Dealership tensioner is also right at $80 - where are you shopping at?!?
;)
Mopar filters are definitely not STP or Champion filters - i've cut all of
those (and many others) apart to compare. Don't know where you're getting
your info from but it's wrong. You can buy the Mopar filters at WalMart for
under $5.00.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: Terrible Tom [mailto:silvereightynine@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 6:31 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Tensioner and idler bearings
rll wrote:
>
> A quick call to the dealer found the idler was about $40 and the
> tensioner over $100 as the pulley is not sold separately and is
> is only sold as a complete assembly....
>
> what the heck....
>
>
> I really try to buy my parts from the dealer but sometime their bullets
> are too
> big to bite.
>
If you buy all your parts at actual dealerships - you are throwing your
money away.
Granted there are some things you have to go to a dealership for - that
aftermarket does not make. Stuff like brackets, trim peices, -
depending on how new it is, even simple things may not be out there yet.
You did good with the bearing, and that pully for the idler was decently
priced for a dealership part... but that tensioner is far cheaper at
your local auto parts store. A quick check at NAPA puts the tensioner at
about $80 bucks (regional prices my vary)
No need to pay Stealership prices for the same parts. And Mopar oil
filters are nothing to write home about - a WIX or pureolator is just as
good if not better really. Mopar filters are nothing more than relabled
Champion filters - - same as the elcheapo STP filters sold at autozone.
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