I live in Surrey and when I needed a new coolant spigot for the back of the
passenger's side head I found it at Roger Jobs VW in Bellingham, Washington.

http://www.rogerjobsvw.com/AboutServiceAndParts

The guy at Guildford ran a check for the part and told me they were the only
ones in the Vancouver area with one in stock.
It was the steel replacement and I didn't have to ask for a gasket, she had
it ready when I got there.

Got to give credit where credit is due...........

On 9/23/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote:
>
> Guilford VW supplies dealer parts to The Bug Shop in Delta, BC, a
> very popular Vanagon repair shop in the Vancouver area.
>
> Guilford parts people probably know Vanagon parts by memory.
>
> http://www.guildfordvolkswagen.com/HomePage
>
>
> >Gilford Motors, in Surrey BC.
> >Best VW parts department I've ever found. By far.
> >Been dealing with them since the early 90's.
> >Some of the parts people there might even recognize the name 'scott foss
> >turbovans' if you
> >want to say you were referred.
> >I have found vw dealership parts departments extremely hard to work with
> in
> >the US, in general. I have to go down there and educate them on how to
> look
> >up a vanagon part.
> >The parts system itself doesn't help either. I don't think it's that easy
> to
> >use, or even that accurate sometimes. I can think of a few parts you just
> >can't get. And if they can't find it in the picture, and then find that
> part
> >number on the price sheet, you're sol.
> >Scott
> >www.turbovans.com
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >Stacy Schneider
> >Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 12:00 AM
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Canadian dealership
> >
> >         Need a Canadian dealership close to the west coast. If you have
> a
> >recommendation and a contact name and # that would be great. Hopefully
> >someone  who will ship to the states,or maybe give me the part # for  a
> part
> >we can not find here at the dealership for  a problem I am having .
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Thank
> >in Advance
> >
> >
> >       Stacy
>

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