I was just wondering what your experience was. Thanks for the input. There is a non chain parts store up the hill from where I work that I have had good experience with. I like supporting the little guy. In fact I got a differential cover gasket at that store that we didnt have where I work. It's sad how quickly customer want things nowadays. They don't seem to have time for us to look for parts in a book. --- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Luke my experience with chain stores is poor. Most > of them can't or > don't know how or are too lazy to find a part if it > is not listed on a > computer screen. Never mind what a cross over part > no# book is. There > are a lot of parts from different cars that all > interchange. I have 71 > Torino gas shocks in the front of my yellow 74 > Hatchback . When Autozone > said that an idler arm was no longer available for > my car my local > non-chain store had one for me in 3 days right from > the factory in > Tennessee. I could go on and on about the other bad > experiences over the > years with all of the chain stores. I got to the > point that I only go to > a chain store for a floor mat or a door edge > molding, my local non-chain > store gets me all the parts I need including a new > 21 gallon gas tank > and the straps for my orange Hornet. The only thing > they couldn't get > was a fuel gauge sender for the tank. That I got a > NOS one from Kennedy > American. The computer age has left most people not > knowing how to use > their brain. Shoes and sneakers closing with velcro > so now they can't > tie a shoe lace, calculators allowed in schools to > take math tests with > so they can't add or subtract or multiply without > one, mechanics who > can't trouble shoot a car and repair it unless a > machine tells them > what's wrong with it. I'll keep my old dependable > cars and old > dependable brain and my non-chain auto parts store > that I have delt with > for 21 years. > "Doc" > > > To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Luke Wardwell <horneteer2@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:59:16 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Rear Tail Shaft Seal > > Hey Doc, I was just wondering if you didn't like > "chain" parts stores. I work at one and I know what > those books are for. Hey I found a new radiator for > my > Hornet in one of those books. I know how big chains > are impersonal, I just would like to say where I > work > is different. I had my pinion seal replaced 5 years > ago, I think my mechanic found one at CarQuest. Go > find a place you can trust and stick to it. > > Luke > > --- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > If you are loosing that much oil you also have bad > > bearings in the > > carrier. I would suggest you find a non-chain auto > > parts store as the > > seal and bearings are almost over the counter > parts > > here in N.Y. or from > > numerous AMC venders and the crush sleeve is > > available from the Jeep > > people. Did all the carrier bearings and seals and > > axel bearings and > > seals in my yellow car 2 years ago. Luckily my > > non-chain store parts man > > can read a paper parts book and will not take no > for > > an answer if the > > computer says so. > > "Doc" > > > > > To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > From: "cindylee_me2000" > <cindylee_me2000@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:51:34 -0000 > > Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Rear Tail Shaft Seal > > > > I have a 1975 Gremlin it is leaking oil from the > > rearend and I need a > > seal very badly,I am loosing a quart of oil a day. > I > > live in the St. > > Louis area. Can anyone give me some idea where I > can > > find one. The > > local parts stores claim they don't make them > > anymore. > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/