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Duncan
Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 425 Location: Delft, The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Hi Ideola,
I was wondering if you have access to more information than us mortals.
Everybody can access the online catalog and price list, but (to put it mathematically) pricing seems to be a necessary but not sufficient condition for availability.
for instance for the coolant tube I found out that only when the parts dealer ordered it, it turned out to be not available anymore.
Cheers,
Duncan _________________ 1983 NA Alpineweiss since 2001
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:26 am Post subject: |
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Just heard back from Porsche. Only two remaining in the U.S. $32 + shipping. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:35 am Post subject: |
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Duncan wrote: | I was wondering if you have access to more information than us mortals. |
I signed up as a part dealer in January. Requires a federal tax ID and a state sales tax license here in the U.S. Also costs a monthly subscription fee, so it only makes sense to do it if you have a legitimate business. I make barely enough margin on the OEM parts to cover the monthly fee plus the associated credit card or paypal transaction fees.
I could charge more for the OEM parts, but then I wouldn't be competitive with other online parts dealers. At this point, I just need the subscription to pay for itself, I don't really need it to make money. It is worth it to be able to consolidate my suppliers down to only two for all of the OEM stuff...plus the ease of seeing directly into availability, and being able to handle all ordering online.
The problem with the system is that it is not very accurate on availability. There are parts that show up with pricing, but when you inquire, they are NLA. There are parts that show up as "pricing on request" which more often than not are also NLA, but some of them I know for a fact are still available, they just don't publish the pricing.
So what I have to do is submit a "pricing and availability" check through the online system. The contact who fulfills my order is very responsive online (as you can see from the above example), which is great. No more waiting days and weeks for a call back. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Duncan
Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 425 Location: Delft, The Netherlands
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Mudd
Joined: 27 Aug 2012 Posts: 78 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:09 am Post subject: |
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Ideola, according to Daniel Berwind at Jim Ellis part number 052 is round in shape. Can you tell if it is the same ohm value as the rectangular one on my car. The shape is irrelevant as long as the ohms are the same.
1,8 is stamped on mine, I assume that is the ohm rate.
Thanks. _________________ 1978 924
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:23 am Post subject: |
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Mudd wrote: | Ideola, according to Daniel Berwind at Jim Ellis part number 052 is round in shape. Can you tell if it is the same ohm value as the rectangular one on my car. The shape is irrelevant as long as the ohms are the same.
1,8 is stamped on mine, I assume that is the ohm rate.
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I don't know of any way to confirm that, as those kinds of detailed specs are not in PET or FSM. Since there are only two in the country, it will be difficult to even look at one. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:33 am Post subject: |
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Interesting. That lookup tool is not available on the US or UK sites. I tried plugging in some numbers, however, and I don't get anything back. What format do you use for the part numbers??? _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Duncan
Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 425 Location: Delft, The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Just the number without spaces
477905052A VORWIDERSTAND 18,73 €
That is without VAT @20%
So with VAT that is less than $20 _________________ 1983 NA Alpineweiss since 2001
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Actually, if it's 18,73 € that is equal to $25.43 in USD, not including whatever VAT and freight charges might have been added to get the two remaining parts over here to the US...
The currency issue is probably one of the reasons the parts search is not enabled outside of Germany. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Duncan
Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 425 Location: Delft, The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:00 am Post subject: |
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You are completely right , I did the conversion the wrong way
it is 19*1.20*1.30=30. Long day at the office.....
In conversion from US$ to euro, the VAT and the $ to € cancel roughly. _________________ 1983 NA Alpineweiss since 2001
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Paul
Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 9491 Location: Southeast Wisconsin
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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Beru Resistors with wires disconnected an ohm reading was Resistor A=2.4ohm
B=2.4ohm
Type:Beru wz18-2f
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http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/technical-q/297239-308-ignition-module-2.html _________________ White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
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Mudd
Joined: 27 Aug 2012 Posts: 78 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Ideola and Paul, I followed the links in Paul's post and it took me to an exact match for my resistor. It was like seeing an old friend. I purchased it from seekpart24. Ideola I was not convinced that the part you found was the same as what I needed. I would much rather buy parts from you because of your participation and help on this board but I wasen't sure you were talking about the correct part.
I find it hard to believe that more early 924s aren't having this same resistor going bad. Mine looked like it exploded and caught on fire after only 18,000 miles. It took me 4 or 5 hours on the computer to locate the part and still don't have it in hand. I expect an e-mail anytime explaining that the part is NLA even though my money has allready been taken out of my account. I will report back if I get the correct part or not. _________________ 1978 924
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Kens_74_911s
Joined: 01 Mar 2011 Posts: 529 Location: Southern Pines , North Carolina USA
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:41 am Post subject: resistor |
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Ohms confirmed 1.8 just removed from the inside firewall 82 924 with AC it runs the fan at low speed. I think I have 2 of these. $15 ea shipped in US. They are the same as a early =<85 944.
85.5 944 and up up ran a dual set on an aluminum bracket. They ohm out at 1 ohm ea.
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74 911s widebody
96 BMW 750iL
99 BMW 328i
81 VW MK1-1.8 GTI, 5 spd Pickup
02 Explorer (wife's)
92 BMW 735iL Parting
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Mudd
Joined: 27 Aug 2012 Posts: 78 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:18 am Post subject: |
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This is the one I bought. Identical to the original.
But more importantly I finally figure out how to post pictures. _________________ 1978 924
1987 944
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Fifty50Plus
Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 1353 Location: Washington DC area
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Win-Win _________________ 1979 924 NA race car
1982 924 NA race car - Sold
1982 924 Turbo almost a PoS
1981 924 Turbo a real PoS, new engine
1982 924 Turbo nice body, blown engine
1972 911 E race car - going to Vintage
Various 944s to become IT-S race car |
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