Luke I find that the non-chain stores have more outlets for parts over
the chain stores. I see people on the AMX files and other groups that
have trouble getting the same parts I usually buy right over the
counter. Almost all of them only have chain stores in their area. I was
told that chain stores only get parts from regional warehouses and not
from all over the country. My parts store has 3 huge independent
warehouses besides their own and their second store within an hour of
each other getting deliveries back and forth twice a day. And they are
not above calling the factory for a part. Also a lot of times there are
parts in these warehouses for AMC's that have sat on the shelf for years
and making a phone call finds them. Some one suggested a while back that
I should take orders and buy the parts people can't get in other parts
of the country and add on a shipping and handling charge. I have done
this a few times over the years but only for close friends.
"Doc"
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- From: Luke Wardwell <horneteer2@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 15:10:48 -0700 (PDT)
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@webtv.net 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@yahoogroups. com
> From: Luke Wardwell <horneteer2@yahoo.com >
> 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@webtv.net 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@yahoogroups. com
> > From: "cindylee_me2000"
> <cindylee_me2000@yahoo.com >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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