Newbie!

Paul240480 · Post by **Paul240480** » 23 Mar 2009, 06:44

Hi folks

. Just found this forum after it being reccomended. Up to now I've been skulking around on VOC, RWD,480-Europe,480.org & VLF (the last two are frenchy ones).

At present I have three Ovlovs as pics below:

Pics should be 'clicky' to enlarge.

Looking forward to finding my way about on here & having yet more ovlov shaped fun & information

ps: have popped a link back this site here: http://www.gitessouthbrittany.com/Car3.htm

Post by **billofdurham** » 23 Mar 2009, 16:16

Welcome to Matthew's Volvo Site.

My son also calls them OVLOV. When I asked why he said, "When you have one of those trucks closing in behind all you can see in the mirror is OVLOV!"

Bill.

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 23 Mar 2009, 20:01

Yes, welcome to MVS.
You'll find out members friendly and willing to go the extra mile to help you. We hope to gain the same from you!
-MIJ

Paul240480 · Post by **Paul240480** » 24 Mar 2009, 01:26

Thanks

Shall do my best to 'go the extra mile' to help.............. bit of a tekky novice me though!
Started doing as much of my own work as I can since moving to France. Frenchy garages do not seem to be able to see further than Peugeot, Citroen & Renault

for the main part. Give them an Ovlov & they ring the mainstealer to find out 'how to'!
..............and if you think I'm going to pay a mainstealer when I can do it meself! LOL

Paul240480 · Post by **Paul240480** » 15 Apr 2010, 05:27

Well, time for an overdue update methinks

My 480 is sold

. Could'nt justify keeping 3 cars going. So I sold it on 480-org forums. Despite it being a RHD model I had my hand snapped off, as 480Turbo with the auto option were never introduced to France. So it is a rare beastie here. It was bought by a young lad, who is an enthusiast of all things 480, he has done a rolling resto' & the car is looking simply fab'

He has done a LOT of mechanical stuff as well as the detailing.

My 240 continues to be reliable. 194k miles now. In the past few months I've replaced all the flexi brake hose's & bled the system. I've replaced the clutch slave cylinder & bled that too as the old one began to leak. This summer it's going to a garage for replacement front road springs, shocks, & front end bushes. Something I'm not confident enough to do myself - I've tried spring compressors, but wimped out

Here's how my 240 is looking:

My 850 has proved to be a good purchase at £850 14 months ago with 138k miles. Now has 154k miles and runs like a dream.

I had to clean & lubricate a rear brake calliper, replace the rear tyres (walls perished) & fit LHD Headlamps for the French
Contrôle Technique (MOT).

Since then it's been routine maintenance: I've changed the cambelt & aux belt. Replaced spark plugs, dizzy cap, rotor & air filter. Oil & filter twice. Last weekend I replace the rear brke discs (rotors), pads & handbrake shoes. My handbrake had failed completely

. I found the the friction material had parted from the shoes!

I've 'made' a fault-code reader with burglar alarm cable & an LED. I pulled a 2-1-2 code, but as the car runs like clockwork I guess this was an old & uncleared code. I've cleared it, so now have 1-1-1. I'll run it for a few weeks & re-test to be sure.

Well that's all ( enough waffle!) for now.

Thanks for reading