Pete E. Kruzer wrote:
> On Apr 7, 11:06 am, Steve <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Logic's not high on this guy's agenda or he'd have just walked out the
>> dealer's door when they tried to rip him off. He wants to make this
>> about Chrysler, not about a shady dealer.
>
> You're telling me that there IS NO UPGRADE, that the OE cooler is
> available, and that the dealer is making up the "Upgrade" just to sell
> me more parts and labor??
What there seems to actually be isn't an "upgrade," its a supercession
to a part that is common to later production PTs as well as older ones,
but apparently requires either modification or replacement of other
parts in older PTs. Yes, it can be annoying to have to retrofit a part
that isn't quite identical to the original, but every manufacturer does
it... all the time. Often starting the very next year (or later the same
year! that your car is built. Yours is 7 years old, so its absolutely NO
surprise that its got parts that are only available in superceded forms.
That's one reason I avoid dealers like the plague and either do my own
work (99.99% of the time) or go to an independent shop.
There doesn't seem to be any chronic problem with PT ps coolers
because I've NEVER read of any other cooler failure on the newsgroups,
so getting a junkyard cooler is a very wise decision IMO. Supercession
can mean change of design for ANY reason, including making it cheaper to
produce. What I can't believe is that you HAVE to spend that much money
to get a working PS system. Even if you are utterly and irrationally
opposed to using salvaged parts, any competent mechanic can cut and
splice low-pressure power steering return hoses, or as others have
suggested you could always put in a very small aftermarket transmission
cooler instead of a factory part.
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