Parts are getting harder to find

I called my local agco dealer about a throttle shaft for a zenith carb and he wasnt very interested , he just told me it didnt exist anymore so buy a new or rebuilt  carb. The other agco dealer about 25 miles away, when asking about a simple set of wires and cap for a 190, he looked at me like i was from a different planet, no luck there nether.Maybe nobody makes them anymore but i see fleet farm sells them. frustrating  oh well.

I find if it envolves a book your out of luck. I cringe when I need to get parts for my  IH truck.

I have got parts from Dean AG before and they are the BEST in my opinion, they do everything they can to try to find what you need, My local dealers used to be good before Caterpillar merged with them.

There are dealers out there that do sell and keep parts for the old tractors on hand such as where I work.  But we are keeping less parts on hand but do our best to get the parts to the customers.  A few weeks ago I had a customer come in and get a few parts for a D19(rear main seal, v.c. gasket and points and condenser).  He grinned when he saw we had them all on hand and told me how he was at the local CaseIH dealer and they did not have an air filter for a late model 1840 Case loader on hand!!!!

We have to face the facts that these tractors are getting old and there are less and less of them out running on a daily basis.  I am considering ourselves lucky that we can still get what we can.  I keep as many A-C parts on hand as I can but if I havent sold a particular number for around three years I am not going to stock it as we need to be making room for newer machines. 

So remember some dealers are not doing much for A-C parts but there are a still a few us out there yet.  Such as Olddoug at Manzers, Sandy Lake, and Dean AG. 

I dont care for negative comments about dealers that dont stock parts when I put so much time into keeping parts around and trying my best to help guys out.

If your not having luck at a dealer, find another one!  Mail order is not that common anymore, get setup with a dealer that can get you parts.

Jim

This is why I decided to keep my D12 and 10. Parts supply today and tomorrow will be for compact, or new large tractors. They no that a person is not going to farm big with an old large tractor. 

I have a friend who can't say enough good about DeanAg. I have never dealt with them myself, would in a heartbeat if needed. Brenda/Barb @ Sandy Lake are evry good at there job, A phone call away and parts are shipped that day, doesn't get much better, save on fule cost, correct parts, etc, ect, actually toooo easy!!

The problem is the attitued of the parts person. my brother is an AGCO dealer and some of his parts people have no idea of where to look for parts for anything older then 20 years old or anything that doesn't have a model and serial number. however he has one parts person that can find anything for everything most of the time and she is constantly overwelmed with work.

You are going to the wrong Dealer then Shraufnagels Lomira will always help you   Gary Roidt

We get alot of our parts from napa if they dont have it in stock they will gladly order it for us.