I think the Dealership was for sale (rant!)

[Chaparral2f]

Okay, so I get the Z31 back from the muffler shop and park it in the driveway so I can go and drive my truck for a few days. When I get home I look under the car and there is more oil than in the Alaskin wildlife reserve. It seems the high pressure line from the power steering pump is leaking at the fitting where flexible hose meets the steel line. I pull the line off and head to the local pay and pull. For the last year they've had three z31s in the yard. The day I got there though, there were none. Seems I had missed the baler by a day or so. From there its off to every place I can think of that fabricates hydraulics. By the end of the day, I think I must be fluent in the lost language of Atlantis, because no one seems to understand that all I want is to have the joint rekrimped. Then its off again on another fun filled trip to Seattle. When I get home I decide to to something really stupid; I go to the local Nissan dealer. The guy(Lets call him Moe) says, "No sweat," I pay him a shoe box full of money. and he says come back in a few days. I go home and look at the car until it is time to go to work again. Three days later I go in to pick up my part. In the words of Gomer Pyle, "Sooprize Sooprize," wrong part. (Let me digress, the high pressure line is about 30" of steel line with a a foot of high pressure hose with a banjo fitting on the top.)

So this time another parts man (Shall we call him Curly?) looks up the correct part and with out even blinking he says: "That is only Two Hundred and Seventy Nine dollars and Fifty Four Cents." Finally late this afternoon I manage to order one from a Junk Yard. The Man at the JY (Perhaps Larry?) says "only" Eighty bucks. Whoopy. Just three days to wait until I discover that what I just bought won't be the right one either. I did get to drive it about ten miles, so I guess I shouldn't complain, I've only been working on it for three years.

 

Ahh, I feel so much better now!

[Cody 82 ZXT]

Okay' date=' so I get the Z31 back from the muffler shop and park it in the driveway so I can go and drive my truck for a few days. When I get home I look under the car and there is more oil than in the Alaskin wildlife reserve. It seems the high pressure line from the power steering pump is leaking at the fitting where flexible hose meets the steel line. I pull the line off and head to the local pay and pull. For the last year they've had three z31s in the yard. The day I got there though, there were none. Seems I had missed the baler by a day or so. From there its off to every place I can think of that fabricates hydraulics. By the end of the day, I think I must be fluent in the lost language of Atlantis, because no one seems to understand that all I want is to have the joint rekrimped. Then its off again on another fun filled trip to Seattle. When I get home I decide to to something really stupid; I go to the local Nissan dealer. The guy(Lets call him Moe) says, "No sweat," I pay him a shoe box full of money. and he says come back in a few days. I go home and look at the car until it is time to go to work again. Three days later I go in to pick up my part. In the words of Gomer Pyle, "Sooprize Sooprize," wrong part. (Let me digress, the high pressure line is about 30" of steel line with a a foot of high pressure hose with a banjo fitting on the top.)

So this time another parts man (Shall we call him Curly?) looks up the correct part and with out even blinking he says: "That is only Two Hundred and Seventy Nine dollars and Fifty Four Cents." Finally late this afternoon I manage to order one from a Junk Yard. The Man at the JY (Perhaps Larry?) says "only" Eighty bucks. Whoopy. Just three days to wait until I discover that what I just bought won't be the right one either. I did get to drive it about ten miles, so I guess I shouldn't complain, I've only been working on it for three years.

 

Ahh, I feel so much better now![/quote']

 

 

Been there Done that

 

Well written atleast...

[datsunlover]

Well, I feel your pain.. evry time I go.. well, ANYWHERE for something related to my Z I get the same crap.. Try explaining why you want 1984 300zx rotors, pads for a toyota 4runner AND longer than stock Z wheel studs, (which are stock for a honda civic.)

 

Personaly, I'd just rip off the p/s pump, plug the lines and drive without. Thats just me though..

[fl327]

Different problem in NorCal, our junkyards are overfull of z31 and its getting harder and harder for us to find 70-8 cars!! 79-83 cars getting harder as well.

[BrandonsZ]

Every time I go to the Jy I get ripped off (or they try anyway).

 

Case#1

 

I wanted rotors for a 1971 Cadillac Eldorado. "Sure no problem we got them."

 

I go to the crap heap pick out the rusted warped and hopelessly scored discs and say, "I'll give you $20, I hope they can be re-ground." He snaps back, lety me check the computer... and walks to the back of the tin lean-to outhouse, comes back in 5 minutes and says those are $100 each.

 

Then I say I can get them from the dang dealer for that price and he quips, "no they're $125".

 

So I toss them back into the pile. Go to Kragen and pick them up for $45 each.

 

Case#2

 

I wanted an armrest for a 1991 F150, so I go like a dope tot he JY, several places said the had them, only one actually did (do they think I'll see their rusted trash and say, well I came her e for an armrest but I'll take a pile of rust and three bent axels?) So I find one it's faded and has a crack, but what the hey. "I'll give you $2 for it." No they want $20. Freekin sucks I got an aftermarkert for $25.

 

Case#3

 

I got a 1987 Escort.

 

Had a fight with the rear end of a toronado, needless to say the plastic crap they call a grill and headlights are trash. Dealer wants all the oil rights to Texas and my liver "when " I die. So I go to the JY again, yes they have them, yes they are the right color, yes they look faded and are totally scratched to hell. I say, "how much". This time they take their sweet time and come up with $250 for the lot. WTF? So now Mercury Insurance owns the oil rights to Texas and my Liver when I die.

 

Maybe it's just San diego? Maybe they see a tall white boy and say, "Aye Corrumba, mucha mula."?

[dot]

I managed to pick up a banjo fitting and a HP line for my Subaru rack for next to nothing. All the parts were from various hydraulic shops in the area. It took some shopping around and about a week but eventually I had one made up. Subaru wanted me to refinance the house and the line was way too long.

I have been there with a fresh car that I can drive. I blew the Vette rear end after 20 minutes. It sucks, but it passes.