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- Sun May 24, 2009 8:34 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: The big respray adventure
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9552
- Sun May 24, 2009 8:29 am
- Forum: Body and Interior (80)
- Topic: refitting rear clusters
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3613
If people are interested in using the Volvo butyl stuff I mentioned above despite the negative comments, it costs only 14,50Euro from Volvo. Then you have more than enough to seal both rear clusters. If you route only one line around the cluster, which is enough to make it leak free, it's even possi...
- Sat May 23, 2009 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: The big respray adventure
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9552
I didn't want to remember that picture :lol: But I think mine isn't that bad. I've removed the rubber that runs along the roof, and the rust spot isn't any bigger than shown above. But next week I will find out. Tuesday the windscreen will be removed and the roof will be sanded. And the first one of...
- Sat May 23, 2009 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: The big respray adventure
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9552
- Fri May 22, 2009 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: The big respray adventure
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9552
The big respray adventure
WARNING: IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF RUST, DON'T CONTINUE READING :wink: Well, I thought this would be the right time to show the experiences from last week with you all. I wanted to have my car resprayed as the red paint isn't as red anymore as it once has been. There were some rust spots that needed fixi...
- Wed May 13, 2009 4:16 pm
- Forum: Parts, Accessories & Brochures
- Topic: Wanted . Misc plastic parts and pices
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3215
- Wed May 13, 2009 2:57 pm
- Forum: Electrical system (30)
- Topic: tail lights pulsing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1641
The earth point for the rear lights (and indicators, brake lights etc.) is below the left cluster, close to the corner of the car. It's one bolt where several cables connect to the cars body. Make the cable eyes (or how they should be called, don't know exactly) clean again and do the same for the s...
- Mon May 11, 2009 9:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Once a 480, always a 480!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2893
- Fri May 08, 2009 10:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: I know theres a 480 pic thread but heres the 440!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3334
In my current 480 I find it worth the money to have the arches repaired. In the above 440 not. That was because it was the most basic edition without any luxury except powersteering and it had the B18U engine. Next to that, also all the four doors needed welding or replacing. I agree that if you hav...
- Thu May 07, 2009 4:15 pm
- Forum: Power transmission (40)
- Topic: M56 Gearbox - what is the equivalent Renault one?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2804
- Tue May 05, 2009 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: I know theres a 480 pic thread but heres the 440!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3334
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:48 am
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Servo brakes take off pipe ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3760
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:02 pm
- Forum: Body and Interior (80)
- Topic: Moist / Water in Trunk/Boot
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3832
- Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:18 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: What's this hose connector good for?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2483
- Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:02 pm
- Forum: Tuning And Tweaking
- Topic: dump valves
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8157
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:01 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: Cam belt noise?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 904
The cambelt itself cannot make the wining noise that a slipping aux belt cam do, as the cambelt can't slip around the poulies. What can make noise are the tensioner and the other wheel where the cambelt is routed around (don't know the right English word for it). When the bearings in these are worn,...
- Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:54 am
- Forum: Brakes (50)
- Topic: abs problem - novel solution ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3050
Don't know if this is the case for the newer type ABS, but I had this problem with the early type ( '89) with the computer in the boot. First I cleaned all the sensors, after that I cleaned every connector to the sensors, ABS unit and computer and still had this problem. I gave up and went to Volvo....
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:21 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: uber urgent enquiry possible engine fooked
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3118
Good to hear that it isn't as bad as you first thought. I recognise it when something happens to my car, I also first think of the worst that might have happened. For some reason it's easier to think logical about problems of someone else's car :) I'm wondering how much oil did you had in the system...
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:38 am
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: uber urgent enquiry possible engine fooked
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3118
That's a lot of money if you need to do all 4 pistons. Do you want to do all the pistons or the one you think is broken? But I still don't get why you're so sure that you've killed the piston rings on one or more pistons? How much oil did you add above the maximum? And if, for example, a reasonable ...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:08 pm
- Forum: Engine (20)
- Topic: uber urgent enquiry possible engine fooked
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3118
Haven't had this myself before (I'm not a retard :rofl: :wink:) I would imagine that other parts than piston rings will give way first if the pressure there gets to high due to too much oil. Maybe an oil seal? Maybe you can check such things first? Although it may not explain the smoke from the exha...