Parts suppliers / mechanics?

[Stone]

Hi all,

 

How do you guys go about finding places that stock NOS or reproduction parts? Do you just go by word of mouth and private sales?

 

How about finding people to do the bigger jobs or things you can't do with the facilities / skills you have to hand?

 

Our problem is that as our Bedford is company-owned, we are very limited as to what we can do on it ourselves - for anything more serious than pumping up the tyres we can't guarantee the safety of any work we've done without exposing the company to the risk we've messed it up ;-) Ideally we'd find someone who could do odd maintenance and servicing nearby, but who to choose? Would they be able to get parts etc? We have a front hub seal that's weeping oil onto the tyre: minor job for you lot but we can't do it :-(

 

Any ideas gratefully welcomed!

 

Stone

[john fox]

milweb adverts then ask nicely, trouble is most of those in the know can pick and choose their work so only take jobs that interest them, hence not yet got a regular guy I can rely on

[Richard Farrant]

Our problem is that as our Bedford is company-owned, we are very limited as to what we can do on it ourselves - for anything more serious than pumping up the tyres we can't guarantee the safety of any work we've done without exposing the company to the risk we've messed it up ;-) Ideally we'd find someone who could do odd maintenance and servicing nearby, but who to choose? Would they be able to get parts etc? We have a front hub seal that's weeping oil onto the tyre: minor job for you lot but we can't do it :-(

 

 

 

Hi Stone,

 

Regarding spare parts availablity, a company called Bedford Genuine Parts, based at Staplehurst in Kent, have the rights to re-manufacure parts and they supply the MoD with parts for MJ and TM. Some items of cab tinwork have been reproduced in glass fibre, non-structural that is, like headlamp surround and mudguard. They have dealers who you have to buy through, our local one is Ditton Service Station near Maidstone ( they were a Bedford and AWD dealer in the old days). An old established commercial vehicle repairer will know your vehicle, the only real difference to a TK being the four wheel drive. TK was one of the most common trucks in the country at one time.

 

regards, Richard