Dendy's 480 Diary

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Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:21 pm

I noticed that I've been here for 8 years and I haven't done one of these yet, so better late than never. I also have a habit of focusing on the car for a few weeks and the forgetting about it for a few months, so hopefully this will keep me more accountable. For clarity about the thread title, Dendy is my actual name, and should probably be my username, but I can't change that now so never mind.

Background:
As I would imagine to be the case for most people on here, I've always liked Volvo cars for some reason. The first car that I can remember is my dad's 340, which was a particularly unpleasant shade of green, and was composed primarily of rust. I recall pushing my fingers through the front wheel arches, which would have been somewhere around eye level at the time, and watching chunks rust crumbling away. There was an old oven tray on the floor of the garage to collect the oil that would drip out from the engine, emptied once a week or as necessary, and a trickle charger permanently hooked up during the winter months. Looking back on it, I'm not sure why that would make anyone inclined to buy another car of the same marque, but there we go. My mother had an Austin Metro, and I seem to remember being able to see the road through a hole in the floor, so relative to that, maybe a few spots of rust and a leaky engine weren't so bad after all.

Once the 340 finally fell apart, we got a brand new 440 in white. Big improvement of the 340, but it didn't last long as it was a manual, and shortly after acquiring it my dad's knee joint ceased to function as a knee joint should, rendering him unable to operate the clutch. Fortunately, the local main dealer had a fully-loaded maroon 440 demonstrator (possibly a GLT?) with an automatic transition that they were getting rid of, so the white one was part-ex'd for it. It had a spoiler, which as far as I was concerned basically made it a Ferrari. How much difference it actually made to the handling is probably up for debate. It was around this time that I became aware of the 480 - whenever the 440 went to the main dealer for services and MOTs there would always be a few of them either in the showroom or in the car park, and it goes without saying that they were without question the most exciting car I'd ever seen. I'm pretty sure that I decided at that point that as and when I got round to owning my own car it would be a 480. Much later, I discovered that my dad also held ambitions of owning one, but my mother decided that it was not a suitable family car to transport me and my younger sister. Such is life.

After that, we looked at either a late 850 or a first-gen V70 2.5T, and ended up with the latter. It was, and probably still is, the most comfortable car I've ever been in. No idea why they don't make them like that any more, although I suspect that it has something to do with cost, and probably being owned by Ford and subsequently the Chinese (for further evidence to support this theory, go and drive a few Saabs). My folks currently have a Ford/Volvo V40, and I have absolutely no qualms in saying that it is a thoroughly boring vehicle, although it does get them from A to B with enough room for whatever they want to transport plus a couple of dogs in the boot.

Some car history:
Having learnt to drive, there was of course only one car that I wanted to own, particularly when all my friends were getting old Polos, Fiestas, Clios, and the like.
I ended up buying this rather beautiful car from a nice chap on a farm for £850:
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I absolutely loved that car. One of my friends christened it 'Rhynor' (reasons unkown), so that's what it became known as. I had some great adventures with it, and it was a great companion for all the things that young people do with their cars. Believe me, it saw a thing or two.
To cut a long story short, I didn't look after it like I should have done, and eventually it became unsustainable and I had to let it go. To say that I have regrets about that is an understatement, but you live and learn. I won't be making the same mistakes with my current car.

After several of years of not owning a car (living in the middle of a city, being a student etc.) I acquired a Seat Ibiza. Very dull, and although it was a far cry from the Volvo, it got the job done. I have to give it credit for being (touch wood) un-killable. I have used it as a makeshift agricultural vehicle at times, dragging fence posts through fields and woodland, and it still runs (just). I even put it on its side in a ditch, removed it with a JCB, and it carried on like nothing happened, albeit minus a fair amount of trim, which was nothing eBay couldn't fix. I still have it (at least for now), and it gets used primarily as a dog transporter and general utility vehicle.

My current daily driver is a Saab 9-3 SE convertible, which (and I hesitate to say this on a Volvo forum) is a brilliant car. I bought it for £650 with 150,000 miles on the clock, but in absolutely mint condition and with a 100% clean MOT. It spent most of its life as a BT fleet car, and I can only assume that they took their maintenance seriously. It recently got me to the south of France and back without skipping a beat, although it did drink a fair amount of petrol in the process... It's got a 2.0l turbo engine, and I will admit that there are times when I wish I had that in the 480 (so Ade I completely understand where you're coming from if you are reading this!). It would absolutely destroy the 480 in a straight line, although it doesn't like corners very much, so that engine on a 480 chassis would be great fun indeed.

