Just about to buy some ATF from Amazon , thinking I would need about 5 litres but just checked rave and it states 9.7 litres for my 99 4.0 auto.
Am I reading that right? Seems a hell of a lot.
9.7 if it is completely drained but about 6 litres are needed if you have drained it and taken the sump off but left the rest in the cooler and torque converter.
Cheers, Proving to be an expensive month.
I tend to buy 20L at a time of this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATF-DIII-DEXRON-3-Semi-Synthetic-Automatic-Transmission-Fluid-Oil-20-Litre-/370282353380
or 2 of these would do the trick and leave some spare:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATF-DIII-DEXRON-3-Semi-Synthetic-Automatic-Transmission-Fluid-Oil-5-Litre-/250521944613
I use Smith & Allan stuff oils etc on everything I build or run. No complaints or issues yet and very fast delivery!
Thanks for the links but I live in France and they dont deliver here.
I have managed to find 10 liters delivered from a 3rd party on Amazon.de for £46
Orangebean wrote:
I tend to buy 20L at a time of this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATF-DIII-DEXRON-3-Semi-Synthetic-Automatic-Transmission-Fluid-Oil-20-Litre-/370282353380
or 2 of these would do the trick and leave some spare:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATF-DIII-DEXRON-3-Semi-Synthetic-Automatic-Transmission-Fluid-Oil-5-Litre-/250521944613
I use Smith & Allan stuff oils etc on everything I build or run. No complaints or issues yet and very fast delivery!
SNAP... I use their oils aswell... I've got the remnants of a 20L of ATF at the workshop at the moment, and am looking at getting a 20L of 10W/40 engine oil so I can do an oil change in my one - and then have some for the other 2 aswell - but also would also be useful for if people if they want to do oil service etc at the workshop day etc..
What's weird with S & A is that buying their stuff through their eBay store is generally cheaper than buying from them from their own online store.
A lot of companies do that but with some it's the other way round. They charge more on eBay as everyone assumes they are getting a bargain on there.
It surprises me a bit aswell - especially as eBay have fees if you sell something, and then they take a fee on the postage cost aswell, and then Paypal take a fee for money coming in if its from the sale of something...
I worked it out and on £45 for a door latch if I sell them on eBay, after all the fees - I get about £37, so every single item which I'm the one who puts the time and effort in to actually do the work on, I'm just handing %17 to other people - just for the convenience of having the outlet to sell them.
Oh, and because I've sold a fair number of them in the last couple of months and it's all traceable, it will have to be declared on my tax return as I'm self-employed aswell, so there's another %15-%20 straight to the tax man.
Oh the reality of doing 'business' in the modern age - but I guess until it no longer becomes worth my while to actually do it, then I'll still do them... one of the reasons that I want to push people more towards my own web shop as then I only get stung the Paypal fee - but as the likes of eBay are where a LOT of people (myself included!) go to buy things I probably wouldn't sell anything if I didn't list them up there... catch 22 I guess..
But it is surprising that people don't charge more on eBay to make up for it. I recently put my core charge up to £20 from £10 as people weren't bothering to send faulty latches back... and funnily enough of the 6 or 7 I've sold - even with the higher core charge - I've only had 1 returned... which again starts making it un-sustainable to do door latches at £45 if I then have to go and spend between £15 and £40 to keep buying ones to recondition
Oh well... rant over... I do still enjoy being able to repair and supply bits cheaper then buying new and appreciate the people who do send bits back!
I'm a nitwit when it comes to selling stuff so here is my question:
Isn't it better to let people pay with creditcard? If I buy I prefer cc because it is insured against theft, loss or incomplete delivery.
Now these days most people have a cc and they pay via their own bank (at least that is what they believe) so it's trusted.
But I don't know how that works out for you, costwise I mean.
Tony.
The problem (as I see it) isn't so much as being able to pay with CC - but the ability to receive CC payments. I use my CC at times via Paypal, for purchases on eBay (as then I get points on the CC...
To be able to receive CC payments, it has to go via a payment handler - the likes of Sage Pay, or another Merchant like that - which I'm pretty sure they all charge a transaction fee for aswell - so either way you get stung something!
It is something I am going to look at for the future - I've got a few months whilst I'm away for work to look into it all, and hopefully when I get back at the end of June, I can get things all back underway. Got a lot of things to try and get fixed and ready!
Will look into the CC side of things, as it will make my life a lot easier aswell... the only advantage for Paypal is that if someone buys something with a core charge, then it's nice and easy to refund the core charge once it old unit has been returned. And to be fair, Paypal refund the difference on the transaction fee when I process a refund - which is nice... eBay however, I don't think they refund me a difference in the final value fee.
Food for thought for sure!
Cheers,
Marty
Marty
Working in IT for a business where we take card payments on behalf of clients... payment gateways, merchant accounts... PCI DSS... shudders...
I digress. Never thought about buying oil in bulk from eBay... I should do that.
Get your 20 litres today .
Ebay has 20% off from 4pm to 10pm using code CUK20
Minimum £20 spend / Max £50 saving
Discount applied to total basket and not individual items
Discount does not apply to P&P
Must hold a UK valid registered Paypal account
Just did a change. Got 4 litres out and the same back in.