I am having a hell of a time finding a parts store that has or carries the distributor drive gear for my 85 Grand waggy.

I need one by this weekend or early next week.

The Jeep dealer part number which I got from Willy's works in Arizona is

J3208615

Napa tells me it's an obsolete part. everyone else tells me about 6 days to order.

uh the one I have is a mallory one that I got from 4wd hardware i think.
I swear to gawd that not long ago I saw them in bubble pack on the spinning racks at napa.

Cant confirm that though.

Try 4wd hardware...the price sucks but they get it to ya quick.

MJ

Just got off the phone with the third Napa Auto parts Store
The one furthest from work but closest to my home actually looked beyond the fact that it was an obsolete part and checked to see if any one had it in stock:rolleyes:

He's going to over night it from Salt lake City.
I guess it helps to have the Local Napa autoparts store guy living down at the end of my street :D

Dude decided me to give me a jobber rate :D

Yeah the parts monkeys just take some coaxing sometimes.

Glad ya found it...I was just lookign in one of my newer 4wd harware rags that I dont know why I keep :rolleyes: and cant find it in there anyway.

MJ

I saw it on older catalogs last night then I looked on the websites of these Jeep catalog places and I called them and they had nothing.

http://www.4wd.com/Shop4wd/ProductDetail.asp?ProductSku=3208615

Ahh found it on their site. TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK bahaha hope I never need another one. :D

Just incase anyone else is wondering.

MJ

Even at that it sounds Like a Blem Item

Fits 1967-91 all AMC engines. Only one side of the pin is drilled. Customer must drill the other side to let the roll pin install all the way through the gear.

yeah mine was like that...its probably for a different application and happens to work for 360's too when drilled out.

Summit sell em for v6's or something.
Search on their site for Mallory Drive gear and you'll see what they have.

Drilling it out was a no brainer...I actually forgot I had done that until someone brought it up a while ago.

MJ

Try the moderatoe he is just down the road from you.

Originally posted by Monkeyboy
Even at that it sounds Like a Blem Item

Fits 1967-91 all AMC engines. Only one side of the pin is drilled. Customer must drill the other side to let the roll pin install all the way through the gear.
No it is for proper indexing, the hole is there as a starter hole. You drill the shaft and finish the hole so they line up perfect.

I called Steve first, actually I spoke with Jim :D

I always call them first.

If your desparate and don't mind spending 40 bucks or so, just go buy the whole distributer for a mid 70's cj with a 304. Pop the gear off and take it the rest of it back to get your core charge.

I had a hard time finding a replacement and it was the best option. The older distributer models are alot cheaper and I would put money that the gear is identical. Take your old one in to make sure but I bet you will be alright. 304, 360, 401 distributers are all interchangeable.

Hope this helps,
Later

Is their a difference between the early year distributors and the later distributors.
I do know that late models had pointless ignition.
How much of a difference otherwise is their in the distributor body?

I am fawking drunk!