Re: 63 Chrysler 300 Prestolite Distributor Help

That's where I retrieved the number...From the aluminum tag held by the mounting screws...It had been covered in paint, but scraping it clean revealed the #2098313.

No, no tach and no tach cable. Not that it means there never was one.

Where would it have been? On the steering column or dash mounted? Couldn't be in the console either, because the non pacesetter convertible doesn't have a floor console, that I'm aware of.

True. I suppose it could have been an early swap that survived all these years.

From a Mopar Parts book, I believe. I did call up MARS parts in NY, and gave them the distributor #2098313 and they called back and said that the #2084868 vacuum control was the right one for that one too, so I ordered one...We'll see in a few days. Just an FYI, partsvoice.com listed a supplier for the distributor 2098313 but not the 2098495. Don't know if that means anything or not.

Is there a good online source for Mopar Part #'s, or do I need to hunt down a parts book for that year? I've used the Imperial website for the service manual until I was able to buy one on E-bay, but the parts book on the Imperial site is strictly Imperial and doesn't include Chrysler, like the service manual.

||> On Mon, 17 May 2004, RM wrote: ||>

||> > I pulled my distributor and found the original Chrysler Part # under ||> > some engine paint (previous owner painted the distributor on the ||> > engine). It is #2098313....Doing a google check, it shows up as the tach ||> > drive distributor for the Chrysler 300J or 300K car (63 and 64). ||>

||> Probably not correct. The Prestolite distributors had the Chrysler ||> *assembly* number on a small aluminum tag held to the distributor by one ||> of the breaker plate/cap clip mounting screws. The 2098 indicates an ||> electrical system related part, but I suspect your 2098313 may be a ||> casting number for the distributor body/housing itself. || ||That's where I retrieved the number...From the aluminum tag held by the ||mounting screws...It had been covered in paint, but scraping it clean ||revealed the #2098313. || ||>

||> > does have the larger 413 engine option, but not the dual carb cross ram. ||>

||> How 'bout a tach, has it got that? || ||No, no tach and no tach cable. Not that it means there never was one. || ||>

||> > So, did Chrysler use the tach drive distributor for the upgrade engine ||for ||> > that year, even though there was no tach in the instrument panel? ||>

||> Tach was never *in* the instrument cluster on these. || ||Where would it have been? On the steering column or dash mounted? Couldn't ||be in the console either, because the non pacesetter convertible doesn't ||have a floor console, that I'm aware of. || ||>

||> > distributors sell for close to $400, so I can't imagine someone yanking ||a J ||> > Car distributor to replace the stock one. ||>

||> Remember, what is a special limited-production car from today's ||> perspective was just a big old gas guzzler with no value in '73 and again ||> in '79. || || ||True. I suppose it could have been an early swap that survived all these ||years. || ||>

||> > With the help of another Chrysler owner, he tracked down the distributor ||> > # for my car as 2098495 with the vacuum advance #2084868. ||>

||> Would need to know more about the manner in which this info was obtained ||> -- there are lots of ways to get incorrect part numbers and relatively few ||> to get good ones. || ||From a Mopar Parts book, I believe. I did call up MARS parts in NY, and ||gave them the distributor #2098313 and they called back and said that the ||#2084868 vacuum control was the right one for that one too, so I ordered ||one...We'll see in a few days. Just an FYI, partsvoice.com listed a ||supplier for the distributor 2098313 but not the 2098495. Don't know if ||that means anything or not. || ||Is there a good online source for Mopar Part #'s, or do I need to hunt down ||a parts book for that year? I've used the Imperial website for the service ||manual until I was able to buy one on E-bay, but the parts book on the ||Imperial site is strictly Imperial and doesn't include Chrysler, like the ||service manual. || ||

Texas Parts Guy