Bob Hansen Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 FYI If you go to an Autozone to get a trans filter & gasket for a 70 Monte with a small block they will give you one for a powerglide, it is the only one listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex's72fgmc Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 reach across the counter and slap them! and say very loadly YOU MORON DONT BE A DUMBA$$!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Auto Zone is new school. You can hire anybody and show them how to use the computer, but they don't really know what they are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodicoff1 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 as Red Foreman would say " You're a dumbass!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBill402 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Here's a tip that some may find useful. Whenever I go buy a car part at one of the "computer" stores, if I know that the part I want is the same for the same year Chevelle, I tell them I have a Chevelle. I get the right part pronto. If I then ask them if this item is the same for the same year Monte, they often tell me they don't even have a listing for that part. Curious, but true. Andrew Offutt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarloTerp Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 I hate AutoZone so much, I am sick of dealing with the aholes that work there, but its the closest thing I got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallaby Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Since we are talking about starters, I ask the guy for a starter for a '71 chevy with a big-block. He pushes some buttons then replies "standard or automatic trans"? Maybe it's just me, I thought a chevy starter was a chevy starter. I know he wants to get me the right part but is a manual trans starter different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs-13 Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 Yes, in most cases due to flywheel. Could be 153 tooth or 168 tooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmdbit Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 Mike is right the starters are different.In having owned both a 4spd and an auto monte the starters are different. mike b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt'sSS Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 That's true for different tranny, what I think is moronish is when they ask if it has AC. That seems to be the standard dumbA$$ question no matter the part you require. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landshark Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 Stick trans and 454 use a cast iron starter nose. The 350 & 400 turbo cars use the aluminium "cross bolt" nose, and the powerglide cars, which use the smaller flywheel, have the "long and short" aluminium nose, same as Cadillac. The cast iron nose uses a slightly shorter bolt than the cross bolt nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc8oye Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 manual or AT, AC or not are standard questions that the software just asks for btw.. if you don't mind waiting a few days www.partsamerica.com that's the website for 'advance autoparts' great company to deal with, I take all my business there unless I'm in a hurry, then I might hit autozone since it's just around the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim's 70 Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I worked at a non-chain auto parts store for a lil while. The computer asks the same questions no matter what part you want....we just didn't ask the customer the obviously irrelevant ones. Its pretty funny that most auto part stores chain or not use the same computer program. At least I find it funny lol Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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