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bluec10 · 04-09-2005, 11:36 PM

I finally worked up the courage to change the transmission fluid/filter on my '76 Sierra Grande. To be honest, I hate the job. What a mess. To make matters worse the parts guy gave me the wrong filter. Of course I was in a hurry when I picked it up and I didn't check. Now I have to work up to getting back under the truck on Monday to finish the job. Why can't the "professionals" just give you the right part in the first place?????

Lynx · 04-10-2005, 12:20 AM

I find that all to often. Some times its mistake on their part, Other times its a mistake in part storage loaction. Other times is a misslabled part. At work for example I got upper and lower bearings for a backhoe the boxes had the right part numbers on them but they both had lower ones in them so i had re order the upper one. When i got it the second time around the box had the right bearing in it.

jimfulco · 04-10-2005, 01:14 AM

Motormite makes a drain plug for automatic transmissions. Find it in the HELP section if your parts store has one. Costs ~$4. I broke the plastic washer on mine, so I sealed it with Permatex #2 non-hardening sealer. On a Turbo 350, there's a flat, sorta rounded area on the front pan wall, near the right side. That's where GM put the factory drain plugs on the '70-model cars. You might luck out at the boneyard & find one of those pans with the factory plug. You won't be able to drain it all out, but you'll get a whole lot less in your ears.

Hoods69BadBowTie · 04-10-2005, 03:54 AM

Yeah, I hate that when I get the part and the # on the box is right but its the right part just the wrong side or wrong for my model of truck.
-Later

cliffsta · 04-10-2005, 12:40 PM

For my birthday my aunt bought me new shocks (or rather me and her went down to AZ to get them) and the flunkies couldn't even get me the right shocks, then when they found the ones i wanted, they coudn't even make a matching set... we gave up and went to another AZ. I know it wasn't the guys fault, everything was mislabeled, but still, GAHH!

bluec10 · 04-10-2005, 07:38 PM

Thanks for the advice about the drain plug. What makes me mad is that it isn't the first time. The other time it was a serpentine belt for my car. There are two possible belts for my year and model, one of them being quite rare and OBVIOUSLY the wrong one. We got it anyway. Lucky I didn’t cut the old belt off or my wife couldn’t have gotten to work then next day. The belt was a pain in the ass to remove and it didn’t help my mood to find out that the new one was the wrong length. When I went in to exchange the belts the guy says “Oops, musta hit the wrong number.” He gets to say “Oops” while I waste part of an afternoon monkeying with the wrong belt. The other problem is that I live in a small town and there aren’t exactly a long list of parts places to choose from.

**N2TRUX** · 04-11-2005, 08:47 AM

It's been going on for years. The parts store in my hometown that I used 30 years ago almost always gave me the wrong part. This was before computers to look it up, and the guys behind the counter had been doing it for years.

I made it a point to bring the old part to compare when possible...

screwballl · 04-11-2005, 12:29 PM

this has been an ongoing problem everywhere.... the guys can hook a battery tester to a car so they can work the counter...
i had a problem with my old 89 Olds Cutlass Ciera, a friend and i needed to replace the power steering pump, got the new one, got it in and went to hook up the line and it had wrong threads, my line had fine thread and pump had course threads (or vice-versa don't remember).. which of course screwed up the pump and lines... so took it back, got new pump with new lines, 'lo and behold the second new pump had reverse threads somehow which screwed up both the new line and the new pump... finally went to another store 45 mins north of here and they got me right pump and line.
I have learned that of the local stores, Advanced Auto is the only one that gets the right part MOST of the time. AutoZone, OReilys and the others here dunno a 350 from a 305. Speaking of 350s, AZ got me the wrong HEI AND rotor when i replaced then last month on my 76. No more!
Even with the computers it doesn't help that the guy behind the counter is a high school dropout and doesn't know HEI from EFI.

ok rant done....

jimfulco · 04-12-2005, 01:41 AM

PN for the Motormite trans plug is 65128.

bluec10 · 04-12-2005, 10:01 AM

Thanks for the Motormite part number. I searched their site, but I couldn't find this plug.

04-09-2005, 11:36 PM	#1
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	Repairicus Interruptus I finally worked up the courage to change the transmission fluid/filter on my '76 Sierra Grande. To be honest, I hate the job. What a mess. To make matters worse the parts guy gave me the wrong filter. Of course I was in a hurry when I picked it up and I didn't check. Now I have to work up to getting back under the truck on Monday to finish the job. Why can't the "professionals" just give you the right part in the first place????? __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.

04-10-2005, 03:54 AM	#4
Hoods69BadBowTie Chevys Kick A$$ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Zootown, MT Posts: 12,699	Yeah, I hate that when I get the part and the # on the box is right but its the right part just the wrong side or wrong for my model of truck. -Later __________________ HOODS is what I answer too -'79, '77, '88 Pickup Sold, '85 Camaro, '83 T/A, '81,'83,'90 K5 Blazer All Sold -'79 3/4 ton "Big Yellow Bananna" Lifted 4spd. 39.5 TSL Swampers, The money Pit -'86 K5 Blazer Silverado 6.2 4" lift 35"s -'95 Ext. Cab Shorty 4" Tuff Country rolling 35" M/T's -'83 Monte Carlo T-Tops. 126,500 Original Miles -LATER I would rather push a Chevy then drive a ford!!

