Source for Bosch parts on the cheap?

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

       I have been buying distributor caps and rotors for the Bosch L 
Jetronic spider for the local Bosch store.  They mostly carry VW parts, but 
these parts are shared with some VW.
       I have a generic O2 sensor I got from JC Whitney or somewhere.  It is 
the single wire one for the early cars.  However, I generally just disconnect 
them when they go bad.
       Disconnecting the O2 sensor does not seem to hurt on a race car.  
However, my wife's daily driver 91 Spider has been running a year now with 
the O2 sensor disconnected.  It still gets good gas mileage and seems to run 
fine.  The only problem is the check engine light comes on now.
       This is probably not the politically correct solution.

Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City


In a message dated 01/24/2002 8:42:51 PM Central Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:25:39 +1000
> From: "John Wiltshire" <John.Wiltshire@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Source for Bosch parts on the cheap??
> 
> Rex,
> 
> Not sure if this applies to the US, but I have bought some Bosch parts here
> as aftermarket parts.  For example, I bought a coolant temp sensor for
> about $A18, the Alfa part was >$A40.  The secret herte though, was that the
> same Bosch sensor that is used on the 164 was also used on earl FI Holden
> Commodores, so you can buy them anywhere.
> 
> The secret, however, seems to be if other less exotic cars use the same
> parts.  A few months ago I tried to get a Bosch cap and rotor - these are
> listed by Bosch, but they had to be brought specially from Germany - three
> months and >$A500.  I bought a made-in-Italy (but not genuine Alfa) one for
> about $A300.
> 
> My advice is to hunt around a bit - you never know what you will turn up.
> 
> Cheers,
> John Wiltshire
> Sydney Australia

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