Volvo 480 Club Europe

I think a 480 is only worth money to strip if its a late turbo/ES with jacquard clear clusters etc. I've just stripped and scrapped the 480 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/Roo/My%20480/TheEnd.jpg and will be selling a few items, probably worth more as parts than as a whole as the back end was...

volvo-bigbrother wrote:

Roo wrote:No dubious finds in Catgrooms charger though!

I thought you found one of Grooms cats under the seat while stripping out the charger, the one in this pic

My 480 had a pair of aviator style glasses and a quality lighter down the back of the passenger seat. Other finds have been a lump of weed in my ex-police training 850 T5 under the drivers seat :eek: and a laminated A4 sheet of when my Range Rover was for sale years ago inside its drivers door. No d...

Nice to hear from you Sal! I trust your both well?
Always a relief when your motor passes relatively hassle free.

Neat work.
Did you test it before you put the panels back on?

martinholmesuk wrote:This is looking like Volvo 480's leaking is caused by Volvo doing a total shit job once again!


I'll sort this later today!

Quite!

Well, I now have the engine and gearbox from my 480 out and sitting on the subframe and was thinking while its out I should take the opportunity to do any 'when the engines in the car' awkward jobs. I'm thinking about changing the clutch for starters as i think its still on the original but is there...

chris1roll wrote:Yes but its an absolute shit to work on the engine etc afterwards, it just wobbles about all over the place - we did it that way once then went back to the hoist method.

All thats going to happen here is the whole unit will be rolled into the charger finally making it a manual.

JohnTurbo wrote:Roo....look for my engine swap thread for my black turbo in the tuning and tweaking section.

Cheers JT I've already done it now.

Whilst stripping my 480 i noticed both rear moonroof pipe terminate inside the bood voids. They werent attached to anything, just fresh air.

omn wrote:Are you selling more pieces from this car? I'm interested in some more pieces you have there.

Thanks

I'm keeping most parts from the car as i've got another 480 so want to have some spares.

esta - just mailed you - I have the parts you want Drazyl - You're going to have to describe the braket. The only plastic on the pop-ups are the covers??? There are two small plastic parts on each popup which allows the popup to hinge up and down. Easily broken when you lean on them! BTW the covers...

A shame your moving on Ross but I know how it is. Having seen the car in the flesh I can vouch for its mintyness. Well worth 1k IMO

I'm soon to lose it due to an impending house move. I'll be going to a single garage and driveway hence the reason the 480's being stripped.

Update on my my weekend...

cheers lee

For me, Halfrauds is always the LAST resort. I'll try the local motor factors and even the dealers before I end up there.
There generally useless anyway and rarely know what your asking for!

Yesterday was spent removing most of the interior from my 480 ready to put into the charger. Today will hopefully see the engine freed from the body.

Is it possible to remove the engine and gearbox with the subframe, wishbones and wheels still connected? I plan to lift the front of the car off the engine but need to know if its feasable first!