How to Find Tune Up Stuff and Other Parts In Canada
Graham,
I guess Gil has decided that he won't stock stuff that you can easily and more cheaply buy locally. But as we Canucks know, that's sometimes almost nothing for an Opel! Actually, the hard part is to get the parts guy to look it up. Usually it exists in a parts book rather than on the "computer". And don't forget to look under "Buick". Just the other day, I ordered a pair of front brake rotors from AutoValue, and there they were in the Aimco book (nothing for Opel in the computer, this was the third book he looked at). Crossed referenced them in the computer, and only $24 each! Back ordered, but still available.
So most of this stuff will be available from your local AutoValue or NAPA store, but go there on a quiet morning when they have time to check their resources. Canadian Tire is pretty useless (goes without saying) although they do have parts that fit. Just no Opel reference. But here are two old CTC numbers that even THEY might be able to find:
Tuneup Kit (points, condensor, rotor, for '71 Capri I believe): #18-2675-2
Distributor Cap (same car): 18-0517-2 (sub number 8045P)
A terrific resource is the parts cross reference Excel list on the classicopels site, downloadable at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classicopels/files/GT Parts Oct 2002.xls
It has all sorts of manufacturers numbers for all sorts of parts.
There is another, less comprehensive list on the classicopel database list, at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classicopels/database?method=reportRows&tbl=2
And I saw that your question was answered on the oil pressure sending unit in the main forum.
HTH
Graham,
I guess Gil has decided that he won't stock stuff that you can easily and more cheaply buy locally. But as we Canucks know, that's sometimes almost nothing for an Opel! Actually, the hard part is to get the parts guy to look it up. Usually it exists in a parts book rather than on the "computer". And don't forget to look under "Buick". Just the other day, I ordered a pair of front brake rotors from AutoValue, and there they were in the Aimco book (nothing for Opel in the computer, this was the third book he looked at). Crossed referenced them in the computer, and only $24 each! Back ordered, but still available.
So most of this stuff will be available from your local AutoValue or NAPA store, but go there on a quiet morning when they have time to check their resources. Canadian Tire is pretty useless (goes without saying) although they do have parts that fit. Just no Opel reference. But here are two old CTC numbers that even THEY might be able to find:
Tuneup Kit (points, condensor, rotor, for '71 Capri I believe): #18-2675-2
Distributor Cap (same car): 18-0517-2 (sub number 8045P)
A terrific resource is the parts cross reference Excel list on the classicopels site, downloadable at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classicopels/files/GT Parts Oct 2002.xls
It has all sorts of manufacturers numbers for all sorts of parts.
There is another, less comprehensive list on the classicopel database list, at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classicopels/database?method=reportRows&tbl=2
And I saw that your question was answered on the oil pressure sending unit in the main forum.
HTH
