TimC
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 09:47 AM |
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Obsolete or useless Ford Dealer
Went to my local (large) Ford Parts Dept yesterday looking for:
- Sierra Diff Drain/Fill Plug
- Sierra Diff Overflow pipe/'valve'
- Escort/Cortina hub grease caps
Found them all on the computer but then checked and said that the parts are no longer available. Does anyone know if this is the case? I've
read posts in the past and spoken to people who say that they've bought them.
Any ideas where I can get them?
Ta
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myeates
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 09:55 AM |
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try www.burtonpower.co.uk or .com cant remember they have all sorts of things that ford dealers say you can no longer get.
all ford dealers are the same they dont like the hard work by the sounds of it
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phoenix70
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 12:50 PM |
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Don't know about the last two items, but just last year I bought a new Diff drain plug from a main ford dealer, no problem. Special order
obviously but came within a week
Cheers
Scott
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 12:56 PM |
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I don't know about those parts in particular but I had a similar problem when I was looking for a replacement brake cylinder - official Ford
dealership said they couldn't get them, but then I popped down the road to Car Spares and they had dozens of them in stock!
I try to avoid official dealers wherever possible because they're usually unhelpful and overpriced
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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flak monkey
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 01:04 PM |
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I bought grease caps just over a year ago, next day delivery. About £1 each IIRC.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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iiyama
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 01:39 PM |
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Grease caps? As in the cpas on the back of the sierra upright shielding the bearings??
If so, go a link from where you got em??
If its broke, fix it. If it aint broke, take it apart and find out how it works!
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flak monkey
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 01:45 PM |
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No, escort or cortina ones as Tim asked for.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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iiyama
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| posted on 21/1/07 at 01:50 PM |
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thatll teach me to read a little more carefully!
If its broke, fix it. If it aint broke, take it apart and find out how it works!
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Shamrock GS
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| posted on 22/1/07 at 08:28 PM |
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grease caps
I have a couple of old grtease caps you are welcome to. I assume you mean the ones one the stub axles?
Let me know
Gray
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