Swedish wedge - No ikea parts inside

[Jifflemon]

Little update from today - the interior finally went back in!

 

Took the opportunity to give it a good vacuum out first, then in goes the sound deadening

 

 

Then the carpet, 

 

 

pausing only to give it yet another scrub and vacuum, before putting the seats in

 

 

Whilst I'm waiting for my dashboard to return from it's holiday in the Netherlands, I removed the rear part of the dashboard holder, to see if I can add some strength back into the many, many broken fasteners.

[wuvvum]

Those washer jets look like Wall-E's African American cousin.

[Lankytim]

Those inner arches are magnificent!

[Skizzer]

I've always fancied one of these too, and I wish I had a quarter of your skills, knowledge and lack of fannying about. Great thread.

[rantingYoof]

A pretty much rot-free turbo! The holy grail...fantastic work you've done there. I love the before/after of the seats and wheels.

 

Loving watching this come back together. Tis the same colour as my old 480 2.0ES and has made me all wistful...

 

 

The 1.7 turbo is apparently easily 'mapped up to about 150/160hp I think . There was a guy on the 480 forums that used to do it (called it a RichMod?). I think the original 120hp is quite enough in what is a surprisingly light car.

[the judge]

Excellent. Really enjoyed that,thanks!

[Jifflemon]

Yeah, Seen the mod chip. Keeping things as they are for the moment.

[Junkman]

I was wondering how long it'll take until one of these enters the community.

Out of all the ones available, the most shagged one was carefully selected.

Excellent!

[richardmorris]

Practical classics I think said that owning one was like playing warning light roulette.

[Jifflemon]

So, as mentioned, dashboard currently getting reinforced. Gorilla Glue seems good (not pretty though)

 

 

Took advantage of the weather and finished bleeding the brakes on the N/S of the car

 

 

And as the wheel was off the NSF....

 

 

You can see the wheel cleaner at work, doesn't really shift the wax; petrol does! But you can see how thick it is in places. God only knows what it must have done to the wheel balance

 

 

And clean!

 

 

Took the NSF arch liner out and found this lurking....

 

 

So following a degrease and a blast, was left with this

 

[Hendry]

Love this thread, cleaning everything up but not going all detailing world with hundred quid tubs of wax etc just good old fashioned elbow grease.

 

Very interesting reading!!

[Jifflemon]

I find with old cars, that if they're clean, there much easier to work on - you can see where things are leaking and cleaning thoroughly often means you uncover previous work that needs correcting.

[Hendry]

I find with old cars, that if they're clean, there much easier to work on - you can see where things are leaking and cleaning thoroughly often means you uncover previous work that needs correcting.

Agreed! You never really truly know with an older car what works needing done that's hidden until you take it apart and get it cleaned up. You obviously share the same train of thought as me. Most people would say ah it's hidden you can't see it so doesn't matter if it's fucked, but it'd get to me. Think I need to do something similar with my wheels and the petrol as what you've done because nothing's shifting the stuff on mine either.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Good Fred, nice to see another 480 return to the road. AFAIK most if not all Volvos are fairly light for their size, the 'Volvos are heavy' thing is a myth.

[Coprolalia]

Most excellent thread. Echoing many, on my 'one day' car list. An ancient math's teacher who lived on fag's and tears drove one with terrifying abandon had one.

Lovely to see your working method too, always satisfying when something grotty turns out to be be just grubby.

[Jifflemon]

Small update - the rear bumper bar is back from blasting!

 

 

There's the tiniest bit of pitting on the steel as you can see below

 

 

 

Next stop is the powder coaters, with these bits....

 

 

followed by a very healthy injection of cavity wax!

[Jifflemon]

Not a lot managed this week - Did drop the some bits off for powder coating, but they've not managed to complete this week; Added to that it's the girlfriends birthday, mothers day and I've a huge presentation to practice for next week, so my time is a tad limited!

 

I did pop the headlamp covers off, as I know i've got a faulty adjuster. Didn't realise just HOW faulty...

 

 

It's not even the right plastic piece! Easy to sort though!

