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    11/05/2024 6:56 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....



    Welcome to the best forum out there......6sally6

    Last edited by 6sally6 (11/05/2024 6:57 PM)

    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    11/05/2024 8:25 PM  #2

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    6sally6 wrote:



    Welcome to the best forum out there......6sally6

    lol. I believe the term is man-u-matic... I also need a quart of blinker fluid.

    Don't believe everything you think.
     

    11/06/2024 5:39 AM  #3

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    And a thermostat for a '67 VW Beetle. 

     

    11/06/2024 8:32 AM  #4

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    On my last build which was a long time ago.  I would go into the parts store with the part number of the item I needed and would ask for that specific part number.   They always asked what car it's for.  So to make things funny I would tell them a 65 mustang knowing the part was from a different year and car.  lol

     

    11/06/2024 11:37 AM  #5

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    And a thermostat for a '67 VW Beetle. 

    Well, actually...the air cooled VWs did have a thermostat...sorta.  It was inside the engine tin and operated a set of flaps that controlled air from the fan.  A bi-metal thing,

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    11/06/2024 11:40 AM  #6

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    Needed a 1/4" x 1/8" pipe compression fitting years ago to connect an ice maker.  Closest place was auto zoo so I gave 'em a try,  After waiting in line for a few minutes, the kid asked, "Ah, what vehicle is it for?"  I thought for a sec and said, "Frigidaire", and drove to a hardware store.

    "you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
     

    11/06/2024 2:50 PM  #7

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    Bullet Bob wrote:

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    And a thermostat for a '67 VW Beetle. 

    Well, actually...the air cooled VWs did have a thermostat...sorta.  It was inside the engine tin and operated a set of flaps that controlled air from the fan.  A bi-metal thing,

    Yes, I know, but it won't come up when they go into cooling system and try to find a thermostat.  I was a bit more sadistic when I was younger and may have done this a couple times...
     

     

    11/06/2024 3:45 PM  #8

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    A couple of times I just told them it is for a custom hot rod that won't show up in the book.

    1968 T-code Coupe with a 302.  Nice car, no show stopper for sure, but I like it.
     

    11/06/2024 6:52 PM  #9

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    Re: We've ALL been there... (8 Here ya go HT&B.....

    Sometimes you just have to “lead the horse to water” and make it drink…even if it’s not thirsty.

    Walk the person through it, some might benefit from it.
    Never know.

    Better than the store where they are just standing around and no one wants to assist the customer because it’s “not their job.”

    Sometimes both of these employees are in the same store at same time.

    Ran into this in Austin a couple of years ago.

     

    11/07/2024 7:24 AM  #10

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    HTandB wrote:

    6sally6 wrote:



    Welcome to the best forum out there......6sally6

    lol. I believe the term is man-u-matic... I also need a quart of blinker fluid.

    WELL remember you might be rebuilding an automatic that had clutches in them, just saying.

     

     

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