Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
Addendum to previous post --
While searching eBay years ago, looking for Dodge automatic transmission parts, I ran across a listing for "Chrome Dodge automatic transmission pan." The description was for a "chrome Dodge THM350 automatic transmission pan."
For those who don't know, the THM350 is a Chevy/Buick transmission ... to the best of my knowledge never used in a Mopar vehicle.
I was curious, so I dug out my transmission pan gasket chart. The pan in the listing's pictures was for a C6 transmission ... which is a Ford transmission. (Needless to say, I made note to never buy from that seller.)
In another case, a listing was selling "354 hemi valve covers." Problem was the pictures didn't show the holes in the valve covers for early Hemi spark plugs. (The spark plugs go through the valve covers into the tops of the cylinder heads on early Hemis ... not through the sides of the heads like most other Mopar engines.)
Other listings have offered used parts for two to three times what it would have cost to buy a new or reman part from the local parts store. One listing offered a used upper radiator support for a 1990 Ford E150 van ... for $150. I bought a new one from the local Ford dealer for $50. (I needed one to fix the van after my wife hit a moose ... bent everything above and in front of the water pump.)
This isn't to say I haven't found good deals on hard to find parts on eBay. Instead, it means you have to be knowledgeable and careful buying off eBay.
Certainly a sure sign of a scammer that has searched out enough buzz words to compose a sales pitch without having true knowledge of brand specific terminology.
