navigating a Mopar parts catalog

[Tink]

I am grateful to the person that scanned their 1970-71 Mopar parts catalog, gave it a working index and made it downloadable. It is 2303 .pdf pages long and those pages do not align with the actual catalog page numbers

I never read a factory parts catalog before so I am amazed at the information in it. Everything about your car as well as anything you wish was in it is in there.

Some parts you need require a part number and this is the place to find it. I found my p/n but want to hear tips and tricks using a factory Mopar parts manual.

It don't take long to notice the model application grids for cross reference. Just don't have anything planned when you open one.

 

[polara71]

Ive had my 70/71 Parts book for 15 years and it was one of the best investments for my cars I could make. Much more helpful than the service manual.

My tip is that you wil find that many numbers are superseded by other numbers . Make a notation of that superseded number because you will need it again

 

[bluefury361]

I have factory parts books for every Mopar I own, and some for cars I don't. It's the first thing I look for when a new car arrives, then the FSM and dealer albums.
You can save the cost of the manual by NOT buying that part that LOOKS like it will work. Great intertainment too.

 

[MrMoparCHP]

Here are a few tips just to confuse you even more.

When navigating the illustrations you may not see one for the car you are working on, it doesn't matter, the same part on a different car uses the same Part Type Code. Just go there and look up the part for the correct application.

Also not all parts are pointed out on all illustrations, look at the different applications to find one that does, get the Part Type Code and move on.

You may need to look in the steering section for a transmission part, the brake section for a clutch part, the fender section for an electrical part, now that is confusing!

When looking at the part descriptions, read through them all and eliminate them, don't be quick to grab the first one that looks like a match, there might be another that has a more specific description.



Alan

 

[Tink]

Thanks Alan. I appreciate the guiding hands here. I zeroed in on the "Group" layer fairly quick but drilling down to the specific p/n takes some time. I will focus a bit on the part type and see what I learn. I think if I could master a few techniques, I could find compatible parts across a few different models without investing in a Hollanders. My car is quite a bit different than most C-bodies as I have discovered. Longer torsion bars to name one.

Danny

 

[Hoss]

Hoss from PA show me a picture in a parts book and you will get the right Part try that with a computer

 

[commando1]

For all you guys battling your Parts Books, until Microfiche came out in the 70's, the dealer parts counter would have sprawled out 6 feet wide with Parts Books.

 

[MrMoparCHP]

For all you guys battling your Parts Books, until Microfiche came out in the 70's, the dealer parts counter would have sprawled out 6 feet wide with Parts Books.

My local NAPA still does and they know how to use them, it also helps that they are Mopar guys.


Alan

 

[commando1]

Did you know Advance owned NAPA.?
I just found out last week.

 

[1978 NYB]

Did you know Advance owned NAPA.?
I just found out last week.

There are over 6,000 NAPA Auto Parts stores across the United States. 1,110 NAPA stores are owned by Genuine Parts Company, and the remainder are independently owned.

AAP owns Carquest and Autopart International and WorldPac.

 

[commando1]

Thank you for setting the record straight.

 

[1978 NYB]

No problem.....I live in a small town and of course AAP and AZ are right across the street from each other. Napa is 500 feet away and across the street from them is Kunkel's. So with my vast search of trying to find Formal parts I stumbled across who owns who by looking for all avenues possible for Formal parts.

 

[1978 NYB]

Since you have a parts book now.....

You can search for NOS parts at the following sites:

www.arizonaparts.com

www.partsvoice.com

 

[Tink]

Great info, Thanks.