OEM Parts
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
OEM Parts
Can anyone provide me with a URL for a website that has actual OEM parts w/o the forty tons of BS usually associated with the internet?
i am simply looking for the front seat assembly for a 1998 ford f150 and was hoping to find something as mundane as, say, a parts list? maybe a schematic or two, etc... but all I can find is after market crap, that may be just fine for whatever intended purpose it may have, but does not fit into the category of OEM Parts.
A parts catalog would be a goldmine.
i am simply looking for the front seat assembly for a 1998 ford f150 and was hoping to find something as mundane as, say, a parts list? maybe a schematic or two, etc... but all I can find is after market crap, that may be just fine for whatever intended purpose it may have, but does not fit into the category of OEM Parts.
A parts catalog would be a goldmine.
Posting Guru
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,351
Likes: 8
Your local FORD dealer would probably be happy to email you the pertinent pages from the "parts catalog". Mine will print such information out in person. For 10 YO parts that may be obsolete FORD dealers also have a national parts search, to find inventory at remote participating dealerships.
Trouble is if you can find "the front seat assembly for a 1998" in stock, its liable to cost nearly the value of the pickup to deliver! If you're just prospecting for the parts list, to learn how the seats are assembled, there's little in it for retailers.
Actual paper "parts catalogs" may have gone the way of the dinosaurs. Microfiche have also been made obsolete by digital files. A friendly local mechanic may share their repair software & print out what you want. Much detailed information, including P/Ns, is found in paper Service Manuals distributed by Helm.
Trouble is if you can find "the front seat assembly for a 1998" in stock, its liable to cost nearly the value of the pickup to deliver! If you're just prospecting for the parts list, to learn how the seats are assembled, there's little in it for retailers.
Actual paper "parts catalogs" may have gone the way of the dinosaurs. Microfiche have also been made obsolete by digital files. A friendly local mechanic may share their repair software & print out what you want. Much detailed information, including P/Ns, is found in paper Service Manuals distributed by Helm.
Last edited by Club Wagon; Jun 23, 2008 at 10:43 PM. Reason: left out a detail
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Too bad greed is the sole motivator for most things today.......
I don't need the entire front seat assembly, I just want to find out how they put it together so that I can take it apart and replace the broken piece.
I guess I'll do it the old fahioned way by figuring out how to take it apart, figuring out how it works, and then repairing and reassembling it.
The hell with the retailers.....
I don't need the entire front seat assembly, I just want to find out how they put it together so that I can take it apart and replace the broken piece.
I guess I'll do it the old fahioned way by figuring out how to take it apart, figuring out how it works, and then repairing and reassembling it.
The hell with the retailers.....
Posting Guru
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,351
Likes: 8
Good thing your theory doesn't hold water.
Keep in mind that participation on this forum is 100% voluntary & that "greed" is rarely even a factor.
Keep in mind that participation on this forum is 100% voluntary & that "greed" is rarely even a factor.
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Trending Topics
Thread Starter
|
New User
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Ranger88...It is, I believe, a 60/40. I need the diagram of the fold down piece in the middle. The console cover is warping from the heat and I would like to repair/replace if possible without buying the entire front seat assembly.
Parts6906.... Will try and call tomorrow...logged on to late today.
Thank you guys for the positive replies
Parts6906.... Will try and call tomorrow...logged on to late today.
Thank you guys for the positive replies
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalytic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
Senior User
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 136
Likes: 0
Direct Ford Parts has some diagrams, but sometimes its a pain to track down your part if you don't know the Ford part number. Most of the plastic trim pieces have shown up on their site by doing a search of the number stamped into the old part.