Maintenance - Ignition System - 23 August 2007

Not much to say on this one. I got the various bits required delivered from Scandcar. As usual they were quick (ordered from Holland on Monday, received in Yorkshire on Thursday), and the parts were all genuine Volvo or other top brands:

• Spark plugs (4x part no. 271412)
• Distributor cap (part no. 870690)
• Rotor arm (part no. 243903)
• Air filter (part no. 1277747)

This filter is for the single-carb B18A with the round-then-pointy filter housing:



The Haynes manual is singularly unhelpful on how to remove the lids of the filter housings. In this one, you seem to have to wedge back the surrounding lip bit-by-bit and prise the top out like the lid of a paint tin.

For reference, here's how the plugs connect to the distributor cap:



Also I have the points (part no. 238859) and condensor (part no. 241397) ready to go, but I didn't have the tools or time to get around to them. Sadly the oil filter I ordered was the wrong part, so I'll add the correct part number when I've worked it out.

KGA seems to start a litle more readily, and I'm sure the clean air filter will help it breathe more easily. I see there are some twin SU carbs goin on eBay at the moment though...