Volvo 480 Club Europe

WillC9303 wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 11:31 am

Jay-Kay-Em wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2024 8:44 am

New coat hooks (that look OE) and rear washer jets would be my top pleads to the amazing 3D printing community.

Coat hooks are now available! (At least the delicate rubber covers for them are, assuming that’s what you’re after?)

Ria Gerritse sells them on Facebook.

Is there a need? Are they just plastic? Probably not enough demand to warrant the 3D printing route. The clips are fine until you require door handle removal. You have to defeat the wedge by deflecting it - and snapping the wedge in the process. Without disturbance they are totally reliable. Door h...

a question for you sir! can you share some more photo's of the M4 fix on your handles? ta! Hi Fraser, Its simply drilling the handle, removing the wedge clips and using nut, nylocs & washers... https://i.postimg.cc/d1RqC7cJ/IMG-0232.jpg If it slips again, other than tightening further, is a Mk2 ver...

:cheers: Sylvia, Edie, Jeff There are several meetings being organised for the 40th anniversary in 2026. Is 2 years enough ? Should be enough, although I said 2 years in 2018 :rofl: Estimate a euro meet for 22-24 May 2026 I read? My decade ownership anniversary that, all for a car never used :nuts: ...

Hi Will; yes it was your good self re. mudflaps and your struggle ! Well done on your perseverance. I respectfully disagree re. the towing eyes. At the very least their function is to facilitate recovery which, at a bare minimum, is a 30° tilt & slide recovery bed. That's dead weight too via a winch...

May 2024 - Paintshop Déjà Vu... [/u] If you're tired of this saga, guess how I feel :wall: I desperately want to start rebuilding this thing. Reality is, I can't do anything until I put to bed this subject of paint :? :arrow: Door cards? Can't refit them in case the rubbing strips have to come off....

Sunroofs "back in the day" were seen as quite a novel and luxury item. Many are non-factory from a huge range of brands... Webasto... Britax.. etc. Accessory shops, dealers and bodyshops considered them an ideal up-sell back in the day. When I was a child a large branch fell on the roof of our famil...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOwXqxWF9dMw02GqwcMZOGt-9xvaNAiBGrZQPrbFooR_698EPONffuc0_MtNtCHBF0xizI98gxsVFz-A2EhGBC2O1qfROouVecdribWV7rRS7Eriiwrkgt3_PuZoXJ8jWAKgcbZwPYEu7DAEG1dXTTKTw=w591-h788-s-no?authuser=0 Saw these hot off the press today. Really high quality. If you have a pre-'93...

unless there is some sort of water resistant substance that goes over the gasket but doesn’t act as a strong glue? When all else fails, I use “plumbers mait”. A tub is less than a fiver from Toolstation etc. Difficult to describe, but it’s like sticky blue tack that repels water. Never sets, so alw...

Don't forget the torque reaction gas strut... if that's original that's guaranteed to be knackered!

Two years since an update... how's it all going? What's it looking like now? Any more plans?

eBay full of ZGR5B from trusted suppliers... why deviate

Also in stock at OPIE, Euro Car parts etc.

25 years using NGK; wouldn't use anything else.

This has saddened me somewhat. Really sorry to hear the project has essentially collapsed. Project cars are a real ball & chain. Despite all the hours, they are still worthless in the grand scheme of things until they get over the line. Tell me about it. Best wishes for the move and I sincerely hope...

Note that the n/s rear fog might be a dummy. When new owners see both not working they assume a system fault, when it’s just the one and only o/s bulb blown. The rear fog units are quite vulnerable to road grit and salt down there so make sure connectors are all good. Similarly earths within the boo...

Yes, good point Alan, I should say running ATF in a manual box not designed for it! My Griffith had the manual box from the Rover SD1 and that was specified ATF in a manual - beautiful gearchanges and never an issue for what it was designed for. Gear box oil is the ultimate compromise. You want load...

Manual Gearbox oil : GL4 ONLY 75W80 Elf NFP (or equivalent). The bush kit (at gearbox end) : http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/update11/link1.jpg Gearbox does not have to be removed. It is purely rod based. Unlikely the bushes alone prevent gear selection. They may create gearshift play or vaguen...

Looks like a manual to me as it has a shift rod.

In which case, ATF not ideal.

The axle (24) has just one part number, so that must mean the four spindle mounting holes are universal. In which case, its just finding the parts you need to do the swap. As Alan has said, does mean fighting with this... http://www.jaykayem.co.uk/photos/480/update5/5-1-2.jpg My mk2 Golf is a combin...

Toiling between black or matching colour ... Standard is body colour, but get a quote from a paintshop - can't imagine any bodyshop even lifting a gun for anything less than £250 these days. This may affect the decision! My similar Klarius experience kickstarted 6 weeks of exhaust fabrication! Shoc...

Always enjoy reading Seymour updates and a cassette holder is a massive thumbs up !

Was there a choice of cassette holders as I remember one with an LCD for outside temp.... even though the Info Centre has an outside temp (?) - or am I getting confused with something else?