Volvo 480 Club Europe

Roland The belt CAN be tightened with the rear cover in place!! I just did mine a few weeks back. nip the tensioner pulley 'just' until it stops it sliding towards rear of car with the 'residual' tension jam a LONG screw driver/tyre lever between the LEFT edge of STEEL cover (or between the bolt tha...

och b*****r I should have said the SRS light! the ABS one works fine and I have pulled the wires for the air bag that way it will not go off by accident BUT equally it will no tgo off in an accident!! :( just have to drive more carefully and watch out for idiots in their Volvos with fully insulated ...

Does this mean that the light must come on for a few seconds and then go out again when ignition turned on? ours has just come on , maybe related to the steering being mucked about with when rack ball-joints replaced a few weeks ago. dicky wiring? If it does not need to come on / go out for MoT then...

Just had car fail MoT, on handbrake among other things. As far as I can see the amount of movement of the piston /caliper when handbrake is pulled on is 'low' ie less than a mm !! it is the same on BOTH sides. this is when I have caliper off and have wound the piston back against the 'stop' has any-...

Bright red, well it was when left the factory 20 years ago!!

I am up in Bridge of Don

Mearns St used to have a reputation !

Nick I am in Aberdeen, our rear struts sound in same condition!! ie they 'just' hold the hatch up but first puff of wind and the hatch hits you as you lift out the shopping! :-) I can't get a phot of our seats to let you see if they are the same as SWAMBO is up at her folks in Forres this week. can ...

Have you stil got the rear struts for tail-gate?
mine are a bit 'low' in pressure
what is style of interior? Mine is half leather and drivers heated seat is not heated so SWAMBO might be interested?
and maybe the exhaust, tail section on ours is 'fair'

1993 2 litre drivers door does both, passenger only does passenger door. yep and I am sure there is a motor on both doors but I am not taking the trim off to confirm! as an aside if you tinker with the boot lock (I can't rmember why it was off) it can take a bit of lock/unlock combo to reset teh ala...

I tried the Haynes manual method, darn all difference. (local 'friendly' VOLVO ? :shock: they have gone down hill lately in my opinion) anyway with the bleed screw removed 5psi onto an adaptor on master cylinder, (from air line) wait a bit RESULT fluid piddling out :D Screws bleed screw back in, and...

I put new rigid pipes and flexibles on the NEAR side (UK) 2.0 litre a few weeks back and all OK. now I did the OFF side and I can't get the pedal worth a **** !! I would normally use a 'quick' pedal action to push the air along the pipe but if we try this there is a 'woosh' noise and damn all fluid ...

I know this is off topic but in similar vein to Glasgow Jim. try out-dragging ford Crapi Ghias at the lights with a Reliant Robin Van !!!! :D (stripped out not for racing just nothing inside it, well actually it had only one seat and NO trim as it was a 'work-in-progress' ) by the third set of light...

I had an issue where the LEFT light would NOT pop up although the RIGHT one did. (RIGHT HAND DRIVE) The problem was the small warning in dash that warned you that you were on 'full beam' the bulb was OK just a faulty connector between the dashboard and the loom, two plugs grey & green on back of ins...

Yes 'SO' was Aberdeenshire, quite surprised to see one that vintage this far north, salt usually kills them,
PS why the photo of your?? car and not the silver one?

PPS you can see the number plate in teh phot, can you edit?

Is the 'switch' part of the ignition assembly still avail or has it gone to breakers?

The car has not spun over on one occassion, so might be switch or might be starter. I have hot wired the starter so remote starting from engine bay is possible but a new switch would keep SWAMBO happier!!

Chris

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I assume only the last line is pertinant?

It can be done WITHOUT a hoist, tricky but possible if you get the car high enough on ramps and a couple of scissor jacks, one for gear-box and one under the sump (large section of 20mm ply to spead load) I actually held up the gearbox with a section of 2" angle iron across from rear sub frame to fr...

Yep ours squealled in the morning (and I guess when wife left work) and I always blamed fan belt. I would REALLY suggest get it looked at otherwise could be a top end overhaul, (though I think the valves and pistons don't meet on these engines?? :-) ) I ran it tho for longer than I should have, mila...

Caliper holder or carrier would be the 'normal' name?

This bolts to the back of the hub an if it is the part I think it is the bolts that hold it in place are SPECIAL fine thread.

to confirm any chance of a photo (low resolution)

But to remove belt tensioner will require removal of timing cover, and 'possible' loss of timing, not waht you wan tto do unless fairly sure of what is happening. The 480 timing marks are also a bit obscure!! the mark does NOT line up with the pully key way. or need to check that the 8mm long rod DO...

Jim Can you actually SEE the bearing or are you trying to get the part BEFORE rip wheel off? If it is a rear wheel bearing the disc/hub comes away VERY easily and you can pull the hub in about thrty minutes start to finish the nut is NOT that tight! If you have the bearing in your hand,check the num...