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1983 240 Wagon - starts then stalls when taken out of PARK 200 1983

posted by  rolljunkie on  Wed May 3 06:45 CST 2006
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I just bought a an old 1983 Volvo wagon and it's been running
great for the last few weeks. But then this morning, after starting
right up, I shifted out of Park and the car immediately died. This
process repeated a few more times, starting and running fine until
the shift out of Park.

I had heard that this model has a faulty (Chysler?)
distributor cap, could that be the problem? I'm hoping it's not the
wiring harness because that sounds like a tough fix for a home
mechanic. The car sat outside for a couple of years in it's last
home, so maybe that's got something to do with it. Any ideas?
Thanks!






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