared the field how!??? Have we lost another source of valuable spares?

No worries, the valuable spares have been taken care of.

Sorry guys, this meeting has been cancelled by the organiser. He claims there were only 5 participants and pulled the plug. But we may have an alternative. Orlando has cleared his field full of scrap 480's and now there is ample space for a meeting with BBQ and camping. No facilities whatsoever, apa...

Further investigations on the speedo. I pulled the dash out to check I had put the the cables back on correctly (I had done). Whilst I had the dash out again I took out the full beam bulb and painted it blue. I found that the blue was faded making the symbol appear white. The symbol hasn't faded, t...

You can get remanufactured glasses from Joep Vrijling in The Netherlands, about 75 euro for a set.
Only the headlight popup relay is unique, the rest is standard stuff. Every scrap Volvo will probably supply what you need.

Autoglass online quote £480. Did they mix up the car's type designation and the price? :lol: Never go to the chain outlets, find a local shop, they are much cheaper and usually more skilled to do the job properly! £150 for the windscreen here, though they are in Yorkshire and it is collection only ...

Found one dirt cheap on eBay, the postage is almost as much as the part itself! I wonder what the catch is...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TO-CLEAR-NEW- ... 2066509609

Be careful with the diagrams, you have to match the build date of the car with the diagrams. They were changed every few model years and became stable in 1993.

Speed cameras in The Netherlands are operated by the police, they will send the fine to the address the car is registered to (i.e. the owner will be persecuted), and if that was a rental car, the car rental company wlll charge your credit card with the fine plus a surcharge. Until May this year, the...

Thanks for the information! :) I have found these gems while searching online: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/26/motorway-breaks-m1-attractions-family-holidays http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/M1-service-stations-Great-alternative-pla...

I think this is the best place to ask :) We have decided to try driving on the wrong, errrr, other side of the road, i.e. will be spending our holidays in England this year. Not by 480 unfortunately, though it will seat all four of us comfortably and it is both more frugal and more agile, the luggag...

arthuy wrote:I havent had the dash back so perhaps this is why it didnt work for me.

Yodel threw the parcel out of their van onto your driveway at 13:11, according to their track and trace information.

it was already broken thanks for repairing them. How bad were they? Atleast with them back to factory condition it eliminates them from the fault finding process :hopping: They weren't really bad, I've seen far, far worse. :) Luckily the mods done by the previous owner's mechanic could be reversed ...

Here are the pics of the dashboard swap: http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee392/crouchrou/Skip/20170603_140656_zpsezpi9lcm.jpg VDO 712 comes from my 1.7 Turbo and as you can see tab 3 was already gone Like it should! This is the correct one. http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee392/crouchrou/Sk...

All done, holiday is over for the instrument cluster and the VEM!
By the way, was the reset button of the trip counter already broken when you sent it, or did it break off during transit? Anyway, I have an awful lot of spares so there's another one in there now at no extra cost.