SnoMan wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:47:48 -0500, c <c@me.org> wrote:
>
>> jamest wrote:
>>> Just got back from Cedar Point after about 10 hours of driving each
>>> way.
>>> When i left i had a kind of a knock at idle in some pulley.
>>> Tracked it down last night finally.
>>>
>>> Dealer Price - $454.00 - I called 2 different dealers - The second
>>> dealer even told me to order from Partsource:-)
>>> Local Part Monger - $81.00
>>>
>>> I guess we are going Chinese on this part.
>>>
>> Make sure there's no lead in the paint.
>>
>> Chris
>
> And the funny part is that Chysler does not even make the clutch fan,
> it is out sourced like many parts for many brands and you know they
> are not paying even 80 bucks for it from out source suppiier. I guess
> if they cannnot make money on new cars they are trying to make it up
> on parts.
> -----------------
> TheSnoMan.com

The stories I could tell you about that. When I worked for a company
here that makes hydraulic components, we made a few part numbers for
Diamond Star. They were power steering hoses. One of the parts we made
was identical to one found on a co-worker's truck, so we called the
local dealer to get a price on the hose. I don't remember the exact
numbers, but the hose cost from the dealer was about $140. We were
selling that same hose to Diamond Star for about $12.50.

Chris

 

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:03:49 -0400, SnoMan <admin@snoman.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:47:48 -0500, c <c@me.org> wrote:
>
>>jamest wrote:
>>> Just got back from Cedar Point after about 10 hours of driving each
>>> way.
>>> When i left i had a kind of a knock at idle in some pulley.
>>> Tracked it down last night finally.
>>>
>>> Dealer Price - $454.00 - I called 2 different dealers - The second
>>> dealer even told me to order from Partsource:-)
>>> Local Part Monger - $81.00
>>>
>>> I guess we are going Chinese on this part.
>>>
>>
>>Make sure there's no lead in the paint.
>>
>>Chris
>
>And the funny part is that Chysler does not even make the clutch fan,
>it is out sourced like many parts for many brands and you know they
>are not paying even 80 bucks for it from out source suppiier. I guess
>if they cannnot make money on new cars they are trying to make it up
>on parts.
>-----------------
>TheSnoMan.com

you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.

after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
can. service parts are one of these areas.

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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:03:49 -0400, SnoMan <admin@snoman.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:47:48 -0500, c <c@me.org> wrote:
>
>>jamest wrote:
>>> Just got back from Cedar Point after about 10 hours of driving each
>>> way.
>>> When i left i had a kind of a knock at idle in some pulley.
>>> Tracked it down last night finally.
>>>
>>> Dealer Price - $454.00 - I called 2 different dealers - The second
>>> dealer even told me to order from Partsource:-)
>>> Local Part Monger - $81.00
>>>
>>> I guess we are going Chinese on this part.
>>>
>>
>>Make sure there's no lead in the paint.
>>
>>Chris
>
>And the funny part is that Chysler does not even make the clutch fan,
>it is out sourced like many parts for many brands and you know they
>are not paying even 80 bucks for it from out source suppiier. I guess
>if they cannnot make money on new cars they are trying to make it up
>on parts.
>-----------------
>TheSnoMan.com

you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.

after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
can. service parts are one of these areas.

reboot


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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:03:49 -0400, SnoMan <admin@snoman.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:47:48 -0500, c <c@me.org> wrote:
>
>>jamest wrote:
>>> Just got back from Cedar Point after about 10 hours of driving each
>>> way.
>>> When i left i had a kind of a knock at idle in some pulley.
>>> Tracked it down last night finally.
>>>
>>> Dealer Price - $454.00 - I called 2 different dealers - The second
>>> dealer even told me to order from Partsource:-)
>>> Local Part Monger - $81.00
>>>
>>> I guess we are going Chinese on this part.
>>>
>>
>>Make sure there's no lead in the paint.
>>
>>Chris
>
>And the funny part is that Chysler does not even make the clutch fan,
>it is out sourced like many parts for many brands and you know they
>are not paying even 80 bucks for it from out source suppiier. I guess
>if they cannnot make money on new cars they are trying to make it up
>on parts.
>-----------------
>TheSnoMan.com

you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.

