Volvo 480 Club Europe

Update :hopping: Seems to have fixed the leak from teh gearbox wher eit meets teh drive shaft, I'll live with the wee dribble at the shaft, cos it looks a task and a half to swap the seal for diddly gain? for info the 'thin' discs were the side of a two litre plastic milk bottle so overall maybe 0.6...

Aye, that was the can of worms I reckoned lurking 'within' ruddy difficult when there are two / three layers to get at :( I managed to get teh spot welder to fix the inner section, but had to fold the short 12/15mm bit that goes in towards centre more 'parallel' to get access .. . . but progress any...

jifflemon wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:10 pm

That'll be in the dry season - July 30th

edited . . .. . . .

removing the bumper gives the best access. Obviously, this comes with its own issues, but I think you've already battled those! Cheers, but was hoping to 'minimise' removal of parts, ;) it was a real PITA to get the bumper back on with the tow-bar in place, mostly as i cut the VERY minimum from bum...

Has anybody bought from 'Volvo Fan' in Poland? any feedback / importation issues etc? I reckon I'll have to bite the bullet as was a comment at last year's MoT..... :( Items arrived without any real problem with customs/import etc, (from VolvoFan) other than a wee hold-up , probably due to some iss...

Weel, it was an awffy small 'Aberdeen Meeting', but made up for in quality if not quantity?

It was goo dto meet up with Sylvia & Al.

ruddy cold thoough with the wind from the North........

WillC9303 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:00 pm

The arch protectors are aftermarket addons and were never offered by Volvo.

Ah, never seen them before, I'll need to do some 'hunting' for next year.....

Also if the wheel arch plastic covers were an optional extra as I haven't seen them before either! https://i.postimg.cc/9fgZZhbM/e6d062fcb23b1dbfd48cc1b7960ceafe00da1f6a.jpg nae idea, but it would be good if they also did ones for the rear , fronts are OK as can easily remove the wing, not so the r...

dragonflyjewels wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:09 am

Scottish member coming to the meet is looking for a pair of rear Mudflaps in good condition. Anyone got any for sale ?

no

but I do have a decent pair of near new rear discs and a 'LEFT HAND DRIVE' fog light (not just the dummy) I seem to think that somebody was wanting one earlier?

Can of worms if that inner section of the sill/arch is flakey, there is another section also within, most likely also 'iffy' :cry: I think the 'bumpy' texture is some REALLY heavy duty stone chip, nae idea if you could apply it 'domestically' if it was even available? where the brake hose sits on fr...

gltease wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:59 pm

FYI
Not sure these are any use to you ?

Been in my watchlist on ebay for a while now

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253295957735

I suspect the need is more steel, than bushes
I have PU bushes cut from a sheet of PU and wasgoing to make spacer tubes

Had to remove lots of trim to get to rear of back jet, and was not possible to pull any slack through on the tubing. There was no sign of a non-return valve at this end in any case. The tubing disappears along the lower edge of the back window, which looks exactly like is illustrated in the parts l...

Has anybody bought from 'Volvo Fan' in Poland?
any feedback / importation issues etc?
I reckon I'll have to bite the bullet as was a comment at last year's MoT.....

I tried putting a squeezy bottle of water on the jet to back flush it, but again only got a dribble through to the valve. Any idea where the blockage might be and how to clear it? Also, does the pipe run through the sill (as implied by the parts drawing), or along the roof (as I had assumed)? I use...

Sylvia
sorry late notice, I'll try and come along in the 480, might even see the old red one that Cranna 'rescued' after I lost heart

spotted (L656) in fine form in Huntly and this Monday heading home from college?

I posted a question on the Facebook page awhile ago and it looks like quite a few people have put this lot on and looks like the only problem that's arose from them is cranna cracked his lower wishbone do to awkward angles due to lowing! & Can you not get the front spring pans if you order repo fro...

Hmmmm, those front adjuster plates don’t look well thought out and I’m not a fan of the rears - your now pushing spring loads through an area not designed for it…. Button heads might be a better option, if 'man-enuf'? I too am 'not a fan' of rear-coils as the load is them placed in the middle of th...

There seems to be no logic whatsoever with these things I quite agree. Accordingly to DVLA, all our 480s are bad enough to pay £325 road tax but the 2008 Saab is so disgracefully polluting we get stung for a whopping £720. Yet TFL would charge us to take a 480 into the London ULEZ zone and guess wh...

add a length of 'stout wire' to hold up a broken exhaust pipe, had one fail without warning!!!

also a few lengths of wire, more so on th eolder car as I can 'hot-wire' if I need to

suddy wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:40 am

There must be a logical explanation for that behaviour, but I suppose it's pointless to investigate why, as long as it works.

you want a 'logical' explanation for 480 electronics