Why are they not freely available?

I'm looking for a Terrano suspension part and it's proving very difficult.
Despite knowing the name of the part, and having a diagram of it from a
workshop manual, the main dealer is still coming up with the wrong part.
Admittedly contact has so far been by phone and email but being able to
quote a part number would help enormously!

Si

"Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Why are they not freely available?

For some cars, they are.

I'm looking for a Terrano suspension part and it's proving very
difficult. Despite knowing the name of the part, and having a diagram of
it from a workshop manual, the main dealer is still coming up with the
wrong part.

Try a Ford dealer - the Terrano II (I'm presuming it's not a grey import)
was the same Spanish-built thingummy as the Ford Maverick.

"Adrian" wrote in message
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"Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Why are they not freely available?

For some cars, they are.


Are they? Where? Not that I don't believe you, it just might come in handy.
K11 Micra, Mazda 323F, Megane Scenic, Skoda Felicia & Fabia, for example.
Any of those got an explosion of parts & associated part numbers anywhere?

I'm looking for a Terrano suspension part and it's proving very
difficult. Despite knowing the name of the part, and having a diagram of
it from a workshop manual, the main dealer is still coming up with the
wrong part.

Try a Ford dealer - the Terrano II (I'm presuming it's not a grey import)
was the same Spanish-built thingummy as the Ford Maverick.

I'll try, ta.

Si

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:10:17 -0000, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot
wrote:


"Adrian" wrote in message
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"Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" gurgled
happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Why are they not freely available?

For some cars, they are.


Are they? Where? Not that I don't believe you, it just might come in
handy.
K11 Micra, Mazda 323F, Megane Scenic, Skoda Felicia & Fabia, for example.
Any of those got an explosion of parts & associated part numbers
anywhere?

I'm looking for a Terrano suspension part and it's proving very
difficult. Despite knowing the name of the part, and having a diagram
of
it from a workshop manual, the main dealer is still coming up with the
wrong part.

Try a Ford dealer - the Terrano II (I'm presuming it's not a grey
import)
was the same Spanish-built thingummy as the Ford Maverick.

I'll try, ta.

Si



You can get all the VAG group ones, Erwin & Elsa.

--
Duncan Wood

On 09/03/2010 08:10, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
wrote in message
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"Mungo \"Two Sheds\" gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Why are they not freely available?

For some cars, they are.


Are they? Where? Not that I don't believe you, it just might come in handy.
K11 Micra, Mazda 323F, Megane Scenic, Skoda Felicia& Fabia, for example.
Any of those got an explosion of parts& associated part numbers anywhere?


I don't know about those cars but I bought a CD containing all the
exploded diagrams and part numbers for my Fiat on ebay. It cost about £5
inc. Also Fiatforums.com run a sort of co-operative version of the same
thing.

I'd try to find the on-line forums for the various models and/or try ebay.

Another Dave

"Another Dave" wrote in message
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On 09/03/2010 08:10, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
wrote in message
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"Mungo \"Two Sheds\" gurgled
happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Why are they not freely available?

For some cars, they are.


Are they? Where? Not that I don't believe you, it just might come in
handy.
K11 Micra, Mazda 323F, Megane Scenic, Skoda Felicia& Fabia, for example.
Any of those got an explosion of parts& associated part numbers
anywhere?


I don't know about those cars but I bought a CD containing all the
exploded diagrams and part numbers for my Fiat on ebay. It cost about £5
inc. Also Fiatforums.com run a sort of co-operative version of the same
thing.

I'd try to find the on-line forums for the various models and/or try ebay.


I know I can buy a CD of parts but that's generally not very helpful when I
get a call asking how much a insert part here is and whether I can get
one, especially when it's one of those "It's the square bit on the end of
the long metal bar next to the big round thing" questions.

I can find any part number for a huge number of bikes, but not many cars at
all. Just seems odd, is all.

Si

"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
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"Another Dave" wrote in message
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On 09/03/2010 08:10, Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
wrote in message
...
"Mungo \"Two Sheds\" gurgled
happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Why are they not freely available?

For some cars, they are.


Are they? Where? Not that I don't believe you, it just might come in
handy.
K11 Micra, Mazda 323F, Megane Scenic, Skoda Felicia& Fabia, for
example.
Any of those got an explosion of parts& associated part numbers
anywhere?


I don't know about those cars but I bought a CD containing all the
exploded diagrams and part numbers for my Fiat on ebay. It cost about £5
inc. Also Fiatforums.com run a sort of co-operative version of the same
thing.

I'd try to find the on-line forums for the various models and/or try
ebay.


I know I can buy a CD of parts but that's generally not very helpful when
I get a call asking how much a insert part here is and whether I can get
one, especially when it's one of those "It's the square bit on the end of
the long metal bar next to the big round thing" questions.

I can find any part number for a huge number of bikes, but not many cars
at all. Just seems odd, is all.

Si
Nissan parts list is available online at http://nissan4u.com/parts/

"Trevor Smith" wrote in message
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Nissan parts list is available online at http://nissan4u.com/parts/

Oh, well found! That'll come in handy, that will.

Si