O'Reilly's

sold me a rotor cap, 1983 Dodge full size van.The cap has a rectangular shaped cover on top of the cap.I am going to take it back, my old rotor cap isn't like that one.O'Reilly's sold me a made in China ignition coil, same van.I already took it back.I am not going to have that Chinese crap in my van.O'Reilly's quoted a price of about $16.00 - $18.00 for a set of spark plug wires, same van.Sounds like a cheap quality set of wires to me.I want to buy top quality spark plug wires for my van.Who makes them? cuhulin

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cuhulin
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Find a NAPA parts place for all that stuff.

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Paul

A couple of weeks ago, NAPA wouldn't let me use their restroom.Ever since that, I am forever Boycotting all NAPA stores.Who do they (NAPA) think they are anyway? cuhulin

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cuhulin

I guess you will have to go to Dodge dealer for MOPARTS.

harryface

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Harry Face

I shop by price. Most places offer two or three prices on parts.

I have them show me the most expensive part, and it is usually made in the US or Canada. I even look when they have two bearings, usually the cheap stuff is chinese and US made only costs 4-5 dollars more. Wires should cost you about $50 or 60 for a real set.

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Dick Cheney

IMO O'Reilly is nothing more than an Autozone or Advance.

Since you don't like NAPA find a Federated store (not sure where you live so their might not be any around), or find a real Mom & Pop store, or suck it up and find another NAPA. lol

As for finding Non-Chinese products good luck. You might get lucky and have them made in India, or Mexico or something..

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m6onz5a

Cheap parts can come from anywhere. I got a set of solid motor mounts made in India for my Taurus awhile back that failed.

The thing to really stay away from is new reproduction electrical. Those new Chinese starters are crap.

bob

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bob urz

For a vehicle that is ~27 years old, you will find there are fewer parts available period, regardless of country of origin. The made in China item may be the only part left available unless you can find a dusty old OEM part lost in a stockroom somewhere. Since storage space and taxes make storing low dollar parts for old vehicles uneconomical most parts places will trash stuff that is a decade old an not selling rather than take up space and continue paying taxes on it.

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Pete C.

There is an auto electric shop near me which rebuilds starters and alternators, things like that.I have had some things rebuilt there before.

There isn't anything wrong with my old ignition coil.I only want to buy a good spare coil, just in case I might need it some day. cuhulin

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cuhulin

That's an air vent, the part was updated.

Good luck finding anything else.

O'Reilly's quoted a price of about $16.00 -

AC Delco, Beldin, Standard Ignition, NGK, MoPar

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aarcuda69062

I had a bunch of problems with third-party caps and rotors when I was driving a Chrysler... they never were quite right and they always seemed to fail early. I just wound up going to the dealer and getting the real Mopar part was the way to go.

Cables are easy, though. Just look at the connectors; if they look solid you're good to go and if they look cheap go somewhere else. I'll say, though, that modern cables last nearly forever and there isn't the need to change them out the way there used to be.

I highly recommend looking for a small mom and pop store. They are out there, and they usually will take the time to talk about what they've got honestly.

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

Encapsulate it in Mercury, and paint it with red lead paint.

Better living through Chinestry.

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

Damn. Let me know where I can get a set of NGK wires for $18!!!

The set for my Supra I got from eBay was $56, and *THAT* was a bargain!!!

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Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B

Oddly enough the only set of ignition wires that I ever had fail on me were a set of Bosch brand wires that I bought for a Volkswagen. I figured that Bosch should be good, because they're an OEM for VW, yes? Not so much. The car developed a misfire in something like two months. Should have kept the original wires, but I figured at 180K miles it was time for some PM. Live and learn.

nate

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N8N

nate

********** I have used several brands of cables with good luck, but I disagree with a previous poster .....spark plug cables are delicate and can be damaged easily with rough handling. Im not saying that you manhandled these, but the carbon core wires just arent terribly robust.
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hls

Bosch makes some good stuff and they make some crap and you never really know which is which.

The 2002 seems to run better on the cheap Bosch Silver plugs than anything else, and they are the plugs that were recommended in the owner's manual, or as close as you can get to them after 35 years.

The expensive Bosch Platinum plugs don't work well at all and seem to foul very quickly.

The problem is... the US distributor doesn't sell the cheap ones, only the expensive ones. So if you want the cheap ones, they have to be shipped in from Germany by a grey market importer, which means you pay more money. So now the cheap Bosch plugs become the expensive ones.....

--scott

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Scott Dorsey

Federated sold car parts??? According to Shadoe Stevens:

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larry moe 'n curly

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