Part shared between different cars

I have a list somewhere of parts I have found on my car that are interchangeable with other makes. The idea was to have it at hand when searching for spares... Now all I have to do is remember where the list is .... so that I can put it back in the car ...;)
 
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Geoff.D said:
I have a list somewhere of parts I have found on my car that are interchangeable with other makes. The idea was to have it at hand when searching for spares... Now all I have to do is remember where the list is .... so that I can put it back in the car ...
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Put it back in the car? :wtf: :mad:
 
thechamp said:
Put it back in the car? :wtf: :mad:
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So that it is handy when buying spares! :twisted:

The easier way these days is to simply download a spares catalogue off say Goldwagen, Midas, or another spares outlet. Makes for very interesting reading. Especially when you then price the parts. Say ask for a Ferrari part that is the same as a part on a VW and see the price difference.
 
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Most manufacturers have been bastardised: Citroen, Peugeot, BMW, Toyota, Land Rover, Nissan, Renault, Mercedes Benz, Subaru, VW/Audi.

Have these been?
Honda, Suzuki.
 
Rouxenator said:
I had a Ford Bantam. If you chew off the black plastic molding with the Ford badge on the back of the ignition key you end up with an all metal key with an embossed Mazda badge.
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Lupus said:
That was most Ford/Mazda in the 80's and 90s. My Meteor shared all the same parts as the Mazda 323.
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Samcor - uniquely south african after the manufacturers "officially" left the country. Merger od Ford & Sigma in 1985. Produced Ford, Mazda & Mitsubishi (commercial) vehicles. Ford SA purchased 45% in 1994 & the remaining 55% in 1998.



wabbit16 said:
VW Citi Golf and a Vaaljapie share about 90% of the parts between them :p

/runs
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LOL, but seriously, the motor was a 2 litre Standard Motor Company engine as used in the Standard Vanguard & various Triumph models of the era.

I rebuilt a Vaaljapie in the early 90's, all engine parts were relatively easy to obtain from the UK. The block was an issue - AIM (then the MF distributors) were able to find one stashed in the back of their warehouse in Spartan/Isando. Cost me R250-00! Bolt pattern wasn't identical. but a drill & some helicoils matched it up.....

Tractor is still in use today!
 
I've been wondering about the Mazda BT-50 and the Ford Ranger's engines and parts - are those essentially the same underneath?
 
Trompie67 said:
LOL, but seriously, the motor was a 2 litre Standard Motor Company engine as used in the Standard Vanguard & various Triumph models of the era.

I rebuilt a Vaaljapie in the early 90's, all engine parts were relatively easy to obtain from the UK. The block was an issue - AIM (then the MF distributors) were able to find one stashed in the back of their warehouse in Spartan/Isando. Cost me R250-00! Bolt pattern wasn't identical. but a drill & some helicoils matched it up.....

Tractor is still in use today!
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Well done! My GF's farm has one that they bought for R4000 or so recently - 1947 model. Needed some work on the radiator and the water pump is a bit moeg, but otherwise it runs well. I think this one runs on normal petrol and not power paraffin like some of the other models.

Astounding how something so old still works so well in modern times
 
Land rover freelander 2s Share a lot of parts with the Ford range 2.2. Like the engine. If you look at other parts like the brake pads, you will see they are branded FoMoCo
 
Somewhat OT. If only there were standards for cellphone batteries. People throw perfectly good phones away because a new battery is no longer available. If you can get a new one, it has being lying on a shelf for years.
 
I'm aware that most car companies use Bosch fuel injectors and other components. I bet there is a lot of shared parts across brands.
 
wabbit16 said:
Well done! My GF's farm has one that they bought for R4000 or so recently - 1947 model. Needed some work on the radiator and the water pump is a bit moeg, but otherwise it runs well. I think this one runs on normal petrol and not power paraffin like some of the other models.

Astounding how something so old still works so well in modern times
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They are practically indestructible. Ours ran a big end & chucked a rod through the block, hence the need for a new block!

They all had split tanks - small one for petrol, big section for paraffin, glass bowl under the tap to see what was currently feeding the motor. Start on petrol, switch to paraffin. When done switch back to petrol until the glass bowl was full of petrol - so it would start the next morning! The paraffin was used back in the day as it was cheaper than petrol, but, as it had no lead in it there was a problem of valve seat recession as the motors got older. We ran ours on petrol only, nowadays I'd advise putting a lead additive as all petrol is now lead free.

The engineering works that redid the head & built up the valve seats, in a moment of utter stupidity, decided to fit stem seals (which were not in the parts bin I had supplied). Thought they were doing me a favour, but actually caused huge headaches as it overheated all the time. Eventually I stripped my moer, pulled the head, saw what they had done & sent it back to them to have the stem seals removed. Problem solved, after spending much money on radiator recore, electric fans etc. Bar stewards caused many headaches. Apparently ford 1,6 Kent motor stem seals "fitted perfectly" :confused:
 
The synchro units in the e36 6 speed box is the same as that found in the opel TS 6 speed box.
 
thechamp said:
The indicator lever, from my humble Corsa lite straight into a $1.2 m Hennessey Venom, the honour is all mine
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And a radio head unit shared with 90% of Citi Golfs on the roads down here :p
 
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