RE: [alfa] 87 Milano ABS Pump & Accumulator Update

["Peter Webb" <webb.p@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The GM part new from www.gmpartsdirect.com is $323 for the Reatta.  Part
#25535686

-Peter


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> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> Otto Schug
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 12:24 PM
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: [alfa] 87 Milano ABS Pump & Accumulator Update
>
>
> Alfisti,
>
> 1987 Milano ABS Report
>
> On Thursday, the 20th, I indicated the possibility of having the
> Pump and Accumulator for the ABS System on the 87-88 Milanos
> rebuilt by Cardone Industries, Inc., in Philidelphia, PA.,
> through their authorized distributors.  I indicated BB Auto
> Parts, 1255 East 180th Street, Bronx, New York 10460, is an
> authorized distributor.  I also indicated that Cardone supplied
> me with two distributors in Indianapolis, Indiana.
>
> I took my  pump and accumulator to Midwest Brake and Wheel, an
> authorized distributor, in Indianapolis.
>
> Midwest Brake has been advised by Cardone that they do not
> rebuild the Alfa Milano ABS System.  Today, I have been advised
> that Cardone will only rebuild the 1988/89 Buick Reatta ABS
> System if you send them through the distributor the core.  I then
> checked with a car salvage yard and found that the cost of
> obtaining a used pump and accumulator from the applicable Buick
> Reatta was going to cost $400.00.  Therefore, such rebuild
> possibility became prohibitive when you consider the cost of the
> rebuild will approximate $250.00.  The rebuild parts number by
> Cardone is 12-4407 as was reported by Frank Filice on November 19
> in the Digest.
>
> It now appears, unless you can get a used Buick Reatta ABS pump
> and accumulator dirt cheap, that the solution is to buy a new
> pump and accumulator through a parts discount house.  The cost of
> a new one from a GM dealer is prohibitive.
>
> I am sorry with the results of my quest.
>
> Otto F. Schug
> Columbus, Indiana
> 12 Alfas
> schugof@domain.elided
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