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So much for buying Auto parts on Amazon

mogley98
Mentioned in a previous post I had replaced the MAP sensor on my Kia and was still having issues, it got worse, un-driveable really and had it at Kia twice, guy calls me up and says everything points to the MAP sensor so I told him go ahead and replace it with a Kia unit. So far so good it hasn't acted up since. Guess I should have used Rock Auto, I've never had any issues with parts from them.

Turned out OK though if the car had not broken down I might not have bought the truck just yet :)

And speaking of trucks I put the Gator soft tonneau cover on in less than an half an hour and the hitch in about fifteen minutes. It was a little scary after threading that heli-coil wire through the pipe and pulling the mounting bolts through but it went smooth.

Step Rails have not come in yet so still taking a might leap out of the truck LOL.
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  • asphalt cowboy
    I've never had a problem buying quality parts off Amazon. I look up the part numbers on Rock Auto and then price compare with Amazon and go with best price with shipping.

    As an example: Amazon had the best price,w/free shipping, on Timken wheel bearings and Spicer u-joints for the Wagoneer I had. And no, I don't scrimp on parts. I did have an issue though. The seller failed to include the bearing seal sets. Amazon sent those out next day though so I had everything on time for my Saturday chore.
    On another occasion, the radiator in the Ranger let go the side tank. Again, Amazon had the best price, but the seller sent the wrong radiator. A quick call to Amazon had a UPS call tag issued and a radiator sent overnight. Installed the correct radiator the next day after work.
    With all the stuff I buy off Amazon an occasional screw-up is bound to happen and I don't know of any other source that would bend over backward like that.
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  • Ditch-Runner
    I started buying parts on amazon a couple months ago I also compare prices ( including shipping ) with rock auto and also its nice to pick which brand parts , so far all have arrived with in two or three days and no problems . both places have provided good service and parts
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  • mogley98
    Noted, maybe just got a bad one or maybe it will act up in a few more miles :?: :roll: and it will turn out the unit wasn't bad.

    If the service guy wasn't fibbing he said the MAP didn't read the correct voltages which would support it was bad, a few more drives will tell the tale.
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  • Smitty500mag

    As an example: Amazon had the best price,w/free shipping, on Timken wheel bearings...

    I used to buy only Timken bearings but not anymore. I don't buy from people that try to cheat people by trying to pull the wool over their eyes.

    The bearings used to be made in the USA but now they are just "ASSEMBLED IN USA" which means they ship the junk here from China and assemble them. They might as well be assembled in China if they're going to use China crap for material.

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  • Junkballer
    Smitty500mag wrote:

    I don't buy from people that try to cheat people by trying to pull the wool over their eyes.

    The bearings used to be made in the USA but now they are just "ASSEMBLED IN USA" which means they ship the junk here from China and assemble them. They might as well be assembled in China if they're going to use China crap for material.

    I've noticed that a lot lately and it's not just Amazon either........it's getting harder to stay ahead of the corporate games now. We best watch our food supply very carefully, no telling what's going on with it despite all of our "protective" laws.
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  • buddyb
    My Nissans mass airflow sensor gave up at 450,000 miles.Still ran OK but kept throwing the MAS code.Went on Ebay and a Hitachi sensor,like came from the factory was $150.A no name from our friends in China was $20.Being a tightwad I bought the $20 dollar one.It was fine for a few days until I was heading home from about 50 miles away and the old Nissan started misfiring,cutting off,and would not idle and threw a MAS code.When I got home I put the bad but runs fine MAS back on until the $150 new came in.Runs good and no more codes.
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  • asphalt cowboy
    Smitty500mag wrote:

    As an example: Amazon had the best price,w/free shipping, on Timken wheel bearings...

    I used to buy only Timken bearings but not anymore. I don't buy from people that try to cheat people by trying to pull the wool over their eyes.

    The bearings used to be made in the USA but now they are just "ASSEMBLED IN USA" which means they ship the junk here from China and assemble them. They might as well be assembled in China if they're going to use China crap for material.

    37KbKG5.jpg

    Wonder how long they've been doing that. Thanks for the heads up.

    I did bearings on the Wag back in, IIRC, '11 and they were in a blue and white box as I recall.
    Cheap import bearings damn near got me killed back late 80's. Did them on my '72 F100 and about three weeks later one of them grenaded at 60mph. Wiped out the brake drum and spindle. Pulled it down after I got the truck home and the bearing cage said, you can guess, made in Mexico.
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