My current car:
Despite spending nearly six years without a 480, I never forgot about them. It was more a case of having the money, the space, the inclination to get back into what is often a potential well (to use some extreme engineering terminology) of finance, willpower, emotion, and most importantly the right car. I kept an eye on Car and Classic, Pistonheads, Autotrader etc. and found the occasional car from time to time, but none seemed quite right. I decided that having done the ES I wanted either a Celeb or a GT (I might have settled for a turbo, but I wanted as many optional extras as possible, in particular AC because the VEM looks cool), and after going through numerous adverts I found a red celeb that was undergoing restoration in about March 2016. No sooner had I done so than I noticed a green GT up for sale not too far from my office in what looked like excellent condition, so I gave the owner a ring, took a three-hour lunch break to go and have a look at it, and ended up buying it on the spot. Luckily, no-one at the office noted my absence.

Here it is:
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So, having learnt a lot from my first car, and with somewhat more knowledge in general (not to mention space, time and money) than the first time around, the goal is to keep this one in the best condition possible externally and internally, making repairs and alterations where necessary, and making additions where appropriate. Unlike my first one, this one is not a daily driver, and thus it doesn't matter if it has to spend weeks at a time in a non-driving condition while things happen to it, as long as it spends more time working than not working!

A few of the things that have happened so far, mostly minor:
- Rear badge fell off and was re-attached.
- Pop-ups stopped working, then all rear lights and one DRL stopped working, ended up with a replacement pop-up relay thanks to James (I also fixed the old one and kept as spare) and a re-worked relay box courtesy of my local auto electrician.
- Replaced interior and number plate bulbs with LEDs, the number plate bulb holders having melted.
- New anti-roll bars.
- Replaced front and rear paper speakers with modern JBLs. Can almost hear the radio now.

So basically nothing particularly major. It was a very straight car when I bought it so my main job is just keeping it clean and running smoothly with the usual maintenance. I've probably done a few other odd jobs here and there but forgotten about them for now.
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by dragonflyjewels » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:46 pm

and those of us at the May Mini meet can vouch for the fabulous condition - well done for buying it !
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:49 pm

Thanks Sylvia!

Here are my current issues:

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The first is pretty minor, and takes the form of a stuttering pop-up relay. Doesn't seem critical, and is only noticeable when the car hasn't been driven for a while, when the passenger pop-up takes a bit longer to come up and doesn't raise fully. After things have warmed up it seems to return to normal. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwIuhv0-5_M
I have two relays, and both exhibit the same behavior, and furthermore both are fine when I test them on the bench. I suspect possibly a motor may have seen better days, and is not providing proper feedback about its position.

2.
Passenger DRL blowing up on a very regular basis. I suspect a poor connection between the holder and the bulb, however no amount of contact cleaner and scraping seems to help. I will try another bulb holder from my spares bin, and continue to keep a pack of spare bulbs and a screwdriver in the centre cubby. Temporary solutions do seem to be the most permanent, however.

3.
This one is rather more critical. I took the car out last weekend to go to a local steam rally, where I happened to meet none other than our very own Rachel (sadly not in her black turbo, but never mind). Small world! As I parked, I became aware of a loud knocking coming from the engine. Naturally, I assumed the worst and began to wonder whether I still have RAC cover, and what the going rate for a B20F engine is these days. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the alternator belt looked like this:
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Not to worry. I purchased some side cutters from one of the traders for a pound, removed the excess belt, and crossed my fingers. About half way home, the battery and check engine lights came on, and sure enough, once I got home it looked like this:
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That's a problem. It goes without saying that the HBOL makes changing the belt sound a lot quicker than it probably is, and it occurs to me that it would probably be a good excuse to get the timing belt changed at the same time, so this may involve a trip to my local specialist. I have disconnected the battery in the meantime.

4. Finally, the oil sender has gone. The warning light on the dash seems to be intermittent and the pressure on the gauge is constantly on maximum. Not critical, but annoying, and probably not helpful for the next MOT. New ones seem pretty easy to come by, but removing the old one from the engine is not. I suspect that the bracket that it mounts to will have to come off as well, which will require some disassembly to get a socket onto it.
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by dcwalker » Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:11 pm

Nice write up - enjoyed reading it! :D

Your original 480 looks as if it was a nice one as well; pleased to see we may be able to get our green GTs together again in October though :hopping: .

