Some peoples kids!

[Blazin]

Got to work today. there is a 93 long bed 2 wheel peel Ford Ranger sitting in the lot. Fuel pumps junk, owner, and his dub 16 year old son was going to change it but couldn't get the bed off. We drag it in. wont turn over the battery is dead. I get it up on the lift, the thing is a pile of rust from one end to the other. The 4 nice tires on it are worth more than the truck! I get the tank dropped down a little ways. I unplug the wiring, I hooked up a jump pack so the truck had power. I have someone turn the key and see if there is power there, it has power. Boss says well that solves it, the pump is junk. I used the power probe, and fired the pump right up! Come to figure out the battery had been dead on them too, but they were just using crappy old jumper cables. They had allready done a bunch of other work, some exhaust, 3 shocks, all 4 new rear spring hangers, and shackles! They had also Thought the fuel pump problem at one point was the power distribution box right beside the batter. They went to the junk yard and got one of them and installed it. Below is a picture of how they installed it. I had allready spliced some of them together with but connectors when I took the pic.!



While installing the new battery several of the wire nuts fell off! They only had about an 1/8" of insulation stripped off the wires!

[Irish_Alley]

so whats the problem??? lol When I worked at AutoZone we had people call in with cars I never heard of like “ford cavalier” many others but then they get upset with us when we cant tell them how much caterpillars where and that’s what they called them. Then we tell them ford didn’t make the cavalier they would argue so we would hang up little latter someone” same person” would call for a dodge neon and wanted caterpillars

[Blazin]

It irks me when you call Auto Zone and they can't handle finding an axle joint for a Chevy Dana 60 frontend. Even with the year, K30, the engine size etc. etc. which they shouldn't need. I have even given them the part number from a spicer box for the correct axle joint. The response is they need to know the year etc. Then in the end they still want to sell you an axle joint for a 10 bolt!
 I know the computer there is set up that it needs engine size to go to the next screen. My problem is why the guy behind the counter isn't bright enough to just pick one of the choices when all the customer is looking for is a pair of wiper blades! Most of them act like it will be the wrong blade if they picked 350, and its a 454. If you say 305, or 350, they look at you like you have two heads. Then say those aren't on here, all we have for choices is 5.0, or 5.7!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makes me want to reach over the counter and slap the stupid out of them!

[Irish_Alley]

See the thing is they should know a little about cars before they work there. Since i quit/fired lol I’ve had more than enough problems with them. now i just go up to the counter use their computer and tell them ok i need this part lol most of them that don’t know me look at me like I’m crazy. I even got smart with one kid because my buddy had put 3/4 ton axles under his k5 with the original k5 shaft, well the kid didn’t even try. I was out in the car trying to get some sleep before work, so i was a little grumpy. My bud comes out and tells me to go in and show this kid how to run the computer. So i walk in their thinking the kid just doesn’t know. He’s this muscle head leaning on the counter and probably thinking how much he is going to bench when he gets home. Well i tell him what we need he looks at me and says there’s no way to look it up. I tell him he could use the paper books but you have to blow the dust of them first or you take the u-joint for the 1/2 ton and then the u-joint from the 3/4 and open some boxes till you find which one it is. I know i told this before lol but it still gets me. He then said you know how long that will take. I said you aint got nothing better to do. But i had people get mad at me when they ask for a rebuild kit for a 350 i would ask what year they would say it doesn’t matter. It even matters for an oil filter which some don’t think it does. There were times when i would push a manager out of the way just because they would give up because the customer wasn’t the smartest and neither where they. I hardly deal with advanced cause im not familiar with their computers but just last week. We had lifetime ball joint went to the same store where we got them “cause there stores don’t communicate together like AutoZone” and the kid tells me their computers clean themselves out every two years so they can’t find my warranty unless I had a receipt they couldn’t help. Imho if you want real help go to Napa never had a problem, there prices are high but most times they know their books not some computer

[Cheyenne]

Those autozone guys are scary they know little about cars most of them not all I seen one did not know what a carb was lol..

[big bear]

yea autozone for the win....haha  they kill me.   what irks me is you get up to the counter and they ask what you need.  you know as well as me, your proably going to get the wrong part.  so you tell them, i need a water pump for a  86 chevy 305.(my sonoma v8 swap) . there like ok, lets see here. what year,   whats it in,  is it carb or efi,. i tell them it doesnt matter what its in.  o sir, it does matter.   ok, its in my 94 gmc sonoma.   is that reg or ext cab ?  im like really ? haha    well sir, that motor wasnt in a 94 sonoma.  im not finiding any parts that i can reference.   i say correct.  hence me asking for a waterpump for a 86 chevy 305.   then right when i  thought stupid couldnt get stupider lol  i am asked   what model my truck was. the sl, sls, or sle . and if i knew the PAINT CODE!!  thats not an exaggeration . i wish it was. my two buddys and i stood there in awe  . i was dumb founded.   well..my moral of story is i 99pct of time use napa.   

[Grim 82]

Sometimes I go parts shopping just to feel smart. I was in Napa a while back looking for some collector gaskets for my headers and the guy working there was confused, like I was asking for parts for my time machine. I let him ask a few stupid questions and then I just went over to the shelf and found them myself. He was the same guy that asked me if it was for a 2wd or a 4wd when I bought my Warn lockout hubs.

Blazin, you should put a bullet in that thing and put it out of it's misery.

[bake74]

     I use auto zone for parts, they are the cheapest by far where I live.  The only thing is I do my own research so I have specifics before I go.
     They need year, make, etc. because that is the way their computer program works.  They can not even start to look up parts unless they type that info in first.

[Irish_Alley]

you can look the part up first but they requires someone to click one more mouse button lol.

[NevadaNeal]

HAHA same deal for me..clueless clowns punchin buttons. I try to only use those chain stores for over the counter items. Napa is about the only place i go for small parts anymore.Thats caus the guys in our store are all gear heads and i trust them. thank God i have a driveline and gear store down the street for that stuff.

[screamin86]

I've had a lot of issues like that with parts stores with me doing my ls1 swap in my car. I'm always inthere getting parts for a number of diff cars/trucks to work on my 86 trans am lol. I can't wait to roll in there in it to get them to check a code lmao.

[beastie_3]

I just got upset reading all that because I know its all true. The fact is they can hire clueless people who pour the NOS energy drink into their gas tanks thinking they will get more HP because all car owners have to go to a parts store. It is the mom and pop parts store where they hire people who know what they are doing and its the mom and pop stores where I prefer to shop.

[screamin86]

Yup I mainly go to my local federated autoparts in town since I know most of them there and most of them are into building pulling trucks or some sort of car nut.

[Irish_Alley]

i know i seen that pic before but how much do you think it cost to fill up that tank with red bull lol

[Blazin]

I know thats how the system works, hence why I said the dub behind the counter should know it doesn't matter in some cases. I agree that Ranger needs a shot from my cannon. I test drove it today!  You can't turn the radio up loud enough to drown out the transmission!!!!!!!!!! 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th! Put it in 4th, and nobody is home! It got bad rust underneath, frame back where the rear bumper bolts on is swiss cheese! The cross member between the front rear spring shackles is gone! I get back to the shop and it won't turn over. Chased down some wires the clutch switch gave it up on the test drive!!!!!!!