How much did I save?

How much did I save replacing driver's
side HVAC actuator that cost

$17 from Amazon

Took a few minutes to remove and replace
2 screws and plug in the power wire?
George

Beyond the $215 you saved your sanity. Jim

He already lost it

What you saved depends on a lot of things.

How many other screws did you have to remove and replace the two screws that held the actuator in place?

Are you SURE that it fixed the problem?

Will it outlast the one it replaced?

Assuming the answers are none, yes, and yes, you saved the dealer markup on the part, diagnostic charge, and a minimum shop time charge. Could be a lot of money. But, I know how those cheap actuators made of chinesium can be. I bought one for the blend door on my vehicle. Had to take the entire instrument panel part way out to get access to the three screws that held it in. Within a week, it was making funny noises. Finally went to the junkyard to get an OEM one that doesn't chatter. What did I save by buying a Chinese one?

Bill,
After 31 years in classroom, you are right, I lost it a long time ago.
When did you lose yours?
Geo

Does anyone think GM made this part?
geo

when I first discovered women

Sounds like you and Bill Clinton have the same problem, women.
George

(quoted from post at 19:09:18 05/01/21) How much did I save replacing driver's
side HVAC actuator that cost
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto87057.jpg>
$17 from Amazon

Took a few minutes to remove and replace
2 screws and plug in the power wire?
George

Click to expand...

I just did one in my wifes Explorer. The garage insisted it would require tearing the whole dash apart and they didn't think it was even the problem. I paid about $35 for mine at a local store and it took less than 20 minutes to do.

Was this on your new tractor??

George, of all of the things I know about GM, I can honestly say that I would never buy anything from them.

First thing - GM is a cheap outfit. I was told back in the 1960s that if you could save them a penny on every car they made, you saved them a million dollars. That was back in about 1967. Considering the difference in value of a million dollars then and what the current equivalent is, that is a lot of money. That means that GM is searching for any way they can to cheapen the cars they build. If that means parts made of chinesium, then that is what they use. If it means using 3 screws instead 4 or 5 to hold your instrument cluster in place, then they will do it. Even if it means that many more squeaks and rattles further down the line. Long after warranty is expired.

The only car that GM builds that I would ever own or consider recommending to a friend is Buick - and even they are going down hill.

A classic example is the small block Chevrolet V-8. A fairly well designed engine. Compact, powerful for its size, and lightweight for its power output. But, they ate camshafts and lifters like they were made of peanut butter. Why? Because they bought cheap reject steel that was turned down by the other carmakers. Instead of making doors and fenders out of it as it was sold for, they made critical parts out of it. Camshafts, lifters, timing gears, rocker arms, and push rods. Why did they fail frequently? Because they were made from the wrong material.

How do I know this? Because I lived near the steel mill that made the steel for their engines. At that time, my closest friend was one of the melt shop foremen. He saw it happening. When they scrapped a heat, it went into ingots and was put out in the yard. Some was re-integrated into the next heat if they could get it into proper chemistry. What was left was offered to the car makers to be used in NON-CRITICAL components. It was offered at bargain basement prices. GM bought it all and had it shipped right into their main Chevy engine plant. Wonder why it wouldn't take case hardening, nitriding, heat tempering? Because it was off chemistry.

Even as a Ford mechanic, I must have replaced dozens of Chevy cams. Know how many Ford cams I replaced in 30 years? TWO!

Want me to keep going about GM? I got lots more to tell. Maybe I should start on the wonderful 700R4 transmission. But, I'll save that for another time.

Only wanted you to answer my question.

Sorry, got carried away.

No, I don't think GM made the part. Probably made by the lowest overseas bidder.

Doesnt matter who made it matters how it was made . This whole every part is made on one factory is a bunch of bull sh*t

You didn't "save" anything. You SPENT $17 being a "parts swapper" instead of fixing the broken part like you should have.

Geo, you are just a magnet for wordsmith beaters. Sorry.