Chetman,
Before you buy replacement parts online, or send a part off to refurbished check locally. The local AutoZone has parts that I thought could only be had online or from specialty shops. Plus local rebuild shops generally do it cheaper and no shipping. For example my water pump went out. Ebay NOS $90 starying bid. Autozone 35 bucks no shipping. Where I am going here is try local resources first. Local junkyards, FLAPS, even the Ace Hardware turned up brass automotive connectors for the oil filter, and they have SS nuts and bolts fines and SAE thread for a reasonable price. To paraphrase think globally buy locally.
