[AT] Ford parts

[John Deere]

Interesting,  here the local JD dealer is a L&G small ag guy (Silverdale, 
PA) but has an extensive inventory of 2 cylinder parts and will order/look 
for them.  It may help that the dealer in a member of the local 2 cylinder 
club.  Still the counter guys never complain.  Parts seem competitive-well 
actually better.  I recently bought a rebuilt starter for my 40 and paid 139 
including the tax and core charge (came in a JD box) on the net they ranged 
from 200 to 170 plus shipping.  There is a independent guy who used to be a 
Ford dealer who stocks most parts for 1930-1970 tractors-some even come in 
HH bags (I don't know how or where the parts come from).  The AC dealer is 
so snooty that you should not even bother.  and IH I have to get through the 
mail!


Dana

SE PA


>From: Cecil E Monson <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Ford parts
>Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:30:16 -0500
>
>	Our local Ford New Holland dealer stocks lots of parts and
>although the prices are right up there, I don't mind paying if I can
>walk in and get the part I need. I go there because he is also a Woods
>dealer and stocks most parts for Woods mowers. These are nice people
>to deal with and I don't think they are gouging. Not yet anyway. ;-)
>
>	The John Deere dealer is a different story. These modern day
>banditos don't seem to stock much of anything and you pay the shipping
>in addition to the full shot for the parts. I call it highway robbery
>and don't go there any more unless absolutely necessary. The nice thing
>about modern living is that it doesn't cost any more to call a dealer
>clear across the country on my cell phone than it does to call a local
>dealer. I figure as long as I am paying the freight and have to wait,
>why deal with them when I can deal with someone I like.  Yes, I know
>some of you get by with calling for a part and saying you will wait
>until it comes in on the supply truck but that doesn't work here. You
>still pay the price and have to wait besides.
>
>	The local Allis Chalmers dealer is as bad as the JD dealer
>but I don't go there either. I can get parts cheaper from a dealer
>near my home town in Minnesota than I can here and I don't get the
>crap and whining about parts for old tractors and equipment. I caught
>on to him when trying to find parts for an AC belly mount mower for
>one of my AC Bs. He told me parts were no longer available. I happened
>to be going to the Le Sueur Swap Meet and stopped at the AC dealer in
>Spring Valley, MN who had all the parts I needed on the shelf. They
>were all new parts and they told me all parts were available for that
>mower as far as they knew and had never had trouble getting parts for
>them.
>
>Cecil
>--
>The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
>what you said.
>
>Cecil E Monson
>Lucille Hand-Monson
>Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
>Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
>Free advice
>
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