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Posted by 6sally6
11/05/2024 6:56 PM 		#1



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
 
Posted by HTandB
11/05/2024 8:25 PM 		#2

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.
 
Posted by TKOPerformance
11/06/2024 5:39 AM 		#3

And a thermostat for a '67 VW Beetle. 

 
Posted by RTM
11/06/2024 8:32 AM 		#4

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

 
Posted by Bullet Bob
11/06/2024 11:37 AM 		#5

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!"
 
Posted by Bullet Bob
11/06/2024 11:40 AM 		#6

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!"
 
Posted by TKOPerformance
11/06/2024 2:50 PM 		#7

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...
 

 
Posted by Rufus68
11/06/2024 3:45 PM 		#8

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.
 
Posted by Nos681
11/06/2024 6:52 PM 		#9

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.

 
Posted by Jim Bowie
11/07/2024 7:24 AM 		#10

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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