You're cutting new filters apart? How much you
pullin' down a year,Bernd? :) Five bucks is a lot of
money to waste...I don't care who ya are!
Second question: You're cutting used filters apart?
How can you tell the difference with all that oil and
crud?
Please help me to understand,sir!
Thanks!
Steve P.
--- "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
>
> 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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