Try searching the internet using Google - you may find a dealer that discounts mail order genuine parts - but as ORB posts, saving money on pattern parts could be false economy.

I'm not after pattern parts, as said in post.... Ford Parts. If the prices are deemed reasonable by those that know then I guess they are reasonable. My rad fan went, I bought a pattern part 5 mths ago and now that seems to have packed up. I have no clue how much a fan will be from Ford 200 - 300? I'm after a Ford dealer that might sell a bit cheaper than the ones round here...

And equally serious, are you prepared to risk a life with a pattern part?

Yes

I broke a crappy wee plastic elbow on the vacuum line to my brake servo when I was removing the battery on my Ford Sierra.

Lack of servo assistance made braking hard work, but MAY have stopped me from locking-up in a paniic braking incident that evening.

Poor man's ABS?

Unsure about the Poor man's ABS principle, I replaced the plastic elbow with part of a Japanese ball-point pen (Pentel, IIRC).

I had quite a bit more confidence in the Japanese ball-point pen than I had in the original part.

Edited by edlithgow on 31/12/2019 at 22:04

well, well I've found one on Ebay Ford Part and cheaper than I paid in a motor factors. On Ebay via a seller called Rates Ford price around £85 so seems like I've answered my own question lol. I swear this wasnt there when I looked months ago.. So theres this fan being sold by a ford dealer £85 down from £170. I have no doubt any phone call to a local ford dealer would have produced the 170 price so this is exactly what I was asking about.

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