On your current issues, I seem to recall that the bolt for the oil sender bracket has a hexagonal centre to it, avoiding the need to get a spanner or socket around the outside of it, which is not easy with everything else down there. If you struggle to get a sender let me know - I think I have a spare one.

David
Current: 1994 480 GT, 1996 460 CD & 1997 440 LE with lots of optional extras & 2007 V50 SE Sport
Previous: Celebration 331 (re-homed with Richard S), Celebration 467 (returned to Martin Mc); Celebration 346 (re-homed with Alan480); Celebration 269 (scrapped abandoned project), Celebration 73 (sold on after 6 years), 1992 ES, 1988 ES - and numerous other non-480 Volvos!

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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by jamescarruthers » Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:20 pm

There's a car at Lake's still with the sender on it. Hope you get sorted on here, but if not, they do deliver. Tell them ‎it's the car to the far left as you go through the back gates.
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by jifflemon » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:34 am

Cracking write up, love peoples car diaries, make you realise you're not alone.

Belt isn't too hard to do as long as you've got the hands of a 5 year old.... But yes, timing belt and both belts (as you've got AC) would be a sensible option.

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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by balto8 » Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:36 pm

This car looks terrific. Colour, stripes, Vesa Alloys. It well deserves a proper restoration.

Time, money and patience.
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:26 am

Thanks for the kind words, chaps.

Today's update:

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This was me at 7:30 yesterday morning. Since I had no alternator belt, I needed to get enough charge into the battery to get me to the garage. It's not far, but at the same time it was an interesting experience to drive a car whilst not caring about the fuel level, but instead having one eye on the road and the other on the voltmeter, watching the needle slowly falling, and knowing that I was going nowhere if it got too low. Now I know what it feels like to drive a Tesla! :lol:

Anyway, I now have a complete set of new belts and tensioners. The old timing belt apparently had some life in it, but since I had no idea when it was last replaced I went for the full works, which gives me peace of mind. I had some suspicions about the clutch which were confirmed, so that can be added to the list of expensive things to do. Fourth gear also has a slight whine, so I'll be keeping an eye out for gearboxes going spare as well. Might make sense to do both at the same time.

I'll have a look at the oil sender over the bank holiday - thanks David for the tip about the bracket. If that turns out to be the case then that will save some time. I found a brand new (but not Volvo) sender in my parts bin, so I'll do some research to see if I can find the specs for the Volvo one and see if it matches. If not then I'll be back!

Next deadline is to get it ready for the Brill car show over the bank holiday. Hopefully the weather will be acceptable and I'll get some good photos.
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by dcwalker » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:49 am

Glad to hear you've got the main problem sorted - not often the little voltmeter becomes the most important item in the car!

Keep us posted about the sender - I think it's a fairly standard 0-5bar job.

Good luck for a nice day at Brill - I'll be thinking of you and your car and hope to see some good follow up photos!

David
Current: 1994 480 GT, 1996 460 CD & 1997 440 LE with lots of optional extras & 2007 V50 SE Sport
Previous: Celebration 331 (re-homed with Richard S), Celebration 467 (returned to Martin Mc); Celebration 346 (re-homed with Alan480); Celebration 269 (scrapped abandoned project), Celebration 73 (sold on after 6 years), 1992 ES, 1988 ES - and numerous other non-480 Volvos!

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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:39 am

Here are a few photos from Sunday at Brill. Although I was the only 480 driver, I did end up next to another green Volvo with a GT badge...

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And one at the mill. Unfortunately I couldn't park any closer but you get the general idea of the mill itself and the fantastic view across to Oxford:
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All in all a very pleasant day out. Plenty of interesting cars plus great food and beer, along with nice weather - you don't get all of that in the same place at the same time very often! Also a good motivation to clean the car thoroughly inside and out and get a few odd jobs done.
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by dcwalker » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:50 pm

Thanks for posting the pictures! Sorry you were alone, but it looks like a good day and you clearly "kept the 480 end up" very well :D

Look forward to seeing Lily's close sister again in October...

