Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Rear Tail Shaft Seal

[Luke Wardwell <horneteer2@xxxxxxxxx>]

We use moog parts at CQ

--- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Terry a recent female high school grad working in my
> wife's office where
> they ship business forms and checks all over the
> world told my wife that
> Hawaii was a country and there was 52 states. They
> are constantly asking
> her how to spell words because they can't even get
> the word close enough
> for the spell checker in the computer to work. That
> makes a case for the
> type of education you mentioned kids get now a days
> too. The guys at the
> auto parts store go out of the way to find parts for
> me and all the
> other customers with new cars. They also use the
> telephone to call
> around to different warehouses besides their own to
> find somthing.
> Rarely do I have to wait more than a day or two for
> a part. Three day's
> for my idler arm from the Moog factory in Tennessee.
> Why can't the
> chains do this? 
>  "Doc"
> 
> > To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: <twa1950@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 19:45:55 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Rear Tail Shaft Seal
> 
> I agree with Doc take away the computer and the
> calculator and most people today are totally lost.
> Remember how long we spent on our multiplication
> tables Doc. My kids and the youngest is 21 took
> three days then the teacher sent a note home telling
> us the kind of calculator to buy. I doubt if the
> teachers knew them. As for as parts go I always if
> at all possible take the old part with me. When I
> lay it on the counter and they look at me like I
> have two heads and say what the hell is that. I get
> nervous. I know my 84 Ford Van has an engine out of
> a Crown Vic in  it. I found that out when the pipe
> that the air pump blows air into the exhaust
> manifold got a hole in and started making noise. I
> took the part to the dealer and ask for it for a 84
> Van with a 302. The guy brought out a pipe that
> didn't look anything like the pipe I had. He looked
> at his computer again and said if you don't know
> what engine is in your Van I can't help you. The
> manager looked at my pipe went back and
>  brought out a couple of more. One matched. He
> looked the part number looked it up in a book and
> said it was off of a 85 Crown Vic. I said I guess
> some one swapped engines in it. He said probably
> then again there might be a bunch of 85 Crown Vics
> with 84 Van engines in them. He said it was the same
> engine just some external parts were changed. One
> guy just knew the computer the other guy used his
> brain. I agree with Doc it seems the independents
> will work with you more with the odd ball
> parts.Maybe it is because most either own the place
> or they have a big interest in it. With so many
> parts on our cars being the same as parts for Fords,
> GM's and even Mopars that is a big hep. I can
> remember when there wasn't any chains. There used to
> be 6 independents close to me. Now there is only
> one. The chains ran the rest out of business. Kind
> of sad.
>   Terry
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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