Volvo 480 Club Europe

If it helps someone the old steering column looks like this: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Anton_K/steeringcolumn-1.jpg Haven´t fitted it yet..sunday might be the perfect day for the swap :D Thought the self cancelling had to be sorted out even if using the old steering column.. :? but appa...

Hi JayTee,
If you get it sorted, please let me know how you did it!
I´m also changing my srs wheel to a palm beach one..and it would be nice to get the "self canceller" sorted out from the beginning.

Well, the orange reflector is cut(sawed) out of an old cluster. The tricky part was to get the clear front cluster up without cracking it. Used a thin very sharp knife and a lot of time.. Then I just glued the orange reflector in place and and sealed the front cluster with silicon glue. The light is...

atex61: yeah, I ment green when lit up..should have wrote it. hebruins: I belive my car is one of the 20 that volvo intended to export to USA in 1994..including: red side reflectors at the back of the car, clear front cluster with orange side reflectors, palm beach steering wheel, a 2.0l turbo engin...

That´s great news Suddy!!

Oh.. well, I´m not suprised, it´s a very stylish dial!
I haven´t asked my volvo dealer..maybe it´s possible to order just the dial??..I doubt it, but will ask next week if out of luck here..or maybe somebody already asked?

Hi there,

I would like to buy the dial with mph(green)&kph(yellow).
Would be great if someone had one separate from the speedo. Otherwise I can think of buying a whole speedo.

Regards from Finland,

Anton

e-mail: antonkukkonen@artlover.com

Hello,
A Q about the shorter steering column..I have a 2.0l GT with srs airbag and a palm beach wheel with orig. adapter waiting to be fitted.
Could someone explain exactly what I need to replace to make it work? I have a spare parts car 480ES -87.

Kind regards,
Anton

first post btw
great forum