Re: Where do you buy your parts?
Different suppliers seem to have different parts in stock at different times.
The important thing is to check to see if the parts are actually in stock when you order. Not every on-line supplier offers this info. Worse, when one supplier is out it often means others are either out or low on stock and soon will be out. Nature of the beast.
iBoats is great.
Wholesale Marine is great. Will substitute other parts if the one you ordered isn't in stock. i.e. will send you a Sierra part if the GLM one you ordered isn't in stock and so on. Always quick to notify you so you don't have to take the substitution if you don't want to. Lots of choices between Mallory, Sierra, GLM, and OEM.
Amazon is great. It seems like they won't let sellers list if it isn't in stock. You gotta know what you are looking for by part number.
Jamestown Distributors is great when they have stuff. Often they do for common maintenance parts.
Mercruiserparts is great. OEM supplier and lots of stock, BUT not always IN stock. You have to check status b4 you order from them.
There are a lot of others that are also great. The ones to avoid are the guys who do not offer stock status information. Lots of them list parts they do not inventory. You order from them, send your cash or credit card, then they order from someone else and trans ship. Not cool if you thought that you were going to get the part right away.
Peter
