WE HAVE CHECKED, PERSONALLY USE AND RECOMMEND THE PRODUCTS IN THESE LINKS.
LIMITED WARRANTIES AND GUARANTIES: ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS WHERE IS. IT IS NOT PRACTICAL TO SHIP MOST ITEMS ESPECIALLY MACHINERY ITEMS GREAT DISTANCES EVEN BETWEEN STATES AND ESPECIALLY BETWEEN COUNTRIES BUT THESE STATEMENTS SHOW THAT THE ITEMS ARE BETTER QUALITY AND WILL PROBABLY BE REASONABLY TROUBLE FREE WHEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
EVEN IF WE BUY A CAR IN THE U.S. IT HAS TO BE DELIVERED BACK TO THE DEALER OR AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER WHERE A DETERMINATION CAN BE MADE THAT A PROBLEM IS DUE TO A DEFECT IN MATERIALS OR WORKMANSHIP AND IS NOT DUE TO LACK OF PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. ITEMS USED FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ARE SELDOM WARRANTED TO THE SAME STANDARD AND ARE, IN FACT, USUALLY EXCLUDED FROM WARRANTY. VERY FEW ITEMS HAVE A NATIONAL AUTHORIZED SERVICE NETWORK THAT IS PRACTICAL WHEN WE CONSIDER OUR "DOWN TIME" AND EVEN FEWER HAVE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS. OUR BEST GUARANTEE IS TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE BUY AND IT WILL BE CHEAPER OVER TIME AND IN MOST CASES MUCH OF OUR PROFIT MARGIN.
MOTIVATED RESPONSIBLE PERSONS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN EVERYTHING EVEN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. THIS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BECAUSE SPARE PARTS AND EXPERIENCED SERVICE ARE NOT AS AVAILABLE. MOST AMERICAN BUSINESSES BUY USED EQUIPMENT WHENEVER THEY CAN AND MAINTAIN IT THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE GROWING. THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS OFTEN TOO EXPENSIVE AND STILL HAS TO BE OPERATED AND MAINTAINED PROPERLY FROM THE FIRST DAY OR THE DOWN TIME PUTS US OUT OF PROFITABLE BUSINESS. IF WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO "DO IT RIGHT" WHEN WILL WE FIND TIME "TO DO IT OVER".
COMPLETE DETAILS ARE
REQUIRED FOR PARTS SEARCH AND THE REASONS ARE:
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WE NEED THE TYPE OF MACHINE, BRAND NAME, MODEL NUMBER, SERIES NUMBERS, SPEC
NUMBERS (ALSO KNOWN AS PRODUCTION NUMBER IN SOME BRANDS), SERIAL NUMBERS AND
DESCRIPTION TO GET THE AVAILABILITY AND PRICES OF ANY PART OF ANY ITEM NEW AND
USED. THE MODEL NUMBER, SERIAL NUMBER, SPEC. OR PRODUCTION NUMBER
FOR BOTH THE ITEM AND ALL THE NUMBERS OF THE ITEM, MACHINE OR APPLIANCE IT IS
USED IN. THE REASON THIS IS NECESSARY IS BECAUSE OEM'S (ORIGINAL
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURES) ARE
REMOVING THE MANUFACTURE'S DATA PLATE AND
ARE PUTTING THERE OWN STOCKING NUMBERS ON PARTS SO THAT OWNERS WANTING REPAIR
PARTS HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE MANUFACTURES SYSTEM TO GET THEM.
NUMBERS ARE CHANGED BY MANY COMPANIES AND
MANY COMPANIES ARE BOUGHT OUT BY OTHER COMPANIES AND THE NUMBERS ON ITEMS NOT
DELETED ARE MERGED INTO THE BIGGER SYSTEM.
THIS HELPS SUPPORT THE DEALER SYSTEM AND THE PARTS STOCKING SYSTEM.
