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[Mort]

Jeff Walsh auto parts in Chain St.

Ok thanks.

Don't know if it's every Supercheap but the one in Mackay gets parts from the local Bursons if they don't have it in store.

[Rockoz]

Repco has one advantage over a lot of places.

Ring up for a part and they can check nationally if they dont have it in store, and get it shipped.

Used them for a wheel bearing for an Econovan a while back.

No one around had one.

Repco located one in another store and had it here in 2 days.

No one else was interested in getting it or said it had to come from overseas

[N/A-PWR]

Repco has had every Holden part I needed at the Welshpool WA, Warehouse Branch,

 

except the WB Universals, which took a Day to get in.

[r2160]

I went into Repco on Sunday to purchase new battery leads. The guy didnt have a clue, they didnt have red battery cable, and the black cable was really expensive, and they didnt have any of the fittings.

 

Next door was Battery World. They had everything, and they were significantly cheaper.

 

Dont know why I bothered going to Repco to be honest.

 

cheers

glenn

[Potta]

Repco or Covs are our only real choice here.

 

Wherever possible I go to Highway Autos in Kelmscott, its run by a couple of old blokes who at least know what I'm asking for and can tell me where to get it or get it in for me.

 

We could really use a Burson's in Perth though because Malz is now gone and has been taken over by Autobarn, still better than SuperCrap but I'm worried that once the stock goes it won't be replenished.

 

Also Armadale Auto Parts are pretty good, have a lot of old stuff, but they are Fraud guys and sometimes it feels like I am on enemy territory in there lol.

 

Still love just walking around that shop though, more chrome in there than I"ve seen in a long time.

[Ice]

You got Veales here to Craig way cheaper than Ripco

[N/A-PWR]

Yeah, Veales is very good Gene, I go to the Redcliff branch, they have the GTR Head Gasket there for $64

[Potta]

Don't think there are any near me, haven't seen one in ages.

[N/A-PWR]

well, they were open on Sunday's too, so I would drive there from Kelmscott Craig, as Veales were the only place to get Holden parts from once

[dattoman]

Theres a Veales in Kenwick and another in Kelmscott Craig

 

Veales just dumped 13 pallets of ACL (mostly) pistons

Anyone need some for anything ?

I can get my hands on them if your specific

[Ice]

Pm sent

[wot179]

Me too.

[N/A-PWR]

and me

[dattoman]

Shall get back to you gents

Back at work Monday

Had the week off in Bahri

[grumpy xu1]

What sort of price are you talking Neil, as in for holden 6cylinder & ls1 standard bore size & are they hypotechnic ect ? Thanks, Gary.

[dattoman]

Theres 13 pallets to look thru

Tell me what your after and I'll see if they are there

There is no "list" yet

[dattoman]

I got some info

 

Shall start a new thread ... look here 

http://www.gmh-toran...120-wa-pistons/

[Monaroman]

Is it a good idea telling everyone here "the girls" let you and Dad walk around the back of the shop. You may find the next time you go in, it may not happen. You don't know who reads the forum, and while it might take a bit to find which store on the mid north coast does it, a general email out to all stores warning of the consequences in letting customers walk around the back may just stop it. What's the saying, loose lips.............

[YiriSS]

Our local Repco store has clowns that know nothing about older cars

I went to buy a gasket kit for a Rochester Quadrajet and the guy says is that off a Ford? I laughed and said no its off my Torana , its a Holden

the so called manager walks up and says " I don't care what you say , its off a ford, I'm the manager of the store I should know"

 

I reached down the front of the desk and grabbed the LH/LX repair book , opened it up and to show the break down of the quaddy,

I looked at the managers face which was going red at this stage, I said to the manager " yeah your the manager of the store but you know frOck all  ,see ? its a Holden "

he obviously was thinking Thermoquad , what idiots!!

I'm not really welcome there anymore lol

[Bigfella237]

I recently walked into my local Repco and asked the guy for a carrier gasket to suit a nine inch... he said "A nine inch what?"

 

You'd think a little car knowledge would be a prerequisite for someone working at an auto parts store.

 

When I was a young fella I used to haunt the local Holden Dealer parts guy, asking him to order all kinds of obscure bits for whatever I was playing with at the time, and I don't think I ever saw him look up a part.

 

I remember I once asked him for the little plastic knob off the analog clock in a VH Commodore and he opened his order book and wrote the part number straight in! The next day, sure enough, he handed me the new knob with the same number he wrote in the book. Buggered if I know how he used to do it?

 

But I guess it's the same everywhere nowadays, there's very few of the old-school guys left unfortunately. These days everybody designs "systems" so even the dumbest dipshit can stand behind the counter and collect your money, so there's no need, and very little incentive, to actually learn anything.

 

I often wonder what things will be like in another few decades? The way things are going, the reply by then will be "What's a Holden?"