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Current: 1994 480 GT, 1996 460 CD & 1997 440 LE with lots of optional extras & 2007 V50 SE Sport
Previous: Celebration 331 (re-homed with Richard S), Celebration 467 (returned to Martin Mc); Celebration 346 (re-homed with Alan480); Celebration 269 (scrapped abandoned project), Celebration 73 (sold on after 6 years), 1992 ES, 1988 ES - and numerous other non-480 Volvos!

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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:45 pm

The car and I are back after a few months of cold and rain, during which time I've been a full-time Saab driver. I've just had the MOT done at the local Volvo main dealer (the only time of the year when I go near one!), which is always good for a laugh - last year the salesman on the phone asked if there was a mistake on their system, and the car was in fact a V40 or S40, this year I was told that they were looking forward to seeing my "Four-Eight-Zero-Gee-Tee", which I suppose has a nice ring to it.

Here we are looking a little bit sheepish pre-MOT:
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One of these cars is significantly better looking than the others...
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Anyway, for the second year running I didn't get a single advisory, which I am rather pleased about.They even sent me a video of the car up on a lift so I could have a look underneath!

The fuel sender is absolutely knackered so nothing doing on the aux gauges and the dash light goes on and off based on wind direction, but even Volvo themselves apparently can't replace it and it's not an MOT fail, so that will have to be done as and when I get round to doing the next oil change (still haven't worked out how to get the sender off with the oil filter in place).

Other than that, bring on 2018!
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by jifflemon » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:58 pm

Jaster wrote:
Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:45 pm
this year I was told that they were looking forward to seeing my "Four-Eight-Zero-Gee-Tee", which I suppose has a nice ring to it.
its borderline embarrassing isn't' it? It just one of the many things that makes me despise what motoring is becoming.

My local friendly garage knows every single customer by first name, what they currently drive, what they've owned and driven since they started to use him, all without DVLA lookups and some swanky CRM system.

However, Cracking news on the MOT result :D

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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by brinkie » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:47 pm

It's slightly better here in its country of origin. The local Volvo dealer says that they'd love to service my 480 but have no parts nor mechanics with 480 experience, and at € 104,95 plus VAT per hour a repair bill won't be funny. Last time I went there, I was in the 480 with my wife to pick up her repaired V70 and an elderly guy at the desk said "well well well, a 480... haven't seen those for a long time sir! The first years those cars really gave us headaches! But they improved them in the later model years."

Where my parents in law live there is a Volvo dealer who has a small museum at their shop's top floor, including a brand new 340, it has never been registered and the odometer has 000017 km on it! Their salesman says they would put a 480 with low mileage and service history on sale if they could lay their hands on it.

Nevertheless, for MOT I took the Vase Green 480 to my local friendly garage in December. A couple of weeks later I went there for alignment of caster/camber on my dad's Paris Blue 480. The guy at the counter gave me a puzzled look "Thought you had a green one?"
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:00 pm

I agree with the sentiment about modern car dealers - fortunately the good mechanics are still out there, you just have to know where to find them. For anything other than MOTs, my cars go to a small auto engineering firm where I know the mechanics by name and they can recall every job they've ever done for me from memory. Such places are thin on the ground though!

Anyway, I managed to get out for the first long run of 2018. No particular destination, just tearing up the B roads of rural Oxfordshire:
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No critical disasters, but the following points will need to be addressed in the near future:
- Oil sender still doing nothing
- Wipers are very bad (new ones ordered)
- DRL blown again. I reckon I'm getting about 10-15 cumulative hours between bulb changes which is not good, and they're Bosch so not cheap rubbish. I've ordered some LED ones so it'll be interesting to see whether they work, and if they spread bad voodoo throughout the electrics or not.
- Rear demister not working. Not something that one would notice in a car mainly used in summer I suppose. No light on the dash and no relay clicking. Might try a spare CEM (after checking the fuse) and then go from there.
- Strong smell of oil coming from under the engine, but no obvious leaks. I did have an issue with the sump gasket (or lack of) last year, but probably not related.
- Clutch is on its last legs. Stick it in third and floor it and the revs fly up but the speed does not. Probably got some life in it if not driven like a moron, but that cannot be guaranteed.