THE PEOPLE IN THE WAREHOUSES CANNOT FIND THINGS WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE NUMBERS AND GENERALLY THE WAREHOUSE PEOPLE OF TODAY HAVE VERY LITTLE MECHANICAL APTITUDE AND/OR ACTUAL EXPERIENCE SO THEY HAVE LITTLE IDEA WHAT MOST PARTS DO. SEVERAL FACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE PAST DECADE ARE SHOWING THE FUTURE. THERE IS INCREASINGLY RAPID INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT AND WORLD WIDE COMPETITION. SOME PEOPLE CALL THIS PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. EVEN THE FAMOUS VW BEATLE HAD DIFFERENT IMPROVED OR RESHAPED PARTS IN PROGRESSIVELY NEWER MODELS. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE SAME MODELS IN THE SAME YEAR. THIS IS WHY THE SERIAL NUMBER IS OFTEN NECESSARY TO GET A REPLACEMENT PART. IT SAVES US ALL TIME AND MONEY IF WE GET ALL THE NUMBERS AND PHOTOS RIGHT FROM THE START. SEND PHOTOS FOR REASONABLE LOCATION AND ESTIMATES.
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IT IS GETTING HARDER TO GET PARTS FOR OLD MACHINERY AND ITEMS OF ALL TYPES OLDER
THAN 1980 EVEN FOR ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN BRANDS WORLD WIDE, THE CATERPILLAR
BRAND. WE HAVE SEEN THIS TREND MOVING TO ONLY 10 YEARS AND LESS PARTS
AVAILABILITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. THE FUTURE WILL BE "THROW
AWAY" OR "RECYCLE" OR JUST IN TIME PARTS EVEN IN THE FIRST 10
YEARS AFTER MANUFACTURE. WE ARE SEEING AUTOMATED MASS PRODUCTION
CHEAPER THAN REPAIR LABOR AND SPARE PARTS WAREHOUSING COSTS FOR BIGGER
MACHINERY NOT JUST ELECTRONICS AND SMALLER HARD GOODS.
WE HAVE EVEN TRIED A FEW YARDS THAT HAD MANY OLD MACHINES AND THEY WANTED SO MUCH TO TAKE THE PARTS OFF THAT IT WAS NOT WORTH IT ESPECIALLY SINCE THE SAME PARTS ARE USUALLY BAD AND MOST MACHINES OF THE SAME MODELS AND YEARS.
3 MANY PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY DIFFERENT MODELS AND NO ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT WAY TO STORE PARTS FOR ALL OF THEM SO THE MANUFACTURE'S WAREHOUSING DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING PROMPTED BY THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS, BASED ON "EFFICIENCY" AND "RETURN ON INVESTMENT" STUDIES, TO CLEAR THE SHELVES OF PARTS THAT HAVE NOT MOVED IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OVER A VARYING PERIOD OF YEARS. TO DO THIS THEY GENERALLY HAVE "SCRAPERS" COME IN AND CLEAN UP. THERE WAS A GENERALLY FOLLOWED "LAW" THAT A MANUFACTURER HAD TO HAVE PARTS AND REPAIRS OR EXCHANGE FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH MOST MANUFACTURES AROUND THE WORLD NOW. IN THE U.S. THE STANDARD IS FOR 7 YEARS SUPPORT NOW. MANY ITEMS MADE IN CHINA ARE ONE RUN ONLY AND WILL NEVER BE MADE THE SAME.
THE "SCRAPERS" CANNOT AFFORD TO WAREHOUSE EVEN $3,000. CRANK SHAFTS AND OTHER EXPENSIVE MACHINED PARTS THAT MIGHT NOT MOVE FOR MANY YEARS IF EVER SO THE SCRAPERS SELL THEM FOR SCRAP METAL. THE METAL RECYCLERS ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION. EVEN THE BEST MATERIALS CANNOT SURVIVE IN SALABLE CONDITION WITHOUT PROPER CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE AND A SYSTEM TO FIND THEM AGAIN. SEND PHOTOS FOR REASONABLE LOCATION AND ESTIMATES.
4 THE GLOBAL MARKET IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO A "MAKE AS NEEDED PARTS SYSTEM" USING COMPUTER CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT THE SAME AS ABOUT 50% OF THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT IS MANUFACTURED NOW. THIS WILL SAVE AN ESTIMATED 50% MINIMUM ON PARTS COST, MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE PARTS FOR MORE DIFFERENT MACHINES AND ACTUALLY REDUCE THE TIME TO FIND, AND SHIP PARTS WORLD WIDE.
