# Interchangeable parts **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford, taurus\ **Created:** [April 11, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301 "2010-04-11T19:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rdzpollard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rdzpollard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rdzpollard)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/1 "2010-04-11T19:53:36Z")
Can 1995 Concourse axel, struts & rack in pinion steering parts interchange with the same parts of a 1996 ford Taurus? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/2 "2010-04-11T20:17:35Z")
A Cadillac Deville Concourse is a GM product. So no. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/3 "2010-04-11T20:31:46Z")
The OP may be thinking of a 1995 Ford Contour, but I would bet that the answer is still no. ---
**Author:** ![rdzpollard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rdzpollard](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rdzpollard)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/4 "2010-04-12T09:39:50Z")
I was mistaken…after double checking I found it was a 1995 Ford Contour. Anyone else have a guess on this one? The parts sure look the same! ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/5 "2010-04-12T10:53:59Z")
Go to any auto parts store website. Pull up the parts on each car and compare the part numbers. The ideal part numbers to use would be Motorcraft. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/6 "2010-04-12T10:58:33Z")
The Contour and the Taurus are substantially different. I believe there was a Mercury version of the Contour, however, and they are probably interchangeable. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/7 "2010-04-12T11:05:37Z")
The Mercury version of the Contour was the Mystique and the Mercury Taurus was the Sable. So I don’t think that there having been a Mercury version will help. Actually, one large problem may be that these cars underwent some fairly substantial design changes between '95 and '96. I don’t know, however, to what extent that applies to steering and axles. ---
**Author:** ![ZombieWoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/91b2a8/32.png) [@ZombieWoof](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ZombieWoof)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/8 "2010-04-12T14:10:37Z")
They are completely interchangeable, given enough ingenuity on your part. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interchangeable-parts/47301/9 "2010-04-12T14:14:35Z")
Call a large auto recycling yard in your area. They have a parts interchangibility book at most of these places.