Finally, to quote Mr. Lemon's thoughts on washer jets from his thread:
jifflemon wrote:
Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:03 pm
If you didn't know, they're no longer available from Volvo and snap the moment you even look at them.
I agree:
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(what you can't see is the broken plastic ring inside the jet that holds it in place)

I like the look of his Landy jets, and the Volvo ones aren't up to much even when they're attached to the car, so I've ordered a couple to replace mine. Fortunately the one that broke is the N/S so is easy to swap, the O/S will have to wait until I feel the inclination to dismantle the wiper linkage.
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by jifflemon » Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:37 pm

Have got another one lined up to try, which is this one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LONG-TWIN-WA ... 1438.l2649

My thinking being that with a little judicious filing, they may be able to fit the original plastic washer

Other thoughts:

demister - More likely to be broken cable in the rear trunking than CEM i reckon.

DRL's - Is it both sides or just one? Whats the condition of the bulb holders?

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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:53 am

jifflemon wrote:demister - More likely to be broken cable in the rear trunking than CEM i reckon.
Could be - I'll poke around with a meter and see if there's anything going on.
jifflemon wrote:DRL's - Is it both sides or just one? Whats the condition of the bulb holders?
Both sides. I have a spare set of DRL bulb holders that I've been swapping in and out and all the contacts are in good condition (sanded off any corrosion and drenched in contact cleaner), and voltage is present and at expected levels, at least when stationary (hard to check while the car is moving!). They have never been reliable on this car so I suspect that it's something fundamental.
jifflemon wrote:Have got another one lined up to try ... My thinking being that with a little judicious filing, they may be able to fit the original plastic washer.
I'll keep an eye on your thread. Sounds like it might be an easier retrofit for the O/S if they work.
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by Alan 480 » Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:42 pm

I fixed my broken washer (front) jets by simply drilling a 6mm hole into each half and stuffing a section of 6mm airline to effect a join, advantage is easy removal to clean any debris out of the jets :-)

just take care when wash car not to knock them :D
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by WRDendy » Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:41 pm

Alan 480 wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:42 pm
...I fixed my broken washer (front) jets by simply drilling a 6mm hole into each half and stuffing a section of 6mm airline to effect a join...
I'll hang on to my broken one and maybe give that a go at that as well.

Anyway, here's what I've been up to:

I got the Landy jets, one of each size as I wasn't sure whether the longer one would have enough clearance. They are pretty chunky compared to the originals:
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The N/S went on very easily, but seems to be just too tall and is pressing against the bonnet a bit. I think I might be able to shave off some of the plastic and get it sitting a bit lower, but for now at least I have working jets again:
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Next up were some LED DRL experiments. There are a number of BAZ15D LED bulbs available, but I went with these ones as chips themselves are potted, which is probably handy on a car on which nothing is waterproof:
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The good news is that they work. They don't interfere with the pop-ups and both brightness levels function correctly, and they don't produce much heat:
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(Incandescent on the left, LED on the right)

The bad news is that they are a bit too white (and bright) for my tastes, and I don't think an MOT inspector would be fooled. In the next photo you can see my attempts to remedy that by wrapping it in Kapton tape (heat-proof and yellow) - I think I went too far in the other direction and turned them into indicators, but there's probably a happy medium. The car is at the garage this week so I'll see what they look like in situ with maybe half that much tape on them at a later date.
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Either way, they should eliminate the need to always have a screwdriver and spare bulbs in the centre console, and if you like white lights, they are ready to go as-is. If anyone is interested, they can be found on eBay here.

Finally, you may remember PJP's thread in the cars for sale section a couple of months ago tentatively looking for a new home for his rather beautiful two-tone - well last weekend I made the trip up to Durham with the other half and a friend of mine who had previously expressed interest in getting into 480 ownership, and I'm very pleased to announce that the car has found a new owner who will take good care of it:

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Left to right: Me, Oliver (new owner), and Paul (PJP)

The car is in stunning condition and I have to admit that I'm a bit jealous, but don't mention that to my car... Oli will be joining up here so I'll leave it to him to provide a write-up and further pictures as it's his responsibility now! As many of us will know (myself included), saying goodbye to a 480 is not an easy thing to do, but at least this one is staying in the community and I'm sure Oli will do a great job looking after it. We can all look forward to seeing it in person at meets in the coming months, and hopefully Paul will be able to join us to make sure that it is being suitably cared for!
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Re: Dendy's 480 Diary

Post by jamescarruthers » Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:25 pm

Excellent news! Good man‎
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
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2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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