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"

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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