Good For A Laugh, RockAuto Transmission Front Seal |
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Good For A Laugh, RockAuto Transmission Front Seal |
914Sixer |
May 30 2018, 12:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,900 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I thought you might like this. I ordered this in mind that they would be NOWHERE correct but only to see what would arrive. I have an OEM transmission seal that I will use for comparison. The pictures tell the story.
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SirAndy |
May 30 2018, 12:36 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,671 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
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porschetub |
May 30 2018, 03:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,704 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Wow not even close,its surprising how many vendors don't know what they are selling.
Ebay seems to have many sellers like it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . I tend to research more now as I just can't send parts back for exchange/refund. |
mepstein |
May 30 2018, 04:10 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,308 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Most of the sellers never see the part. It’s drop shipped from someone else. They just get the info and post it on their site. It’s the only way they can handle 10’s of thousands of parts. It’s still better than the old days of looking through catalogues and calling around to different suppliers and waiting two weeks for the part to show up.
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Chris914n6 |
May 30 2018, 04:47 PM
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Jackstands are my life. Group: Members Posts: 3,329 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 431 Region Association: Southwest Region |
It's the manufacturers fault. They cross reference the dimensions then add it to the fit list without ever seeing the original or test fitting.
There is no way a high volume discount house is going to double check everything. |
barefoot |
May 31 2018, 06:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,279 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States |
I just had the same experience, tranny front seal from AA (Atlanta) had correct P/N on box but was way off in OD size. George corrected the mistake and send me a correct part shortly later.
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