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This weekend I purchased a 1994 Peugeot 205 Turbo Diesel as a basic vehicle to get me to work.
I got it because its devoid of electronic trickery and simple/cheap to service and maintain when compared to modern derv-powered machinery.
Anyway, it developed a squeaky aux-belt tensioner. I removed this, and upon inspection the bearing was knackered so I thought I would quickly nip to town a pick one up from any of the generic motor factors on offer...
Nope, not that simple. It would appear that the part is no longer available as a patern or a genuine stealer item any more.
I ended up scouring the internet and eventually found a specialist peugeot parts company that had just one in stock from years ago (a snip at £75 delivered!?)
Does anyone else have any experiences of parts that you would assume would still be readily available, only to find them not?
I think i'm going to try and make a few copies of my £75 tensioner to help out the other two or three people that own old turbo diesel 205's!
Tom
I got it because its devoid of electronic trickery and simple/cheap to service and maintain when compared to modern derv-powered machinery.
Anyway, it developed a squeaky aux-belt tensioner. I removed this, and upon inspection the bearing was knackered so I thought I would quickly nip to town a pick one up from any of the generic motor factors on offer...
Nope, not that simple. It would appear that the part is no longer available as a patern or a genuine stealer item any more.
I ended up scouring the internet and eventually found a specialist peugeot parts company that had just one in stock from years ago (a snip at £75 delivered!?)
Does anyone else have any experiences of parts that you would assume would still be readily available, only to find them not?
I think i'm going to try and make a few copies of my £75 tensioner to help out the other two or three people that own old turbo diesel 205's!
Tom
Try a search on http://www.1stchoice.co.uk/
They send your enquiry to a whole load of breakers etc and then email you the quotes. We found them useful getting hold of a hard to find part for the wife's Hyundai Getz.
They send your enquiry to a whole load of breakers etc and then email you the quotes. We found them useful getting hold of a hard to find part for the wife's Hyundai Getz.
TREMAiNE said:
mybrainhurts said:
Bloody French. Time we invaded France to show them what's what...
They're not that bad!After all, they brought us the gorgeous C6!
tomble said:
This weekend I purchased a 1994 Peugeot 205 Turbo Diesel as a basic vehicle to get me to work.
I got it because its devoid of electronic trickery and simple/cheap to service and maintain when compared to modern derv-powered machinery.
Anyway, it developed a squeaky aux-belt tensioner. I removed this, and upon inspection the bearing was knackered so I thought I would quickly nip to town a pick one up from any of the generic motor factors on offer...
Nope, not that simple. It would appear that the part is no longer available as a patern or a genuine stealer item any more.
I'm more surprised that you expected a part for a 20 year car to be still available......certainley from a dealer at least.I got it because its devoid of electronic trickery and simple/cheap to service and maintain when compared to modern derv-powered machinery.
Anyway, it developed a squeaky aux-belt tensioner. I removed this, and upon inspection the bearing was knackered so I thought I would quickly nip to town a pick one up from any of the generic motor factors on offer...
Nope, not that simple. It would appear that the part is no longer available as a patern or a genuine stealer item any more.
The mainstream manufacturers (Ford/Vauxhall/Renault etc) usually start the NLA process with parts 10 years after a model ceases production.
And if the demand isn't there to sell enough, pattern parts companies aren't going to tool-up to supply either.
aeropilot said:
tomble said:
This weekend I purchased a 1994 Peugeot 205 Turbo Diesel as a basic vehicle to get me to work.
I got it because its devoid of electronic trickery and simple/cheap to service and maintain when compared to modern derv-powered machinery.
Anyway, it developed a squeaky aux-belt tensioner. I removed this, and upon inspection the bearing was knackered so I thought I would quickly nip to town a pick one up from any of the generic motor factors on offer...
Nope, not that simple. It would appear that the part is no longer available as a patern or a genuine stealer item any more.
I'm more surprised that you expected a part for a 20 year car to be still available......certainley from a dealer at least.I got it because its devoid of electronic trickery and simple/cheap to service and maintain when compared to modern derv-powered machinery.
Anyway, it developed a squeaky aux-belt tensioner. I removed this, and upon inspection the bearing was knackered so I thought I would quickly nip to town a pick one up from any of the generic motor factors on offer...
Nope, not that simple. It would appear that the part is no longer available as a patern or a genuine stealer item any more.
The mainstream manufacturers (Ford/Vauxhall/Renault etc) usually start the NLA process with parts 10 years after a model ceases production.
And if the demand isn't there to sell enough, pattern parts companies aren't going to tool-up to supply either.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Imagine how the owners of cars from bankrupt manufacturers must feel - MG, Rover, Bristol, Jensen, TVR, Saab, DeLorean and more.
I guess these guys have it easier than mainstream manufacturers because there is a whole following around them to keep people going with the parts. Only issues I ever heard about was getting facelift ZS bodykits, which are definitely made from unobtainium now 
Need a part? One call to Appleyards with a credit card, and it arrives the next day.I assume it's not this one? http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/310780278982?cmd=VIDESC&am...
It seems that the only mainstream companies who have any interest in keeping their old cars on the road are Mercedes and BMW. I own a VW Corrado, and despite VW making some improvements to how they support their older cars with their 'Classic Parts' department, there are still a lot of parts that are obsolete, and the number of parts being dropped is going up all the time. There's a lot of obsolete stuff now which could render the car undrivable. I hear the situation is equally as bleak for classic Audi owners too. Even for iconic / halo cars like the original UR Quattro, which just blows my mind given how much Audi bang on about it.
Ozzie Osmond said:
Imagine how the owners of cars from bankrupt manufacturers must feel - MG, Rover, Bristol, Jensen, TVR, Saab, DeLorean and more.
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