Thanks Dick, I especially liked the part about leaving the donuts outside to distract them whilst making the getaway. Æyn --- Dick Benjamin <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dan, since this question keeps coming up, I think I'll post the > answer to > the whole list in hopes I can help a few more people- I hope > you don't mind. > > Dick Benjamin' > > >>>>>>>>>>-----ORIGINAL MESSAGE----- > FROM: DANSGARAGE@xxxxxxxxxxxx 10:59 PM > TO: DICK BENJAMIN > SUBJECT: RE: RADIATOR HOSES > > HI DICK...I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAPPENED TO KNOW OF ANYPLACE > IN OUR AREA > THAT I CASN GET A LOWER RADIATOR HOSE FOR MY '66 LEBARON . > ACTUALLY I'D LIKE > TO GET MORE THAN ONE SO I'D HAVE ONE FOR THE '66 CONVERTIBLE AS > WELL AND > MAYBE EVEN ONE THAT CAN BE A 'SPARE' FOR SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE > (I'D PUT THE > 'SPARE' IN A SEALED PLASTIC ZIP-LOCK AND HOPE THAT IT WILL BE > OK WHEN I NEED > IT. > THE NAPA STORE I USED TO DEAL WITH BACK IN NEW JERSEY WAS A > GREAT PLACE AND > THE OWNER HAD CONTACTS AND WAREHOUSES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY HE > COULD CHECK > THROUIGH FOR ANY PART I NEEDED FOR MY '66 CONVERTIBLE. THE NAPA > STORE HERE > IN BEAUMONT IS A JOKE!!!! THEY HAVE NOTHING AT ALL FOR CARS > EARLIER THAN > 1970 OR SO AND THE GUYS BEHIND THE COUNTER WEREN'T SURE THAT A > 440 MOTOR WAS > EITHER A 6 CYLINDER OR A V8 (AND THESE GUYS WORK THERE!). > AUTOZONE AND > KRAGEN ARE ORDERING ME A LOWERE RADIATOR HOSE BUT WHO KNOWS > WHAT IT WILL > REALLY LOOK LIKE WHEN (AND IF)IT ARRIVES! MY NEXT STEP IS TO > CHECK THE ADS > IN HEMMINGS AND SEE IF I CAN FIND A FEW UPPER AS WELL AS LOWER > HOSES (SINCE > I HAVE THE TWO '66'S NOW). > ANY SUGGESTIONS OF A GOOD SOURCE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED! > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>DAN MELNIK > > I've had no trouble getting hoses from NAPA. > > Just for the Halibut, I just went fishing on the NAPA site - > they DO list > the hoses for your cars - I thought you were getting the > runaround. They > list their #7342 for the lower hose, and one of the following > for the upper > hose, depending on whether the car has AC, Heavy Duty Cooling > package or any > combination thereof. > The normal hose for a car with AC is their 7674. > No AC and standard cooling is 7054. > For AC and heavy duty cooling package, use 7096, and for > no AC and standard cooling use 7196. > > So, unless you are certain what is on your car, take in the old > hose and > match them up to the various numbers they have in stock to find > the best > match. > > On the lower hose, it has to be trimmed slightly to fit - just > copy the old > hose. The thing to watch out for is the clearance from the > belts. Make > sure you transfer the spring out of the old lower hose if the > new one isn't > so equipped - it probably won't be as it is also stocked for > use on some > lesser car as an upper hose, so it won't come with a spring, > most likely. > > To find parts for our cars, I have 4 tricks I use. > > In order of trouble, they are: > > 1. Go to www.napaonline.com, put in your vehicle info, and > then enter the > keyword for the part you are looking for "radiator hose" for > instance. This > works about 10% of the time. > > 2. Look up the Mopar part number in the parts book. Get on > the NAPA site > (www.napaonline.com), leave the "vehicle" section blank because > most of the > time they never heard of it. Enter the Mopar part number in > the "non-NAPA" > part number field, and tell it to search for it. In about 30% > of the > cases, you'll get a list of hits - just scroll down the list > until you find > the right part by description. You can click on the listing > and it will > show you a picture of the part, in some cases. > > 3. Go to www.autozone.com, put in your vehicle info, then > click on > "shopping", follow the thread to the part you want, and make a > note of the > part number they give you. Then go back to the NAPA site as in > #1, and > enter the AutoZone part number in the "Non-NAPA" part number > field. When > they search on that number, they often find the part, even > though they > couldn't find it through steps #1 or #2. I prefer NAPA quality, > but AutoZone > lists more parts for old cars by number, even though they may > not have the > parts. This works about 90% of the time. > > 4. If the above 3 steps fail, take the old part in to your > NAPA store with > (an unloaded!) 357 Magnum sticking out of your shoulder > holster, and carry a > bag of fresh donuts. Inquire politely if you might possibly > get permission > to stroll through their vast (or in a smaller store, Half-Vast) > stock of > whatever parts you are looking for, and match them up. Bring > dial calipers > to check dimensions, and a good flashlight. This almost always > works - but > you have to be fast about it as the cashier has probably hit > the alarm > button, and the cops are on their way. Leave the bag of donuts > on the > sidewalk outside the front door as you leave, to distract them > so you can > make your getaway. > > Dick > > > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. > Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will > be > shared with everyone. 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