CHRYSLER SERVICE MANUAL
CHRYSLER C-300B—463
8. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM—DATA AND SPECIFICATIONS, CONT'D
CIRCUIT PROTECTORS
Circuit Type
Lighting System Circuit Breaker
Clock Internally Protected
Windshield Wiper Circuit Breaker
Radio Fuse
Window Lifts Circuit Breaker
Four Way Seat Circuit Breaker
Rated
Capacity
20 AMP
5 AMP
9SPE
20 AMP
15 AMP
Location
Back
of
Headlight Switch
Back
of
Wiper Switch
In Radio Lead Wire
Behind Left Front Kick Panel
Behind Left Front Kick Panel
9. ENGINE
The Chrysler C-300B Engine
is a
modified
Chrysler FirePower engine.
The
modifications
include twin four-barrel carburetors,
(Fig. 1),
a
new
intake manifold,
(Fig. 2), a
full race
camshaft,
and
mechanical tappets with
the ad-
justment screws
at the
push
rod end of the
rocker arms, inner
and
outer high load valve
springs,
and
removable exhaust valve seat
in-
serts.
Also, hardened crankshaft, heavy duty
main
and rod
bearings, special cylinder head
covers,
air
cleaners
and
silencer housing
and
distributor
and
spark plugs.
Service procedure will
be the
same
as out-
lined
for the
FirePower engine, Model C-72,
in
the Engine Section VII, with
the
following
ex-
ceptions
:
a. Complete Data
and
Specifications.
b.
The top
compression ring
is a
chrome
ring.
c. Crankshaft
is
special hardened,
the
bear-
ings
and
main bearing caps
are
heavy duty
TWIN FOUR-BARREL CARBURETORS
x717
Fig.
2-lntake Manifold C-300B Engine
and should not
be
interchanged with the crank-
shaft bearings
and
caps used
in the
standard
FirePower engines.
d.
The
valve tappet clearance
is
adjusted
at
the rocker
arm as
shown
in
Figure
3 to the
following values:
55x716
ADJUSTING SCREW
ND LOCK
55x734
Fig.
1-C-300B Chrysler Engine
Fig.
3—Adjusting Valve Clearance
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