Re: [T3] eBay tank rubber

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

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Jim Adney wrote:

> On 3 Oct 2003 at 16:14, Per Lindgren wrote:
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> > I saw that the Ebay auction was up to 20 Euros last night, but then I 
> > found the web site for the store that sells this rubber item and 
> > downloaded their (German) pricelists. What I found there is that this 
> > piece, which is a repro, costs 12.50 Euro in their store.
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> If I've figured out what they've done with the part numbers (swapped the first 
> 2 groups of 3 digits - why do they do that?) then their price for the overflow 
> hose is 27.50 Euro. The part number for the overflow hose is 311 201 179A.
I do not know why they swap the numbers in the p/n, Custom & Speed Parts 
and Axel-Stauber also does that, IIRC. Maybe because of copyright issues?

> My German isn't good enough to see where it indicates that this is a repro.
>
> I think you were just looking at the wrong part. The 12.50 Euro part may be the 
> boot that seals the filler to the fender.
Yes, the seal is what was in the auction first mentioned by Daniel. It 
says in the item description that the part is a repro. Quote: 
"Reproduktion in sehr guter Qualit?t.", Reproduction in very good quality.

Here's the ad again: 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2435652922

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> I seem to recall that you mentioned this site a few months ago. The pdf pages 
> just look familiar. I also seem to think that someone contacted them about the 
> overflow hoses and they were actually out of stock.
>  
I cant remember that I have mentioned this site before, it looked very 
"new" to me last nigt at least.

PerL
73 Variant L

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