I think the caddy pan with some minor work will work great
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I think the caddy pan with some minor work will work great
Received email from dealer today saying the 8 Caddy pans Holden had left will be in tomorrow morning so I'll get there tomorrow or Wed and then send them up to him as he has bought them all. They probably won't get there till early next week as it's approx 4 days from Melb to Nth Qld. Also hope to have the Caddy filters here about the same time (fingers crossed) from the US.
8 Caddy pans collected today and will be posted to gaz05 tomorrow.
Good work Wonky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope to be getting one of these...............
Can you post a pic wonks
See post #92.Quote:
Originally Posted by etrocket
was referring to the filter when it comes in
Have had a Caddy filter and sent it up to gaz and not sure when the others will arrive from the US. By coincidence the updated Caddy pan (old one was part #24235511, new one #24250062) arrived from the US today and is absolutely identical to the ones I got from Holden as far as I can see. I'm therefore assuming the only reason for the supercession is that GM changed suppliers. I have someone who has first option on it but if they don't want it I'm happy to sell it to whoever wants it for whatever it cost me to land. List price in USA is $33 and the guy who got it for me paid list plus state tax (probably only a few %) and hasn't told me postage cost yet, but did warn me to be sitting down when he told me as it was just over the weight limit for parcel post so had to go priority. :eek: Now it has arrived I'll ask him for the total so I can repay him but at the absolute worst I expect the total to be what list price on the Caddy pans here was which is $100, hopefully even less.
Pic of filter I posted previously:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...ddy_filter.jpg
Oops! 8 pans + packing + box = 17kg which is too heavy for me to safely handle due to my disabilities, so I need my wife to post them for me. She was busy yesterday arvo so they're all boxed up and labelled ready to go to gaz05 today. :yup:
8 Caddy pans now on their way to gaz05. I have one here for anyone who wants it at exactly what it cost me to get from America, which is where any more have to come from as I cleaned Holden out of theirs and they're not getting any more in as they were poor sellers.
I paid the guy in the US who got it for me $US100 which at Paypal's current conversion rate cost me $A99.51 ). It cost him $41.01 for the pan inc state taxes and $53.40 to send (6lb - see Priority Post on http://pe.usps.com/text/Imm/ab_012.htm#ep1572941), so if anyone wants it for $100 it's yours - same as their list price was here. First in, best dressed! Filters coming soon.
Cheers,
Gary
Wonky
The one pan left, it it going to Gaz05 to be baffled?
Do you have a filter coming to suit?
If so, Ill take them off your hands
It arrived the day the last 8 Caddy pans Holden had were due to be sent to gaz05. Fortunate timing as it allowed me to do a direct side by side comparison with the old part number to confirm they were still identical as far as I could see. I didn't want to bother gaz again as we've already had heaps of PMs to and fro and he's a busy man, plus I'd heard there were already a few guys who wanted the extra security of the additional capacity of the Caddy pan and deeper filter but didn't feel their circumstances justified the extra effort and cost to get them baffled, therefore figured one of them would probably buy it. However, if anyone who hasn't had confirmation from gaz that they've already got one of the 8 I sent him up assigned to them wants to contact him and arrange him to do this one and pay the extra cost to send it up to him (approx $20 - $25 with registration) I'm willing to do that on their behalf once their money comes through.
As for the filters I'm still waiting on my contact in the US to get back to me. He originally said he should have them on their way last weekend but given he doesn't have my address I assume they're not and even though I've tried to contact him I've heard nothing more. I know he has a few other things on at the moment but do expect him to eventually come through. However, even if worst comes to worst, as long as you know someone in America or use a freightforwarding company like http://www.borderlinx.com/ or http://www.shipito.com/ etc you should have no problems in getting one. The first one I got came via another friend in America who just walked into his local dealer and got one for me (at an inflated price + state sales tax!! :eek:) then sent it over using US Postal Service and the total cost to me was just under $80. A standard A6 filter here is list price $69.00 + GST = $75.90 i.e. effectively no difference!! I'm hoping buying and shipping 8 or 10 at a time will land them even cheaper (if it happens). :)
G'day Wonky
You planning on doing another order of these pans and filters from the States somewhere down the line?
I'd like one but recent developments up here have me tightening my belt for a little bit.
Cheers
Chris
Probably not Chris as I have to use friends over there to do it, so the less I have to do so the better. I've now got hold of 10 Caddy pans, the original one I got to see if it would be as good, or close to as good as the double pan but with a lot less work/cost involved, then the 8 remaining pans Holden had, then the new one from USA to make sure they were still the same, even though the part number is different (new manufacturer I'm guessing???). My original is being modified by gaz05 for my car, he now has the 8 I got from Holden to modify and sell as he feels and the last one I got is now spoken for. That should take care of initial demand hopefully.
Filters I'm hoping to get a dozen off which will cover the 10 pans already out there, plus a spare for me and whoever else grabs one. Filters should last 100,000+ km from what I've read, probably even more with extra oil in the gearbox, so when it comes time to renew people should be able to just get one from the USA. They'll always be available as heaps of cars over there use them. As I said above, I landed a Caddy filter here for about the same price as a stock filter here and similarly a Caddy pan. That was with a friend just walking into his local dealer, paying more than the list prices I've seen quoted, state taxes on top of that, then sending them over through USPS i.e. no discounts anywhere. :(
Unfortunately the filters won't be here till early next month now - the guy on here who was meant to be getting them for me has turned out to be busy/not as reliable as I'd hoped and is now away for a week so send he'll collect and send them (they're already ordered) on the 25th (fingers crossed). If I try to get them through gmpartsdirect they say 7 - 10 days delivery, then a few more days to my other friend in Arizona, so may as well wait for the first guy if he promises to do them as soon as he gets back. :(