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[justaprogressive]

A woman calls an import parts warehouse and asks for a 28- ounce water pump.
"A what?" says the confused parts guy. "My husband left a note it says he needs a 28-ounce water pump."

"A 28-ounce water pump? What kind of car does it fit?" "A Datsun."

As the parts guy writes down "Datsun, 28 oz. water pump" a light in his head goes on. "Oh yes ma'am.
We've got 28-ounce water pumps. We have 24-ounce and 26-ounce water pumps too."

"Finally," she says. "You're the first place I've called that knew what I was talking about."

"Yes ma'am. That's because we're a full-service parts warehouse; it's our job to have the parts you need,
like a 28-ounce water pump," he says, smiling, as he jots down: Customer pick-up, Datsun 280Z water pump part number...

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A while back I was having some work done at a local Ford Dealership. A guy came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten.
We all looked at each other and then finally another customer asked, "What is a seven-hundred-ten?"
He replied, "You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I have lost it and need a new one."

He said that he did not know what it was, but this piece had always been there.
The parts guy gave him a piece of paper and a pen and asked him to draw what the piece looked like.
The customer drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710. He then took him over to another car,
which had its hood up and asked, "Is there a 710 on this car?"
He pointed and said, "Of course, it's right there."

See here to see what he pointed at...

[House of Roberts]

1. I love 'loose nut behind the wheel' stories.

I ran a Porsche specialist car shop in the 90s, so I have heard many of them. My ex has worked in parts sales at AutoZone, O'Reilly's, and a couple of independent shops besides ours, so she will appreciate these too.

[EverHopeful]

2. Okay if I share a car-parts story?

Had Chevy Monza with a 350 engine and nobody ever believed me so if I needed parts, I had to take a male friend with me. With a male present, they would ask "Are you sure?" and check some other book to find the part. If it was just me, they'd flat-out out say "No you don't."

[MichMan]

5. It made a whopping 125 HP

The 350 was only available in 1975 in California and some high altitude areas

[justaprogressive]

6. 350-cu-in V-8 with 125 horses

But one key difference between the Monzas and Vegas was an available V-8. If that four-cylinder mill was too wimpy for you, you could spec out a 262-cubic-inch eight with 110 hp. But today’s featured car is extra special. In 1975 only, and only in California, you could get the much-loved 350-cu-in V-8 with 125 horses. This was due to emissions standards, so California Monzas got the 5.7L instead of the 4.3L V-8. Chevy mechanics were not particularly fond of V-8 Monzas though. Since the V-8 was kind of shoehorned into the engine bay, you could not replace all the spark plugs without first partially lifting the engine from the bay."

Years ago i had a friend with a '72-3 Pontiac Le Mans station wagon...to change the alternator you had to:

1) Remove the front bumper

2) Remove the front passenger-side quarter panel

[EverHopeful]

7. Yep, my dad had an engine hoist

And I had to rebuild the carburetor so many times it was almost a hobby

Often joke that I started helping my Dad work on cars at a young age and all I learned was the names of all the tools and how to cuss like a sailor but he really did love to explain things so I actually learned quit a bit.

[Bayard]

3. Good ones!