Hello all, I just added another volvo to the family this week! Couldn't turn the deal down. The guy was hard up for cash and I picked up this fine 88 245 for a measley $200 cash and drove it home. Brand new tires a month ago! Apparently he couldn't afford to pay the bill for the new tires.

The car has some issues, nothing that scares me though (yet). It's 99% rust free, so hopefully by the end of the summer I'll have the m47 swapped in and have it all tuned up and ready to be my new daily driver.

Anyway, one of the clips on the distrubutor cap is broke, and the cap is currently held on with zip ties. Does anyone know a supplier for these clips, or have any alternative solutions besides buying a new distrubutor? If I need to get one, I found a good deal on ebay for one that came out of an 87 with 97k miles for $50 shipped, but I would like to cut as many expenses as possible out, because the maintenace and cost of getting this car back in the game 100% is already getting high.

 

find one in a junkyard, take either the clip or whole distributor. it will have to be a 240, as 7/9's have a different distributor that's on the back end of the head.

 

Well I imagine that the 20+ year old clips in the junk yard ill probably break trying to get off since they're pressed into the ring around the distributor so tightly. It's a shame they are put in the a set screw. Looks like I'm buyin a distubutor.