Good place to buy OEM parts?

[rt91tt]

Some recommendations in the past have been Rockville, MD (now a kia dealer I guess), and Tallahassee Mitsubishi. I am getting ready to do a 60k and want to go OEM on the tensioner and water pump, and would like to hear of recent experiences buying OEM on-line (i.e. did they get the part right, etc).

Thanks

rt91tt

[rt91tt]

hmm, took a look around at partsdinosaur.com and a few other places, and see that the 'airtex AW7129' is an aftermarket water pump. Partsdinosaur.com had good reviews from what I have heard and when I have balked in the past about in not being OEM people say dinosaur knows what he's doing doesn't sell garbage.

Well, did a search for airtex waterpump and found this on the old forum, a dude had one blow up on him:

http://www.3si.org/forum/f35/question-water-pump-explosions-502167

take a close look at this pic, and when you read upsidedown you see '7129' on the casting?

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae332/913kgt/DSC00194.jpg

And take a look at this gem of a pic, and imagine a timing belt being shredded by that pile of shrapnel:

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae332/913kgt/DSC00193.jpg

Now, long ago as a youngster I had a crap parts-store aftermarket waterpump take a dump on me in my old old car (1974 plymouth fury, no emissions, that I dearly wish I still owned) and let me tell you replacing a WP in an old v8 sedan is cake compared to what a water pump taking a dump would do in a stealth. Once bitten twice shy.

By the way is there any way to make this text entry box bigger? I can only see 5 lines at a time when composing.

[Mikes2nd]

eh there are a variety of good oem places.

tallahasee keeps coming up

http://worldparts.com/tallmits/

mentor? I have not used lately.

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?siteid=213934

[Patryn]

Cherry Hill seems to have some really good prices.

http://www.partswebsite.com/cherryhilltriplex/

[3000GTCSULB]

Cherry Hill seems to have some really good prices.

http://www.partswebsite.com/cherryhilltriplex/

Cherry Hill all the way. Call Mike if you have any questions about part numbers.

[Lugnut]

Cherry Hill all the way. Call Mike if you have any questions about part numbers.

I second this one !!!

[Gene]

i have a brand new hydraulic tensioner i'll sell for 65 shipped

[Fakepower]

RC Hill in FL, talk to kenny i think was his name...

[MADMarc]

Cherry Hill yet again. I'm on an opposite side of the country from them and not only do the items arrive astonishingly quick but you cannot beat their prices.

[Steve '92ES]

(1974 plymouth fury, no emissions, that I dearly wish I still owned)
No sheet! I had one of those in my youth as well! :)
Dog poop brown with a 360, it looked like the Blues Mobile.....(I know, the BM was a Dodge..)
With no cat it was one of the last (maybe THE last) American car that could run leaded gas.
It got totaled when an old Cutlass T-boned me, but what a mess it made of the Cutlass..
A grand old boat it was!

Oh, and back on topic, I'll put in another vote for Cherry Hill.

[DocWalt]

Another vote for Cherry Hill!