marcortez
03-18-2007, 06:51 AM
Buenos dias from Loreto, Baja California Sur.
Myself and a few other gringos down here, own Volvo Penta diesel powered boats including Blackman and Davis models.
Parts is an ongoing problem if we need to replace an item during breakdown or as a matter of routine maintenence.
Not only are parts availability the pits here, part numbers are hard to come by on the internet (at least for me) The Volvo Penta website is almost useless as best I can tell.
Some of the internet sites who deal in VP diesel parts want to know a part number and I/we don't have them.
The Stem to Stern site for assembly diagrams does not work for me. File cannot be found thing. Urrgg.
Is there a internet site that has VP diesel part numbers to include outdrives?
Additionally, who/where in the San Diego area, can a wide availability of diesel engine/outdrive parts be had?
My buddies and I own relatively newer VP diesels...AD-41P, KAD43 with DP-E outdrives.
More often than not, we have to use what we call the "gringo express".
When someone goes north to San Diego, we can give them a "shopping" list for our urgent boating needs and then those kind folks pick up our requests and when they return to Baja, deliver those goods to us.
Often, were out of commission, if the part is needed to get back on the water
until the parts runner returns. (the pits if the Dorado are going off bigtime)
I have heard about Cogswell marine in Chula Vista and H&H marine in San Diego for parts.
Do these places stock a wide range of VP diesel parts?
It's easier for me and some here, to order parts on the internet and have shipped to family or friends in the States, but without part numbers, were sunk for the most part.
I guess I am looking for the easiest way to obtain parts for our VP's.
A VP parts number list, crossover part numbers, non VP branded parts that work and a parts house in San Diego to obtain a wide variety of replacement items.
Muchas gracias,
Dale Clark
Myself and a few other gringos down here, own Volvo Penta diesel powered boats including Blackman and Davis models.
Parts is an ongoing problem if we need to replace an item during breakdown or as a matter of routine maintenence.
Not only are parts availability the pits here, part numbers are hard to come by on the internet (at least for me) The Volvo Penta website is almost useless as best I can tell.
Some of the internet sites who deal in VP diesel parts want to know a part number and I/we don't have them.
The Stem to Stern site for assembly diagrams does not work for me. File cannot be found thing. Urrgg.
Is there a internet site that has VP diesel part numbers to include outdrives?
Additionally, who/where in the San Diego area, can a wide availability of diesel engine/outdrive parts be had?
My buddies and I own relatively newer VP diesels...AD-41P, KAD43 with DP-E outdrives.
More often than not, we have to use what we call the "gringo express".
When someone goes north to San Diego, we can give them a "shopping" list for our urgent boating needs and then those kind folks pick up our requests and when they return to Baja, deliver those goods to us.
Often, were out of commission, if the part is needed to get back on the water
until the parts runner returns. (the pits if the Dorado are going off bigtime)
I have heard about Cogswell marine in Chula Vista and H&H marine in San Diego for parts.
Do these places stock a wide range of VP diesel parts?
It's easier for me and some here, to order parts on the internet and have shipped to family or friends in the States, but without part numbers, were sunk for the most part.
I guess I am looking for the easiest way to obtain parts for our VP's.
A VP parts number list, crossover part numbers, non VP branded parts that work and a parts house in San Diego to obtain a wide variety of replacement items.
Muchas gracias,
Dale Clark