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10-21-2003 04:25 PM #2
Have a 98 sable, need a power door lock actuator. have no clue where they make em, but they are precious, $70 or so. have one i bought for my last chrysler minivan, makde in england my rockwell international. $15. both very similar, both plastic., the cheaper one screws together and can be fixed (it is why i have not installed the new one) the Ford one, well, it is glued/snapped together and the snaps broke...am trying to fix that as $70 is too much. a real PITA to pull from a junk yard car though...
I cannot understand how it can be cheaper to make a part in china/brazil et al and ship it here. they still need machine tools, etc and i nknow labor is less and environmental lawas are laxer, etc, but ever ship something internationally? not cheap. every try to to buy something from overseas? them foreigners act like they don't unnerstand plain inglish!Chris
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