norontcan wrote:

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Perhaps before we buy any repro parts we should look up the original number and fire it off to you for a search ( lol )

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That is an excellent suggestion.

Guys, any time you have a part number you want to know about, post it up on the forum or contact me. I'm happy to track old numbers to see if they are available.

Beaumont4008 wrote:

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How about clutch return spring 3992306

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Sorry, doesn't even show up in the GM parts system any more Ian.

And that's one thing I check when I search numbers. There's two systems GM uses. One of them I use to search Canadian dealer stock, one I use to search GM warehouses. It's interesting that the systems have overlap, as both will search warehouses. So why don't I just use the one that searches warehouses and dealers all at once? Because it is very poor at catching when a number changes up and still is available under another number. A good example is this clutch fork boot. It took some searching to find that there is a new number for it. For some reason, GM doesn't make it easy to find the new number sometimes.

That's the fun part of my job. I love the detective work, the part of chasing down an elusive part!

The GM fan belt for my 427 has been discontinued many years. I searched dealers and of all things, there is still one dealer in Canada who has one. Neat thing is, when I called to buy it he told me it was sitting in a box of obsolete parts in a corner upstairs in their parts department, and it happens to be in a town 200 miles from here where my sister lives!

And yes I could put on a jobber belt, but why not have the belt with the GM logo on it if I can. Of course there's still some on ebay but not in Canada.