||> 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