Volvo 480 Club Europe

dean36014 wrote:This is a repair using a Volvo 400 series rear wheel arch.

You mean arches from a dead 440/460 or aftermarket arches foreseen for 440/460 ?

Bakke,

I still have a complete dash home.
If you're interested PM me here or on the french forum.

With this extra dash, you can practice yourself before risking damage to your dash.

No more news ????

Just don't want to open a new post for every single question I have ...

BTW, I found out pics of a guy who did that on the french forum :



The result is that the rear arches gets slightly wider than the originals.

You can also grab a 480 badge out of a volvo FH truck :

I think the renault clio williams had one and the gearbox could match the 480 ... If someone wants to give it a try, renault code for this gearbox is JC5S09.

http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Messages/up.gif Did anyone already tryed to repair rear arches using ... front arches ! Ex : cutting out of a spare front-left pannel the wheel arche to replace a rusty rear-right arche. And thus, the front-right pannel could be used for the rear-left arch...

You can try swapping the alternator with a new one but I think removing the wire is an acceptable cheaper solution. BTW, I also have a '88 turbo and I also got the problem after taking the whole engine out of the bay ... Sounds like a default feature of the 480 ! :lol: What are the other problems yo...

Got a similar issue ... Does the warming system of the rear window still work ? Try to unplug the single red-black wire on the right side of the alternator. If it solves your problem and everything still works fine , you can keep it unplugged. It is unplugged on mine and it still works fine. Accordi...

:hopping: Cool, sounds like there's a lot of people interested. Shouldn't we organize a poll in order to decide : 1) WHERE will the meeting take place ? 2) WHEN will the meeting take place ? 3) WHAT are the different things you would like to see/do during this W-E. Once the 'where' and 'when' questi...

When I drove to Ireland last year with my former V40, I had no such stickers. (BTW, they didn't have any on the boat).
I also never got any remarks for that from the police even when they caught me for speeding ...

I live half-way between Born and Ghent. I think we should definitively go to Born but a visit of the Ghent factory is much more interesting. May I make you a proposal : check here . It's a very central location and it is possible to plan road trip to Netherlands, Germany, France, Lux. or Belgium (of...

And the question is : "Where will the meeting take place ?". That has been previously discussed in an other post but, no clear answer so far. I think anyway that a little visit to Born (where the 480 was made) is mandatory. I can contact public relation department at volvo Ghent in order to arrange ...

alexbxl wrote: Maby interesting for the other belgian users, here is the adres of the Volvo-scrappy in Zellik (Brussels):
DSC Carrosserie DE SMET
VOLVO RECYCLING
DEPOT DE PIECES DE RECHANGE
SCHACHTSTRAAT 3
1731 ZELLIK

TEL. 02 481.93.95
FAX 02 481.93.94
E mail : Recycling@carr-desmet.be

Thank you !

If you plan to fix yours, you won't let part go away ...
Let's check it first with Bakke then, let me know if you still plan to scrap it.

alexbxl wrote:Did you know there is a volvo scappy near koekelberg??

If heard of it but I've never been there.
Can you send me the adres ?

As Bakke is in Zaventem, you wouldn't have to travel much to move the car, that's a good thing.

If still plan to sell parts, let me know.

Tu peux te débrouiller avec Vega, pour la racheter et vous partagez ? Why not . I still needs a couple of parts for mine ... but I don't know how much alexbxl wants for it and if he'll agree to sell for parts. I guess that if he want to drive it somewhere else it's for fixing it or at least workin...

I do work in Brussels and I can help you tow the car to Limburg if you want.
If you are interested, send me a private message.
I also know where to find a nice 2.0l paris-blue 480 near Liège if u want.
Personally, I would be interested by a leather interior, if u have one ... let me know.

I'll put a link to this page on the french forum.

BTW, a friend of mine asked the dimensions of the scoop because he find it cool and he would like to put it on his honda civic.

+1 for me as well

A black one including fitting kit.

Do you want me to relate this post on the french-speaking forum ?
There might be some people interested over there too.