after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
can. service parts are one of these areas.

reboot


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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:03:49 -0400, SnoMan <admin@snoman.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:47:48 -0500, c <c@me.org> wrote:
>
>>jamest wrote:
>>> Just got back from Cedar Point after about 10 hours of driving each
>>> way.
>>> When i left i had a kind of a knock at idle in some pulley.
>>> Tracked it down last night finally.
>>>
>>> Dealer Price - $454.00 - I called 2 different dealers - The second
>>> dealer even told me to order from Partsource:-)
>>> Local Part Monger - $81.00
>>>
>>> I guess we are going Chinese on this part.
>>>
>>
>>Make sure there's no lead in the paint.
>>
>>Chris
>
>And the funny part is that Chysler does not even make the clutch fan,
>it is out sourced like many parts for many brands and you know they
>are not paying even 80 bucks for it from out source suppiier. I guess
>if they cannnot make money on new cars they are trying to make it up
>on parts.
>-----------------
>TheSnoMan.com

you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.

after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
can. service parts are one of these areas.

reboot


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reboot wrote:

> you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
> typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
> at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
> service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.
>
> after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
> negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
> departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
> suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
> can. service parts are one of these areas.

I've found that some dealerships will haggle over parts just like
they do cars. Quite often I can get the "jobber" rate or a discount
due to where I work.

--
DougW

 

reboot wrote:

> you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
> typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
> at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
> service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.
>
> after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
> negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
> departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
> suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
> can. service parts are one of these areas.

I've found that some dealerships will haggle over parts just like
they do cars. Quite often I can get the "jobber" rate or a discount
due to where I work.

--
DougW

 

reboot wrote:

> you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
> typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
> at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
> service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.
>
> after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
> negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
> departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
> suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
> can. service parts are one of these areas.

I've found that some dealerships will haggle over parts just like
they do cars. Quite often I can get the "jobber" rate or a discount
due to where I work.

--
DougW

 

reboot wrote:

> you're right, chrysler doesn't produce it, a supplier does. and
> typically the suppliers are obliged under contract to supply the part
> at the volume price (probably under $25 for this kind of part) for
> service through the end of the model run and three years afterwards.
>
> after that, the suppliers can raise prices as much as they can
> negotiate with Mopar. considering how aggressive the Big 3 purchasing
> departments have been on suppliers for current production parts, the
> suppliers are getting aggressive pushing prices up where ever they
> can. service parts are one of these areas.

I've found that some dealerships will haggle over parts just like
they do cars. Quite often I can get the "jobber" rate or a discount
due to where I work.

--
DougW

 

On Sep 18, 6:09 pm, "DougW" <I.only.read.use...@invalid.address>
wrote:
> nrs wrote:
> > On Sep 18, 1:22 pm, jamest <jam...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> Just got back from Cedar Point after about 10 hours of driving each
> >> way.
> >> When i left i had a kind of a knock at idle in some pulley.
> >> Tracked it down last night finally.
>
> >> Dealer Price - $454.00 - I called 2 different dealers - The second
> >> dealer even told me to order from Partsource:-)
> >> Local Part Monger - $81.00
>
> >> I guess we are going Chinese on this part.
>
> > For that much you could convert to an electric fan and free up a few
> > HPs as well.
>
> Not a lot of space in there for a fan even after removing the clutch.
>
> chryslerpartsdirect.com has the OEM clutch for US$230.10
> On the site it's under Cooling sytem/Cooling fan/Fan clutch
>
> --
> DougW

Plus with a 5.2 he doesn't need more HP!