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Originally Posted by 142 Guy
I know they must be out there is similar to the belief that I know there must be little green men from Mars. You are likely going to be dead and still waiting.
CVI, Skandix, VP Autoparts and Scancar are the vintage Volvo specialists with the largest range of parts for vintage Volvos. None of them list mechanical replacement parts for B30 (or B20 or B18) distributors beyond points, condensers, caps and rotors. My experience suggests that if one of those specialists does not stock the parts its a high probability that they don't exist in an off the shelf form.
You could try sending an email to HiPerformance Autoparts in Torrance California. These guys have an incredible trove of salvaged vintage Volvo parts and NOS parts sitting on shelves, none of which shows up on their web site. They might be able to supply you with the necessary salvage or NOS parts to do a rebuild of your distributor or a complete replacement distributor salvaged from some other 164. There may be salvage yards on the east side of the Atlantic with similar collections.
If you don't want to go the 123 route, the other option may be to place a wanted to buy add for a 164 distributor on all the various vintage Volvo forums. Purchase several because they are all likely worn and you may need to pick and choose parts to make a working distributor.
Or, you can wait for the little green men to arrive with your distributor rebuild parts.
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I know there must be parts available, because there are specialists advertising distributor rebuilding services on both sides of the pond. I seriously doubt (or at least sincerely hope) that their idea of rebuilding is not to install a collection of used parts.