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Car Parts 🍷🧉🍹🍻🍺
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...
"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...
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...
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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
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.
