That was really cool for Merlin to respond in such depth! Thanks for posting this.

Quote Originally Posted by blacksambo View Post
As I’ve said before, for the immediate future I wouldn’t predict anything more dire than a continuation of the long delays we sometimes experience in receiving parts from Isuzu.
"Sometimes" is right. Last year I bought parts that had to come from Japan and it took about 7-8 weeks. This year - after the tsunami - parts from Japan took about 2-3 weeks. Not bad!

So far I've ordered 9 items from Merlin and only 1 part I asked for was listed as "discontinued/no longer in production." It is the little plastic rivet that secures the leading edge of the door frame weatherstripping to the A-pillar. Knowing that it was discontinued let me know I needed to be very careful when removing the old one. I did so and was able to reuse the old part.