rficalora Rob Ficalora Willis, TX (2764 posts) Registered: 10/24/2007 02:46PM Main British Car: '76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302 |
Auto parts stores
So, I go to my local parts place this morning to get a feeler gauge set...
Me: "Where do y'all have your feeler gauges?" Sales guy: "Feeler gauges? What are those?" |
kstevusa kelly stevenson Southern Middle Tennessee (985 posts) Registered: 10/25/2007 09:37AM Main British Car: 2003 Jaguar XK8 Coupe 4.2L DOHC/ VVT / 6sp. AT |
Re: Auto parts stores
Rob, that is like the Auto Insurance commercial, You picked the wrong auto parts store :-)
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britcars Phil Ossinger New Brunswick, Canada (346 posts) Registered: 02/02/2009 07:58PM Main British Car: 1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA! |
Re: Auto parts stores
Rob:
A friend has a Spitfire with the GT6 engine conversion. This spring he got a set of adapters and 15" wheels. One tire shop wouldn't sell him tires because the computer stated that the car had 13" wheels. |
HealeyRick Rick Neville (495 posts) Registered: 12/19/2007 05:01PM Main British Car: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Ford 5.0L |
Re: Auto parts stores
Imagine what would have happened if you asked for a set of points?
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MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4571 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: Auto parts stores
I ran points in my Buick 215 15 years ago & they couldn't handle it then. I said just give me a set of small block Chevy points. They still wanted a year & model Chevy.
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Anarchy99 Jim Purdy Memphis, TN (156 posts) Registered: 12/06/2013 03:54PM Main British Car: 61 austin healey sprite LS6 |
Re: Auto parts stores
I either end up walking into the store with the make and model info on the car that the part I'm trying to get came from or I bring the part number. Occasionally you'll run into someone with at least some sense of what your trying to do. It's rare.
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BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6508 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: Auto parts stores
It's just a different way of dealing with it, you get used to it. But think about it, wasn't it always that way? You had to say it was for a Chevy, Ford, whatever. There's just more cars now and more parts. Most stores will still let you go through the boxes if it comes to that. I'm not sure it has changed all that much.
Jim |
Oldbloke Jim Legg Napa, California (94 posts) Registered: 01/24/2013 03:24PM Main British Car: 1970 Rover P6 3500S Rover 3.5L V8 |
Re: Auto parts stores
My latest was trying to find a non-pressurized radiator cap for a universal recovery system...."whats the year and model on that...?" Duhhh!
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BAD-DOG KR Davis Denton, TX (8 posts) Registered: 07/09/2013 05:55PM Main British Car: 1975 MGB Ford 302 |
Re: Auto parts stores
To further complicate the situation, our local O'Reilly (pronounced as Oh-Really), consistently has errors listed in their computer that will tell the sales person that their part is a direct replacement part.
Case and point: Friday this week, O'Reilly sold my son an edelbrock carb as a direct replacement for a QuadraJet E4ME electronically controlled carb for his 1986 Camaro...to their credit, it will fit if you change the ECM and the Distributor and install an adapter plate, manual choke cable, and there was still something about the transmission not shifting right as well ... I was just a little hot over the whole deal. |