My 1989 Probe power window glass slides up/down 2 regulator tracks. The interface between glass and tracks are 2 hard rubber guides/ bushings around 2 metal studs that are attached to glass and fit into the tracks to slide up/down. One of those guides broke apart and fell off so my glass is hanging in there with just one guide in the track - where can I find the hardware kit/assembly for the parts that attach to the glass or is there a place to buy just the guide/bushing?
Thanks!
PC
I just recently junked a 1990 Mazda.
I expected to bring it to the yard, and see a bevy of workers diligently remove all salvageable parts, plus my very expensive alloy rims. Instead, the car was immediately crushed, extra tires, battery, rims, and all.
The point being that parts for non-vintage older cars, according to the guy at the yard, are virtually impossible to find, if not available from the dealer. He said it was just as well that I was getting rid of the Mazda.
Mebbe ebay, Craig's list, or just get lucky. But there is no longer, apparently, any longterm parts salvaging system.
By design/conspiracy, I think. :)
I think it would have been wise of you to mention whether you queried any Ford or Mazda dealers yet. I'm sure you have, but...........
Have you?
Ford Probe = Mazda MX-6.
Yes, I realize that they often drop slow moving parts from inventory after about 10 years, as if the car is a throw-away item, but you never know. There should atleast be a listing for such parts and nationwide search capability.
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And one of the reasons I never got into hot vintage cars, even when they were themselves affordable--the parts, man, the parts. Used to go to little Diner Car Shows, in NJ, where there was a circuit of diners whose parking lots were alternated on different days for the locals to show off their stuff. Nice stuff.
I was looking at a nice but un-exotic Malibu of SS or sumpn, and the guy told me he paid $500 for a little shitty front grill, didn't look much different than the back of an air conditioner.
Dat was it for me--no old cars! I had wanted to restore my 1990 mazda 929S, a very very good car, good classic lines, relatively timeless (imo), but it woulda cost an effing fortune to restore, and may have even been futile, in the longterm, if non-vintage cars are just crushed.
Well, this is all pretty darn discouraging. Ford discontinued parts for the 'original' Probe after 10 years. Mazda still supports their MX-6 customers (one of many reasons why I will never buy Ford again) but that's for mostly engine compartment related parts. Net is that dealers are a dead end for this.
ebay is a great connection to salvage yards but in this particular part area, has been a wasteland. ebay has tons of regulators/motors and an occasional window glass, but never with all the attached-to- glass hardware still attached.
I guess I will have to call my mechanic and bug him to help me find a solution. He'd much rather have me bring it in but I try to leverage my loyalty for a kick-back of advice every once in awhile. I figure if anybody has a super secret double probation parts source, it's him.
PC
It's almost ironic: The Information Age could be the ultimate boon to recycling/salvage, etc., yet it seems to have spawned ever-intensifying spend and burn, more spend and burn. Everything is disposable, including, now, us. Except for collectibles, which is not, apparently, us.
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