Please treat this like autozone.

[390JOE]

Please treat this section like autozone.  You all know that when you go into autozone to get a headlight, they ask you the make, the model, the year, and the engine size, just to help you find the right headlight.  Well look at the Garage/Tech help section the same way.  Because you will get most out of your question with more info about your car or truck.

[Bo Duke]

Good point, a lot of people put very lil info about their vehicle and expect pin point answers.....

[RIP_K52007]

Good luck! I work at autovalue and you would be suprised how many people call and want brakes for their car and decide 5min into it they will find out what year and kind of car they own and call back. Lmfao

[Ranger Dave]

i see what your  talking about  joe.

lots of  help post,  people think  everyone  know what  everyone   has  for a  truck or  car.


that  just  mite  help  390joe.  good  luck  on getting everyone  to follow it

[390JOE]

im lost at  this topic is about 

trent.  alot of people will ask a question about there car or truck, and will give very little info, and then everybody will start throwing out a fix for the wrong problem.

[damn_ford]

i manage a repair facility..... and this really happens tooooo often

me: thank you for calling how may i help you?

stoopid: can you give me a price on brakes for my car?

me: sure, what are you driving and what do you need?

stoopid: a car and i need brakes

me: bring it in its a free inspection and a free estimate

stoopid: soooo you wont give me a price?

me: sure what are you driving and what do you need? but i would really rather
inspect it so we can give you an acurate price

stoopid: a car and i said i needed brakes

me: what kind of car?

stoopid: i dunno its red

the conversations either go down hill from here depending on there attitude or i finally talk them
into coming in

[BIG DOG]

good luck go joe   don't hurt to try   

[jkeldsen]

what gets me is when you go in for a part and you give them the part number. lets say a part for a Holley carb or a 9'' rearend and they ask for year make and model. without that they are lost. a lot of them have no mechanical experience  what so ever and have no clue what you are talking about unless they can look it up on their PC

[Chevy Racer]

I love going to Autozone or Advanced and giving them a part number and saying I want that part.  They usually look at me funny and ask me what kind of car it is.  I repeat the part number and it usually takes them a minute to just get the dam part instead of going to the computer and looking it up my year, make, and model.  LOL

[Chevy Racer]

what gets me is when you go in for a part and you give them the part number. lets say a part for a Holley carb or a 9'' rearend and they ask for year make and model. without that they are lost. a lot of them have no mechanical experience  what so ever and have no clue what you are talking about unless they can look it up on their PC

Yep most are lost.  LOL

[Ranger Dave]

  tell them you  want a  GM one wire  for a  ford. there realy  lost. 

[Bigdaddy]

now thats funny but true

  tell them you  want a  GM one wire  for a  ford. there realy  lost. 

[catfish]

evn worst are junkyards thay should realy be able to find a trany by name,

or go in and ask for a driver drop full axle that u want to put into an s10 and thy look at u like ur tyin to fly to the moon

[Mudduck]

i love going in autozone and when they ask me what kind of vehicle .

i said: 87 suzuki samurai
they ask: what type of motor?
i said: v-8 350 4 barrel
they actually look at their computer to find the listing of a v-8 samurai
I  laughed at them
most of the time they want accuate info  and i had to make something up like telling them it a 85 chev 4x4  half ton  but i dont e ven own it but thats how i get my parts for my samurai

keep in mind my samurai contain
gm motor and transmission
jeep transfercase
toyota axle
jeep u joint on one end of drivewshaft then toyota u joint at the other end of driveshaft
body and steering is samurai
front leafspring the main leaf is a jeep but the rest of the pack is a half ton leafs
too many to list  wish autozone has a special custom listing for individual customer

[RIP_K52007]

Lmfao i kno what u guys are sayin. I work with a couple ppl like that hahaha. They look at me funny when i look out the window n tell ppl what axle they got.  Whats realy scary is the guys working at repair shops that call and cant tell what there working on.

[Hammerlane]

yea, done the same thing myself..
hi - what do you need

lug studs for a ford 9" rear axle

ok, yr and model ?

um, 86' CJ7

scuze me..

what engine?

305

you mean 302

no... 305

ok, what transmission?

TH350

HUH!?


I love doin that!

[RIP_K52007]

I do have to give the place i work credit we have 9 employee's

one is a engine builder
one is a ex-engine builder that now builds mud trucks and plays with military stuff
one is majorly into military stuff & paint work.
6 of us have mechanical experience worth mentioning.
and one worked in a repair shop before coming to autovalue.
& then u got me.. which i dont know if thats good or bad...

only have 3 computer dependent people & they will ask around before asking too many stupid questions. & they usually all dont work on the same days.

[Bo Duke]

I do have to give the place i work credit we have 9 employee's

one is a engine builder
one is a ex-engine builder that now builds mud trucks and plays with military stuff
one is majorly into military stuff & paint work.
6 of us have mechanical experience worth mentioning.
and one worked in a repair shop before coming to autovalue.
& then u got me.. which i dont know if thats good or bad...

only have 3 computer dependent people & they will ask around before asking too many stupid questions. & they usually all dont work on the same days.

I know 3 off that list!!! lol

[burl]

yea i hate that...why cant they just give you the part u need...lol if you ask for a carb for a 305 you dont need to kno the  frikken year..it pisses me off whn i have to explain somthing to a guy at a parts store...i usually get my parts from d&d in corruna...they kno what they are talking about!

[390JOE]

this thread is not about what it takes to get a part at autozone.  i just used autozone as an example as to give all the info about your vehicle when you ask a question for tech help, so that you can get better help from the the people that read your post.  so please keep all comments topic realated.

thank you