Part Identification Guide
March 5th, 2010
We receive hundreds of requests to identify specific parts for automobiles, motorcycles, industrial applications and agricultural applications daily. While we do have expertise in identifying and sourcing parts for our customers, most of the requests we receive don’t have the information we need for identification and sourcing. The purpose of this guide is to drive our requests to a more standardized format so that we can successfully answer more questions with greater efficiency.
What information do we need?
1. How many pieces are you looking for? If the application is ongoing, what is the estimated annual usage? This dictates how the parts are sourced.
2. Do you need ancillary components like terminals, seals, sensor bungs, etc?
3. How quickly do you need the part(s)?
4. What was the original application? If year, make, model, engine & transmission information is available, please mention it. What is the current application?
5. What does the part do and/or what does it connect to?
6. What is the part number? If you are not aware of the part number, please mention any numbers on the part and any symbols (often manufacturer symbols).
7. In many cases, we may need images to identify the part. Most of the images we receive are too poor in focus or lighting to see the details of the parts we are asked to identify. Please see our photo submission guide here.
8. Scaling information. Is the part 1 cm or 1m in length? With terminals, what is the outer diameter of the circular terminal or blade width of the male terminal? What wire size and outer diameter do you plan to use?
9. Associated use information. We receive may pictures or tidbits of information that don’t give us enough data to correlate the part. A good example is someone emailing a partial part number with no other information. Another good example is a blurry image of a terminal or seal with no scale and without the connector housing. There are millions of terminals, many of which look very similar. With no reference information, we can’t assist your search. So please do provide the part number or image of the sensor being connected to, the housing the terminal fits in, etc.
10. Please use a descriptive title in the subject line of your email.
Due to the large volume or requests we receive, we are not able to answer every single request despite working extended hours to try and meet our customers needs. The higher the quality of the information you provide, the better able we are to deliver an expedient and helpful response.
We receive hundreds of requests to identify specific parts for automobiles, motorcycles, industrial applications and agricultural applications daily. While we do have expertise in identifying and sourcing parts for our customers, most of the requests we receive don’t have the information we need for identification and sourcing. The purpose of this guide is to drive our requests to a more standardized format so that we can successfully answer more questions with greater efficiency.
What information do we need?
1. How many pieces are you looking for? If the application is ongoing, what is the estimated annual usage? This dictates how the parts are sourced.
2. Do you need ancillary components like terminals, seals, sensor bungs, etc?
3. How quickly do you need the part(s)?
4. What was the original application? If year, make, model, engine & transmission information is available, please mention it. What is the current application?
5. What does the part do and/or what does it connect to?
6. What is the part number? If you are not aware of the part number, please mention any numbers on the part and any symbols (often manufacturer symbols).
7. In many cases, we may need images to identify the part. Most of the images we receive are too poor in focus or lighting to see the details of the parts we are asked to identify. Please see our photo submission guide here.
8. Scaling information. Is the part 1 cm or 1m in length? With terminals, what is the outer diameter of the circular terminal or blade width of the male terminal? What wire size and outer diameter do you plan to use?
9. Associated use information. We receive may pictures or tidbits of information that don’t give us enough data to correlate the part. A good example is someone emailing a partial part number with no other information. Another good example is a blurry image of a terminal or seal with no scale and without the connector housing. There are millions of terminals, many of which look very similar. With no reference information, we can’t assist your search. So please do provide the part number or image of the sensor being connected to, the housing the terminal fits in, etc.
10. Please use a descriptive title in the subject line of your email.
Due to the large volume or requests we receive, we are not able to answer every single request despite working extended hours to try and meet our customers needs. The higher the quality of the information you provide, the better able we are to deliver an expedient and helpful response.
