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mr48chev · 10-01-2016, 11:18 AM

It's a two way street in that you have to know what you are ordering and what it goes on.

Watched as a young female clerk at the local O'Reilly's walked out to a customer's car and first checked the year marked on the tail light, opened the door an checked the tag on the door or door post and then pulled out her phone and took a photo of the vin.

It is pretty normal around here to have the undocumented or just documented farm workers to walk in to the parts house with the registration for their vehicle in hand to order parts because they don't know the model of the vehicle they have or ask for a part for a Capri when they have a Caprice.

10-01-2016, 11:18 AM	#19
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,343	Re: "Basics of Basics" Parts store tricks to get the parts you need. It's a two way street in that you have to know what you are ordering and what it goes on. Watched as a young female clerk at the local O'Reilly's walked out to a customer's car and first checked the year marked on the tail light, opened the door an checked the tag on the door or door post and then pulled out her phone and took a photo of the vin. It is pretty normal around here to have the undocumented or just documented farm workers to walk in to the parts house with the registration for their vehicle in hand to order parts because they don't know the model of the vehicle they have or ask for a part for a Capri when they have a Caprice. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.