Aston Martin DB9 spares
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Hi all!
My radiator fan assembly had a crack in the top plastic, so I attempted to remove the unit last week to have a look at the extent of the damage.
After a long day of wheels of, arch liners out, head lights dropped, both wings of, and cross member off, I finally got the unit out.
I can now see the plastic is just crumbling in my hand, and the unit is behond repair!
I’ve been looking all over for another unit, spares, breakers, own parts, but all I’ve found is either the newer unit 2009 onwards (different design) or own part for £1600.00.
I’ve read that the DB7, and vanquish has the same fan, but can’t get anyone to officially confirm this!
So my question is, does anyone know if the above is correct?
Or know of a breakers or someone who may have spares?
I am tempted to go direct to Aston Martin, but as I’ve done the hard bit and got it out, I want to see it through!
Thanks for any replies
My radiator fan assembly had a crack in the top plastic, so I attempted to remove the unit last week to have a look at the extent of the damage.
After a long day of wheels of, arch liners out, head lights dropped, both wings of, and cross member off, I finally got the unit out.
I can now see the plastic is just crumbling in my hand, and the unit is behond repair!
I’ve been looking all over for another unit, spares, breakers, own parts, but all I’ve found is either the newer unit 2009 onwards (different design) or own part for £1600.00.
I’ve read that the DB7, and vanquish has the same fan, but can’t get anyone to officially confirm this!
So my question is, does anyone know if the above is correct?
Or know of a breakers or someone who may have spares?
I am tempted to go direct to Aston Martin, but as I’ve done the hard bit and got it out, I want to see it through!
Thanks for any replies
After some digging, looks like the same part on a xk8/xkr, if this is correct a breakers are about £120.00-£150.00 and new around £300-400.
A lot cheaper than Aston’s £1600.00 for the same part.
Going to call a few tomorrow and going to take a punt, if the fans are the same power😀
A lot cheaper than Aston’s £1600.00 for the same part.
Going to call a few tomorrow and going to take a punt, if the fans are the same power😀
Quick update for anyone who may google a similar issue in the future! Share the pain!
I’ve purchased a used but pristine fan for £135.00 from a Jaguar xk8/XKR, delivered to me today and when comparing, all is identical, including the fans being stamped the same model number! I shall be swapping over the control module, and fitting very shortly!
Hope that might help someone in the future.
I’ve purchased a used but pristine fan for £135.00 from a Jaguar xk8/XKR, delivered to me today and when comparing, all is identical, including the fans being stamped the same model number! I shall be swapping over the control module, and fitting very shortly!
Hope that might help someone in the future.
Lee you should try the AMOC site for technical advice, they probably already have a spreadsheet going listing the parts and where they originally come from and where you can buy them avoiding AML mark up. They do for the DB7 and the Vanquish. They also have a lot of guys who know the insides and out of the cars. There is also a guy who has a wedsite for his DB9 with youtube type videos showing how to do the jobs.
That is a staggering level of mark up by Aston and frankly morally iffy for a part that should last the lifetime of the car. This encourages us all to dig deeper! They all do it though - a LP diesel fuel pump from BMW was £330 but from Euro Car Parts the same (Lemforder made) part was £120. Spiteful practice!
Can you chuck a pic up so we know what the exact AM/Jag part looks like?
Can you chuck a pic up so we know what the exact AM/Jag part looks like?
Well put it all back together and fans weren’t kicking in.
Back apart and one of the plugs to the fan control module had come loose, all back together and working perfectly, went back together a lot quicker the second time, and kept me away from the missus endless jobs to do in the house! So a silver lining in some way!
I’ll try and get a picture/model number of the unit I purchased!
We
Back apart and one of the plugs to the fan control module had come loose, all back together and working perfectly, went back together a lot quicker the second time, and kept me away from the missus endless jobs to do in the house! So a silver lining in some way!
I’ll try and get a picture/model number of the unit I purchased!
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