Been to my local dealer for a part for my saff cos,paid the money and they said they'll call me when the part was in.six day's later i got a phone call saying they have no stock at there parts depot and to come and get my money back.Has ford only got one distribution depot in the country and should'nt they of checked the part availability before taking £146 off me,of course i got my money back now but am desperate for the part and according to the not so helpfull parts dept the part i want is not obsolete,so does that mean it's still available?

 

They should of checked if the part was avab but sometimes it`s hard to do if your busy sometimes.plus theres other search options that take time to find a obsolete part.

What you lookng for i see if i can find one

 

Im seeing my mate tomorrow,if he's sobre,if you give the finnis code,ill get him to check for the part monday,and i might be able to get you some good discount to boot,as he does work for ford he's done me proud over the last 4-5 years

 

I dont have the part Number (Finis code) so i'll try and discribe it.

It's a section of the chassis on the n/s rear of the car which starts from the rear floor pan and goes back and up around the inner arch and the rear diff support frame bolts to it,i saw a picture of it at fords on their microfiche and it was labeled
number 2 of about 10 different parts of the rear assembly.

Hope this helps,if not i will try and find out the finis code.

p.s It's a 1988 2wd saff.

Thanx Roy

 

as doo says, it might be listed on microcat as available, they order it as a stock order to allow a decent price for ya as vor can sometimes reduce a discount if available ( at mine anyway),l they find out daventry dont have it or maybe daventry did have it but it was no longer in service but it was damaged ect and ya got the call

1 week to confirm aint bad considering they rely on a system thats up to date and acurate

could also be a guys genuine mistake, we all make em at times

if ya wanna know for sure then DOO is the man for sourcing parts ( i wanna know his secret ) or pm me the finis and ill find out for ya if i can, wont be till monday though as i dont work weekends for religious regions,,,,,,,,,,,,,, only god himself could force me to do it

 

rear chassis rail ???, if so thats a no no as far as im aware, hence why the 2wd's are being wrote off, time to visit a breakers with ya grinder and cut one from a 2.0 gls as they seem to handle rust better

 

Finns 1644593 £146.49 member assy.

Your Ford dealer prob checked everywhere but i have a serach around in work tomorrow let you know

 

Yes it is the rear chassis rail,dont understand why the nearside has rusted to fcuk but the offside is solid,have you tried to get one before then and had no joy?

 

Thanx DOO would really appreciate that

 

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1 week to confirm aint bad considering they rely on a system thats up to date and acurate
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1 week TBH Takes about 2 mins

 

As i said DOO the bloke at my local dealers was'nt very helpfull or interested

 

no worries mate most are hopeless and don`t have a clue tell me about it i got to work with a few muppets i try me best to find you one

 

and ill speak to mate tomorrow and see if he can help at all

 

doo i was refering to microcat as the front counter is hardly updated, instead they just change the date to confuse it, its quicker

btw got a question for ya ya might be able to help with

 

Shame that .. cos there are a lot more features in the latest versions, like improved OSI replacement support for instance. A lot of dealers are running on outdated Microcraps .. They just dont bother updating.
Its possible that Merkenish carry one or two of these ... but unlikely.
Failing that, a search on EDIX, but it needs to be worldwide. The dealer then just has the problem of buying from another dealer.
In this case, the stock would show in Rapid, but nothing found in the bin when picked. Most dealers would put stuff like this on stock order, to make money. They get more discount .. and pass a bit to customer, so everyones happy. Just takes longer, cos our systems give priority to VOR orders and warranty parts ship.
It's now getting iffy on availability for sheet metal stuff over 10yrs old. However, this week, we just introduced a new scheme for older parts and RS/Motorsport parts support. That is web-based and offers an instant search of databased parts. This will become available to dealers shortly.

 

Parts avab from daventry showing 11 in stock 1644593


God knows what you dealer is doing should be avab on over night order VOR

 

unless there was another person using rapid at the time then ya can never get on

al bags can ya pm me details about this as im sure it will be of use to me, before we go skint

 

As for motorsport parts did not know there was anything left i sure it was all sold off when borham was closed a few years ago.

 

Unbelievable what shall i do try another dealer, what dealers do you work at doo?

Thanx for finding out for me

 

doo works at the "Rouse appreciation dealer" in bristol

do ya think thats bad, after 2 years of being on the shelf we just hammer all the old no serviced stuff

one of the managers has just binned some old cossie stuff as he hates boyracers , he enjoyed telling me that too

 

where asbouts in east london are ya mate

as if ya close to my place pop in tuesday and ill order it for ya, im based in enfield way

 

I live in stratford,but work in palmers green which as you proberbly know is close to enfield,where's ford in enfield then?

 

its in ponders end, where in palmers green ya work, i might be able to get it delivered to ya

 

There are Motorsport parts ..

Theyre being handled in the way I mentioned above.
More later, but I explained a bit to b19 !

 

cheers for the PM

but put my place on the request list please

even just fax me or ill give ya me email and email me the list once a week would be cool

 

Your first in the queue mate .. Last one was finding some RS500 fog grilles last week.

I have an RS500 book available at work

More later!

 

I work at Arla Foods,chequers way palmers green,it's just off the A10 roudabout on the north circular.

How much cheaper would it be as a trade order?

Thanx Roy.

 

if its not urgent then i can do it as stock for ya, ya will get better than the 5% ya get on VOR

pm me the details and ya number and ill give ya a bell on tuesday

 

pm sent b19bal

 

Thanx for all the help on this one i really appreciate it

See u tuesday b19bal

 

wear someting nice

i like red roses too , no chocolates as im watching me weight

 

Mini skirt & high heels do ya,just dont think it would go with me hairy legs though

 

Dealer net is up to 20% on sheet metal parts. Have to check discount code on an individual basis.

 

Al bags Any info on motorsport parts would be great.

I am up in daventry soon on a few a courses fancy a few beers

 

I have been waiting on my injector clips for over a month now probably closer to 2 month tbh, said they are on a weeks back order when i ordered them

 

Sure DOO .. You with a dealer group?
I'm not far from the conference rooms you will prob use!


As for the clips .. PM me the details Alps .. theyre prob on a waiting list from manufacturer. I'm not a magician, but at least we can get a better idea of what's going on.

 

Alright boys ..

I had a look at the Sierra members earlier. This is the situation ..
They are in the section for "about to be killed off" stuff. There are 10 left of LHS. LHS - Finis-1644593. 5 have gone this year (including one this month)
RHS - Finis-1644591. None left in UK, 12-ish in Spain, 1 in Norway.
It is possible to get the part sent from Spain, I could do it .. It would prob cost net plus postage.
That's it .. All gone after that.
Quite a substantial part. From rear exhaust hangar to front is 5ft 8" long. Spring cone seat is 1/2 way along, and it has the forward mount incl.

 

Part ordered today with b19bal so got mine before they all go

Thanx for all the help, you've saved another cossie going to the breakers

 

theres some in daventry

was a plesure meeting ya, even if it was just after i had a row about me taking a lunch break so i was a little distant, sorry if i was but i tried to chirp up

when its in ill give ya a bell

 

Well Done Ginge you will be a ford master tech soon


Glad you got your part mate