 

And because I'm a tad obsessive, I made sure that both adjusters were wound out, greased, wound all the way back in, that back out to roughly their starting point (I'll pop to the MOT station to get them setup once it's actually on the road). Also removed the remains of the beam bender...

 

 

If you've never used detailing clay, then you're missing out. I use it on the paintwork before waxing, but I save my used bits for things like glass and alloys. Its a soft clay, almost like blu-tack, that lifts of imperfections with only gentle rubbing.

 

 

Finally, I did a quick oil change. Just an oil change; The stuff that's in is going to be used as a flush, then I'll do both oil and filter. I'm also checking that there's no annoying leaks. First up, the drain plug!

 

PTFE tape wrapped around the threads is something I was taught many moons ago

 

 

And yes, I am re-using the washer, but again, it'll be replaced when I do the "proper" oil and filter change.

[pompei]

As someone who is somewhat spanner-challenged I always marvel at the skill that goes into doing theses jobs.  Lovely car as well.  Giffer neighbour has a mint one tucked up in his garage  -  lived here ten years and only seen it once! 

[Jifflemon]

Quick update - The bits are back from the powder coaters! Had a nice chat with them and it turns out they do a LOT of work for a well known Newport Pagnell based company, who's cars are VERY well known....

 

Anyhoo, they decided that rather than just powdercoat the bumper bar, they'd Zinc plate it first, THEN powdercoat it, to give it the absolute best chance of survival.

 

On with the pics I hear you cry!

 

 

 

 

Just to improve it's chances even further, Bilt Hamber S50 cavity wax is going into the seams and box sections - Thank heavens for the access holes half way as even the standard quite lengthy extension won't go halfway!

 

 

You can just about make out the s50 dripping out... but trust me, there's about half a can in there at the moment! And tomorrow, after round one has dried, the other half is going in!

 

 

[tapir]

fantastic work, i love these and they seem to have all but disappeared from the roads,

[Jifflemon]

So, the dashboard has arrived back from its holiday in the Netherlands! Here it is on the test bench:

 

 

And here it is, after being delivered by the wonderfully caring delivery firm Yodel.  

 

 

This is no reflection on the packaging; It was bubble wrapped and foam packed, I figure Yodel have used it as a football or something similar. Thankfully a replacement cover is on its way to me.

 

So,I built the bumper back up and threw that back on.

 

 

And after replacing the aforementioned plastic headlamp cups, this happened....

 

 

Much on and offing of the lights did follow, but the OS motor had popped up for it's last time. After much prodding and testing of wiring, it was time to whip it out..

 

 

however, I managed to drop one of the spacers in here... 

 

 

a completed sealed box section with limited access. That's going to be *fun* to fish out. 

[danthecapriman]

Great job with this. Shame the dash binnacle got broken though, I bet you were well pissed off!

[Jifflemon]

So.... I fell it's time for an update!

 

Firstly, the headlamp. Swapped over the new motor. 

 

(bah! can't seem to link to the little MP4 file of them dancing..)

 

For around 5 minutes I had fun with one motor going up whilst the other when down, but a quick adjustment on spindle saw them both popping up together. There's something quite magical about pop up headlamps...

 

Next up, was a bit of a mini service - Nothing too exciting, had done the oil previously, so fuel filter, wipers, distributor cap, plugs and plug leads. Rotor arm will have to be another day as I've been supplied the wrong one. Oddly, the NGK plugs seemed ever so slightly longer than the bosch ones that came out.

 

 

Then next up was swapping the dashboard cover over and screwing the dashboard back in place. This time it survived the courier trip!

 

 

I then went round all the brakes, removing the calipers, applying fresh red rubber grease to the caliper guides and copper slipping the pads. The discs look buggered, so I'll have to add them to the shopping list too.

 

Hopefully the weather will stay fine and I can get a few miles under its tyres...

[Jifflemon]

Managed to spend a few hours removing the worst of the Buytl tape/No more nails/Bathroom sealant from the sides of the car, here's how we're looking for the moment.

 

 

 

the white patches you see now are where it's pulled off the paint! I'm not worrying too much as the paint itself isn't worth saving