Re: 97 ZJ 5.2L Fan Clutch OEM-- Price is crazy
 

Turns out the 'cheap' part is made in USA as well. Good News!!


On Sep 19, 8:30 pm, "DougW" <I.only.read.use...@invalid.address>
wrote:
> nrs wrote:
> > 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
> > Plus with a 5.2 he doesn't need more HP!
>
> You can never have enough HP, just too little traction. :)
>
> --
> DougW

Re: 97 ZJ 5.2L Fan Clutch OEM-- Price is crazy
 

Turns out the 'cheap' part is made in USA as well. Good News!!


On Sep 19, 8:30 pm, "DougW" <I.only.read.use...@invalid.address>
wrote:
> nrs wrote:
> > 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
> > Plus with a 5.2 he doesn't need more HP!
>
> You can never have enough HP, just too little traction. :)
>
> --
> DougW

Re: 97 ZJ 5.2L Fan Clutch OEM-- Price is crazy
 

Turns out the 'cheap' part is made in USA as well. Good News!!


On Sep 19, 8:30 pm, "DougW" <I.only.read.use...@invalid.address>
wrote:
> nrs wrote:
> > 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
> > Plus with a 5.2 he doesn't need more HP!
>
> You can never have enough HP, just too little traction. :)
>
> --
> DougW