04-10-2005, 12:40 PM	#5
cliffsta Stepsides RULE Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pineville, LA Posts: 1,921	For my birthday my aunt bought me new shocks (or rather me and her went down to AZ to get them) and the flunkies couldn't even get me the right shocks, then when they found the ones i wanted, they coudn't even make a matching set... we gave up and went to another AZ. I know it wasn't the guys fault, everything was mislabeled, but still, GAHH! __________________ 1981 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe Stepside 350 V8, headers, side exhausts, 3-speed auto SOLD 1980 Chevy C10 Custum Deluxe Stepside 305 V8, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Edelbrock 1406 600CFM 4-barrel, TH350C. Bent rod. SOLD 1984 GMC Sierra Classic Longbed 6.2L Diesel SOLD 2009 Kawasaki KLX-250S too many mods for this signature 1999 Honda Accord EX 4-cylinder, 17" Motegi Wheels 215/45/17 Sumitomo tires, Tein S-Tech lowering springs, KYB GR2 shocks, Acura TL 20mm rear swaybar, debadged, blackhoused headlights, Short-Ram Intake Cardomain of the Accord

04-10-2005, 07:38 PM	#6
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	Thanks for the advice about the drain plug. What makes me mad is that it isn't the first time. The other time it was a serpentine belt for my car. There are two possible belts for my year and model, one of them being quite rare and OBVIOUSLY the wrong one. We got it anyway. Lucky I didn’t cut the old belt off or my wife couldn’t have gotten to work then next day. The belt was a pain in the ass to remove and it didn’t help my mood to find out that the new one was the wrong length. When I went in to exchange the belts the guy says “Oops, musta hit the wrong number.” He gets to say “Oops” while I waste part of an afternoon monkeying with the wrong belt. The other problem is that I live in a small town and there aren’t exactly a long list of parts places to choose from. __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.

04-11-2005, 08:47 AM	#7
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	It's been going on for years. The parts store in my hometown that I used 30 years ago almost always gave me the wrong part. This was before computers to look it up, and the guys behind the counter had been doing it for years. I made it a point to bring the old part to compare when possible... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

04-10-2005, 12:20 AM	#2
Lynx Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Posts: 513	I find that all to often. Some times its mistake on their part, Other times its a mistake in part storage loaction. Other times is a misslabled part. At work for example I got upper and lower bearings for a backhoe the boxes had the right part numbers on them but they both had lower ones in them so i had re order the upper one. When i got it the second time around the box had the right bearing in it. __________________ Ben 1983 Silverado SWB 305 2002 Silverado Extended Cab 5.3 http://members.shaw.ca/bkennett

04-10-2005, 01:14 AM	#3
jimfulco Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shreveport LA Posts: 3,170	Motormite makes a drain plug for automatic transmissions. Find it in the HELP section if your parts store has one. Costs ~$4. I broke the plastic washer on mine, so I sealed it with Permatex #2 non-hardening sealer. On a Turbo 350, there's a flat, sorta rounded area on the front pan wall, near the right side. That's where GM put the factory drain plugs on the '70-model cars. You might luck out at the boneyard & find one of those pans with the factory plug. You won't be able to drain it all out, but you'll get a whole lot less in your ears.

04-11-2005, 12:29 PM	#8
screwballl Tonawanda 454 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Liquid Sunshine State Posts: 2,754	this has been an ongoing problem everywhere.... the guys can hook a battery tester to a car so they can work the counter... i had a problem with my old 89 Olds Cutlass Ciera, a friend and i needed to replace the power steering pump, got the new one, got it in and went to hook up the line and it had wrong threads, my line had fine thread and pump had course threads (or vice-versa don't remember).. which of course screwed up the pump and lines... so took it back, got new pump with new lines, 'lo and behold the second new pump had reverse threads somehow which screwed up both the new line and the new pump... finally went to another store 45 mins north of here and they got me right pump and line. I have learned that of the local stores, Advanced Auto is the only one that gets the right part MOST of the time. AutoZone, OReilys and the others here dunno a 350 from a 305. Speaking of 350s, AZ got me the wrong HEI AND rotor when i replaced then last month on my 76. No more! Even with the computers it doesn't help that the guy behind the counter is a high school dropout and doesn't know HEI from EFI. ok rant done.... __________________ 91 Chevy Suburban Tonawanda 454 R2500 - SOLD!!! 04 Dodge Durango 5.7L Hemi 2WD, 24K miles (as of July 2011) In the past 30 years about 90% of Fords are still on the road, the other 10% made it home. ------------------- Last edited by screwballl; 04-11-2005 at 12:32 PM.

04-12-2005, 01:41 AM	#9
jimfulco Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shreveport LA Posts: 3,170	PN for the Motormite trans plug is 65128.

04-12-2005, 10:01 AM	#10
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	Thanks for the Motormite part number. I searched their site, but I couldn't find this plug. __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.



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