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Car & Truck Parts, Denver/metro Area:  

Another Good local place for parts in Englewood, CO.  Ask for Mike.  Good prices, good inventory.  Tell him Tim the Mechanic sent you.

Need Exhaust Work?  Call these folks - Good, Honest & Good Prices.  Tell them Tim sent you.

Toyota Truck parts can be found at Jim's Used Toyota Truck Parts:

And Here's a good priced machine Shop:

Also have a small collection of Chevy Big & Small bock parts - call or email w/description of parts needed 

To find the right car part is half the battle when repairing a car.  I've been fixing cars in the Denver/metro area for a few years, which give me an advantage.  Hours & days searching for the right part; searching yellow pages, computers, classified ads, auto salvage yards.  My journeys for parts have taken me place you'd never imagine, but auto repair requires patience beyond belief.  For those people with rare cars, I feel for you.  But the part can be found & most important, affordable.  So I've developed these subconscious steps when seeking parts:

If it's a part that would normally and eventually wear out, you can usually find it at your local discount auto parts store and I  recommend checking there first, if only to show you availability & cost.   If you can find it there for affordable cost, go for it.  You can actually get quality parts with good warranty at good price.  The hard to find parts - body, hardware, engines & transmissions are available in salvage yards. 

This is a good place if you don't mind pulling your own part.  The greatest of all is price.  You're paying literally penny's on the dollar. For instance, need a spare tire? $10.00.

4X4 USED PARTS, INC.

Good old 4X4 parts.  They gave me a good price on a Jeep T150 transmission.    They have a small yard with a lot Jeeps and other 4x4's.  Good people to do business with.

  Drive Axles: For those of you with front wheel drive suffering from clicking drive axles it's not as expensive as they lead you to believe.  Look at your front drive axles.  Most front wheel drive vehicles have two axles, each of which has 2 constant velocity joints (CVJ). They are big ball bearing packed in grease and enclosed in a rubber "boot".  If you notice those "clicking noises" when turning, inspect your outer boots.  They are located underneath, directly behind the center of your tire/wheel.  You're looking for a round, flexible piece of black rubber that goes around the axle that turns your wheels.  Look for breaks in the rubber and fresh grease.  What causes a CVJ to make noise is usually caused from a torn boot - spinning as fast as your wheels do, the grease is thrown out and the noise is from dry bearings, which are under stress when the wheels turn. 

This is the only place to go for axle and driveshaft repairs or replacement.  Good honest business and their prices are better than anyone!!!

If you don't ignore the noise, replace the boot & repack the bearing, you can usually avoid replacing the axle.  The problems with replacing the boot yourself are that: 1. The axle has to be removed and the CVJ disassembled to install the new boot.  Now removing the axle isn't as hard as it looks.  Disassembling the CVJ is the trick I still can't quite perfected yet.  You can buy a remanufactured axle, which will set you back $100.00 or so.  They also make a "two piece boot" which doesn't require removing the axle, but last about as long as it takes to install.  I've learned that from experience.  But the quickest and cheapest way I found, almost by accident.  

MOVING & TRANSPORTING CARS:  Getting disabled vehicles from one place to another normally requires a tow, either by wrecker or chain, one costly and the other risky.  Unless you have a tow bar or dolly, tow expenses get high.  Denver/metro area has a little known private business who have the perfect trailers for moving cars.  Especially handy when working alone.  They have 2 trailers, both with hand crank cable wenches and tilt beds.  And at $25.00 a day you'll never beat the cost.  They don't even have a business name that I know of.  I found them by accident one day when searching for a cherry picker for pulling engines, which they also rent - $10.00 daily, $30 a week- and engine stands as well.  303 233-3083.  For moving cars, especially if you have several, this is the cheapest & safest way to go.  I've probably used their trailers 30 times in 3-4 years, and they're the best.  Tell them I sent you.

Radiators!!! Best & Cheapest places for new radiators I've found:

Good service - quick.  If you're looking for a radiator, this is the only place to go.  Especially if you're in Denver metro, but I'm sure they'll ship anywhere.  I needed one for a Land Cruiser, the cheapest parts store wanted $370.00.  They sold me a new one for about half that with a lifetime warranty.  Josh I think delivered mine personally.  Personally, I will always check there first when it comes to radiators.

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