Local parts counter able to compete with Steve at Tousely Ford?

[ShelbyGuy]

As my blower belt tensioner bearing wails like a banshee, I find myself pondering why I get the "screw you" price from the dealership parts counter. I get a decent discount for just be some schmuck off the street, but the best price I could find locally for 1L3Z-6B209-AB is $80. Nuts to that. Tousley Ford is sending me one for $53. He even had it in stock.

Can anyone local even come close to Tousley Ford prices? My connection at Ogden Lincoln-Mercury doesn't seem to be there anymore.

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[01GTvert]

I don't think it's possible..Steve/Tousley really takes care of us

 

[Dana]

Is that bearing not the same as the rest of them?
If so, it's about $8 anywhere.
I also think they disassemble so that the bearing can be replaced, if I remember correctly.
I also think the pulley can be replaced seperately.
Dan

 

[ShelbyGuy]

The bearing is probably the same, and as far as i know the tensioners are the same between the inner belt and the outer belt. I have some billetflow bearings, but I have to work outside so i'd rather not mess around too much. In this case I think I'm better off swapping the tensioners and rebuilding the old one to use as a spare. That would also satisfy my spare parts fetish.

 

[doug@performance]

PM me with any Ford OEM part that you are looking for and i will shoot you a SWEET price! If you have any questions please feel free to let me know.
Thanks
Doug

 

[ShelbyGuy]

I'll keep you in mind next time. My usual rounds are from Willowbrook to Ogden L-M to Madden and if I'm feeling ambitious, Fair Oaks. Ogden was always best to me. (just to give you an idea of where i'd be driving from )

PM me with any Ford OEM part that you are looking for and i will shoot you a SWEET price! If you have any questions please feel free to let me know.
Thanks
Doug

 

[dun4791]

No dealership I have ever been to has come close to Steves prices, and I supposedly get an employee discount. I order absolutely everything from him,even oil filters, the only time Im at a dealership buying parts is when I need them now and cant wait the 2 business days it takes from Steve.

 

[mosconiac]

The bearing is probably the same, and as far as i know the tensioners are the same between the inner belt and the outer belt.

The tensioner bodies may be the same, but the idlers themselves are entirely different between the two tensioners. The (obvious) differences are one is a ribbed for an 8-rib belt and the other is smooth for a 6-rib belt.

I don't know if Ford varied the spring tension between the two given the different duties they would serve or whether they would just grab the same body and put a different idler on it.