Volvo 480 Club Europe

2012 Update

93-D-328** Grey (my own, as of 2012, it is off-road but undergoing a recommission)
95-G-80** White, David's old 2.0. (2012, last heard it was off-road and stored in a garage in Cork)
91 C 165** Grey, Davids old ES (2012, regrettably scrapped, with GT wheels and newish clear clusters still attached)
92 RN 19** Light Green Metalic for sale on carzone (2012, no info)
94 C ? Dark Green Gt that was for sale about two years ago in Cork (2012, no info)
88 TN ? White ES I saw near Portlaoise last year (2012,briefly for sale on Donedeal recently, either sold or withdrawn)
95 D ? White over priced one that was on carzone about a month ago (no info)
90-D-464** - Member Kace's (Galway) white ES (2012, no info)
94-KK-?- Moslo's car currently for sale in the for sale section
93-D-? - Volvo400.com's black S (2012, no info)

New 2012 Additions.

95-D-2*, recently purchased by member wkd rwd
92-D- 509**, My current road legal, two tone, purchased from a Donedeal ad, last January. Passed two NCT's since

I have

95-D-95 - fairly good nick - certainly road-going but undergoing a few repairs and so I have it in storage.
93-KE-2115 - Body not great because some little shitheads bent the door back and the broke lights. But engine and everything else are in great condition because a friend of mine spent 18 months getting it up to great condition a couple of years back.

So I'll have 95 on the road again next year - all spruced up and showroom condition

Martin / zozimus

Anyone else still knocking around in the Emerald Isle - we still have our 480, although it is definitely a little worse for wear at this stage.....

I am still driving my '93 two tone. I also recently heard of another unaccounted on the road example near Youghal.
But if I was to hazard a guess I'd say the number of road legal 480's is down to 10 or less.

pat480 wrote:I am still driving my '93 two tone. I also recently heard of another unaccounted on the road example near Youghal.
But if I was to hazard a guess I'd say the number of road legal 480's is down to 10 or less.

I think you're probably right there - I might see the odd one every year or so knocking around Dublin - very rare....

Recently purchased M210SFC from the UK, will VRT shortly.

Its a 1994 480 ES 2.0 Auto Red, fresh MOT, in need of some love.

108,000 miles

Here's my wish list of stage 0 servicing items:
Replace rear disks and pads
Replace rear handbrake shoes
Replace front disks and pads
Replace 4 spark plugs
Replace 5 ignition leads, distributor cap and rotor arm
Replace fuel filter
Replace timing belt, belt tensioner/belt idler, and water pump
Replace auxiliary belt
Replace brake fluid
Replace automatic gearbox fluid
Valve clearance requires adjustment
Clean crankshaft ventilation system
Replace engine coolant

NCT

Respray and some light rear wheel arch rework

Any other recommendations?

Cheers, Patrick in Bettystown, Meath

P.S. My other Volvo is a mint Laser Blue Volvo V70R-AWD, owned by me for the past 16 years.

Sounds like a very good and sensible start. Welcome. 

(There are no shoes by the way‎. The rear handbrake is slightly out of the ordinary in that you have to wind the calipers back. Pretty much every 480 I've had needs it adjusted come MOT time.)

watch / take care of the pipes at the fuel filter!

the valve clearance isn't straight forward as it means pulling the cam-shaft AFTER you've checked all the clearances then looking for shims/ buckets.
dunno if the shims are still available

Thanks James for the info on the handbrake adjustment technique

Alan, all noted, especially the fuel filter lines, being a Renault engine I had assumed parts would be easily come by?

Thanks, Patrick

No problem.

All the service bits are easily available, including fuel filters. Alan is only warning you because the B-nuts are exposed under the car so you need to be careful of corrosion

Oops ,
forgot the engine was Renault, don't know if that makes it any better though . . . . . .

We are coming to the Emerald Isle in June in our Paris Blue turbo. We're touring Rosslare, Kinsale, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Limerick, Galway and Connemara so anyone in the area watch out for a foreigner !

dragonflyjewels wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:39 am

We are coming to the Emerald Isle in June in our Paris Blue turbo. We're touring Rosslare, Kinsale, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Limerick, Galway and Connemara so anyone in the area watch out for a foreigner !

Enjoy the trip, I'll be keeping me eyes peeled!

Well here we are, spent today in Kinsale and Cork, now staying overnight in Macroom before heading off to Killarney in the morning. We left the turbo at home and came in the green GT. Have been looking but not seen any other 480s yet.

Happy St Patrick's day!

Anybody in Ireland selling parts I am looking for a cem 3 module.

Anybody know of any for sale in Ireland?