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Ok I just bought a bunch of automotive parts on Ebay (Factory Air is brand name). It was an impulse buy but the deal was really good. I figured I could easily find out what make/year/model these parts are for by searching Google, Yahoo, Web ferret, etc.. by part number.. Then sell each one individual on Ebay.

After hours of searching I've had very little luck finding anything but part stores that ask for make/year/model, and give brand & part# of whats needed. There is no way that I could find, to reverse reference parts by part# or Oem# to make/year/model, which leaves me wondering how parts stores are able to have this info on their computers.

Problem is theres no way in hell anyone is going to buy an "expansion valve" just by looking at a picture. So Im stuck with these to most likely sell them as a "Lot" like I bought them.

Anyone have any ideas on how I can find this info out? I know there is some way, or part stores would be doing a lot of guess work

I've been in auto parts for quite a few years so let me help you out here. Don't bother calling the factory, they will NOT talk to you. If you even get past the secretay your doing good. A much better approach is to call up you local parts stores and ask for an old catalog. If they don't have any old ones, offer to buy a current one. Be sure to talk to a manager, and it's even better if you go in person too. It's pretty easy to get a catalog really, they update them every year to two years tops. Then the old ones get put away in storage sometimes, or just thrown away. If all else fails, any ac catalog with an interchange will work, but it will be more work because you would have to cross the number first then look it up. When using the catalog it should have a cross refrence section, and a numeric index that tells you what page every number is on. There ya go, good luck.