repair shop says make+model is insufficient to know which fan to order

Just spoke to a repair shop about a broken fan. They say they cannot
know which fan to order based on model number (T61), because thinkpads
use a variety of non-standard connectors for the fan.

Is that true?

 

It may or may not be true, but why not get the FRU fan directly from Lenovo?
Your owner's manual should tell you where to call to order the part,
yourself. When I broke the keyboard on my R51 series, I called IBM, they
hooked me up with Lenovo, and I had a new keyboard in two days. (Would've
been the next day, except that the DHL dummy said he couldn't find me.) If
you think you'll save money by not going through IBM and Lenovo, you
actually might, if you can find a compatible part. But, the malarkey you'll
go through trying to find it is just not something I'd want to put myself
through.

 

I just had the fan on my Z61M replaced. It was ordered on the basis of
the model name and arrived from Hong Kong within 7 working days.

AC

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Peachy. I had to replace the keyboard on my R51 series, and if the DHL
driver hadn't been an idiot, I'd have got it the very day after I'd called.
I think it came from Atlanta, Georgia, but still, that was pretty good, I
thought.