MICROSOFT, WHOM MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE ARE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF CHANGE, PERIODICALLY STOP PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THEIR OLDER PRODUCTS. THE POLICY IS TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS OF SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS OPERATING SYSTEMS. CUSTOMERS CAN BUY "EXTENDED SUPPORT" FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS. MOST OTHER COMPANIES PRODUCING HARD GOODS HAVE OR WILL DO THE SAME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THIS IS NOT THE 1950'S. THIS IS NOT EVEN THE 1970'S. WE ARE IN THE 21 ST CENTURY. SEND PHOTOS FOR REASONABLE LOCATION AND ESTIMATES.
5 HERE IS SOMETHING WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WILL SAVE ALL OF US TIME. IN THIS DAY AND AGE PHOTO INFORMATION IS ABOUT 10 TIMES AS POWERFUL AS TEXT AND ABOUT 5 TIMES AS POWERFUL AS VOICE COMMUNICATION. PHOTOS ARE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. SEND PHOTOS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE NUMBERS SEND PHOTOS AND A TEXT DESCRIPTION WITH DIMENSIONS THE BEST THAT YOU CAN. WE HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE ON SOME MACHINES THAT DATA PLATES, IDENTITY TAGS AND NUMBERS ARE LOST OR CANNOT BE READ. WHEN YOU SEND PHOTOS WE CAN EMAIL THEM TO OUR NETWORK AND MANY MORE PEOPLE TAKE AN INTEREST AND FIND IT MUCH EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND FORWARD TO OTHERS IN ATTEMPTS TO FIND PARTS FOR YOU. SEND PHOTOS FOR REASONABLE LOCATION AND ESTIMATES.
6 IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING THIS IS NOT WORTH DOING FOR ONE OR TWO ORDERS. WE DO THIS TO TRY TO DEVELOP A LONG TERM GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE DO OTHER BUSINESS TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
7 ALSO SEND SHIPPING INFORMATION INCLUDING ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODES, CONTACT INFORMATION AND PREFERRED METHOD AND CARRIER.
8 MANY MACHINE SHOPS CAN REPAIR OR REMAKE MANY PARTS IF THAT IS ALL THAT IS KEEPING AN OLD MACHINE FROM WORKING. WE HAVE EVEN HAD LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES OF MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURERS TELL US THAT ON OLD LATHES IT WILL BE CHEAPER AND FASTER FOR THE CUSTOMER TO HAVE THE PART MADE LOCALLY. IT WOULD ALSO TAKE 6 TO 9 MONTHS TO HAVE THE PART MADE BECAUSE OF LEAD TIME AND SHIPPING. ANOTHER SLOW DOWN IS THAT MANUFACTURES WILL MOST OFTEN NOT SHIP DIRECT SO PARTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NEAREST DISTRIBUTOR THEN THEY CAN BE EXPORT SHIPPED. SEND PHOTOS FOR REASONABLE LOCATION AND ESTIMATES.
9 YOU ARE CORRECT. PHOTOS ARE NECESSARY. SEND PHOTOS. WITHOUT PHOTOS WE BOTH WASTE TIME. YOU DO NOT BELIEVE HOW HARD AND TIME WASTING IT IS TO GET EVEN NEW PARTS WITHOUT PHOTOS.
10 IF YOU FIND ANY SOURCES WOULD YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL MARKET COPIES OF MANUALS THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND SURPLUS AND SALVAGE PARTS WITH YOU.
THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET CAN SAVE MUCH TIME AND MINIMIZE CONFUSION. ALL INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES AND MARINERS USE THIS. IT IS IN OUR "ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST" TO HAVE A WORLD WIDE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION OF THE NEXT GENERATIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL ON THIS AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HELP US ALL WORK TOGETHER MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO, FOXTROT, GOLF, HOTEL, INDIA, JULIET, KILO, LIMA, MIKE, NOVEMBER, OSCAR, PAPA, QUEBEC, ROMEO, SIERRA, TANGO, UNIFORM, VICTOR, WHISKEY, X RAY, YANKEE, ZULU; EMAIL
USEFUL FACT: THE METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IS USED EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD EXCEPT IN THE U.S. AND ONE OTHER COUNTRY OF LESS THAN 200,000 POPULATION. THIS SQUEAKY WHEEL NEEDS GREASE. THE GLOBAL MARKET IS A FACT. THOSE WHO IGNORE IT DO SO AT THEIR AND MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR LOSS. EMAIL
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