"glemon" (glemon)
12/25/2018 at 21:50 • Filed to: None
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"glemon" (glemon)
12/25/2018 at 21:50 • Filed to: None | 2
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We often make fun of the poor FLAPS guy, who can’t look up a p art without year make and model “I need a plug one grade hotter than a NGK BPR6ES” or whatever, but I have to say I felt sorry when I stopped by O’Reilly’s on Sunday and the guy next to me “needed a spark plugs for his log splitter”. “Uh, who makes the splitter?” “ I don’t know it s a log splitter, it is like a lawn more engine” “Do you know who makes the motor? Tecumseh?, Briggs and Stratton?” “Its for a log splitter, I need a spark plug for a log splitter”. At the point I left the parts counter guys were being pretty patient and the log splitter guy, who was visibly getting pissed.
XJDano
> glemon
12/25/2018 at 22:20 |
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If he knows he needs a spark plug why didn’t he remove it and bring it in?
Some train wrecks are worth the watch.
CB
> glemon
12/25/2018 at 22:57 |
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In those cases, always bring in the spark plug, and we’ll figure out what fits from there.
/former clueless counter auto parts guy
My bird IS the word
> glemon
12/25/2018 at 23:00 |
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Hey, Side question:
I may need colder
plugs for my engine, but I have tried every method to find adequate part numbers, It’s a weird engine. I am wondering who I should ask, since I doubt the parts counter guys can help. Call a manufacturer? Call Jegs?
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glemon
> My bird IS the word
12/25/2018 at 23:28 |
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Maybe this will help https://www.sparkplugs.com/learning-center/article/116/how-do-i-find-a-colder-or-hotter-plug
Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> My bird IS the word
12/25/2018 at 23:29 |
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Whatever you do, DON’T bring the spark plug with you and DON’T tell the parts guy the make of the engine!!
Showing him this picture should be good enough:
/jk
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> glemon
12/25/2018 at 23:30 |
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This is the real issue with simple people. They always think the world is as simple as they are...
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SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> XJDano
12/25/2018 at 23:31 |
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Just watch that you don't get clipped by a derailing carriage...
Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
> glemon
12/25/2018 at 23:46 |
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I hate those people more than the “year make model” guys.
“I need a wheel for a Jeep.”
Ok. What kind of Jeep?
“I just told you. A Jeep.”
What year of Jeep?
“I don’t know. It’s a Jeep. They’re all the same.”
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My bird IS the word
> Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
12/26/2018 at 00:27 |
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I’ll just tell him that I need one of those sparky things for my car. you know the ones. I don’t know the guy at jiffy lube told me I need new sparky things.
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My bird IS the word
> glemon
12/26/2018 at 00:28 |
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There’s a chance that nobody actually makes one then because I could never find one in any charts or by screwing with part numbers
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> glemon
12/26/2018 at 09:45 |
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Flaps guy? I'm out of the loop.
Monkey B
> glemon
12/26/2018 at 09:56 |
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former NAPA counter parts guy here. It was in a sorta hillbilly kinda place too so we’d get some interesting walk ins.
Jayvincent
> glemon
12/26/2018 at 10:11 |
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What a cool website! www.sparkplugs.com It’s so cool I bookmarked it, even though i can’t t hink of a single reason I would ever need it
Urambo Tauro
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
12/26/2018 at 12:13 |
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Never heard of it, and Urban D ictionary had nothing . My best guess: F ucking L azy A ss P arts S tore guy?
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glemon
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
12/26/2018 at 12:32 |
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Fucking Local Auto Parts Store, should probably be Fucking Chain Auto Parts Store, but that doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue . Used on some older car forums, where issues with the usual “year make and model” often come up when trying to figure out a part. “I have a 68 Triumph TR250" “Who makes those?”. “I have a 74 BMW 2002" “What model is that? ”. No expectation of finding specialized parts for weird old cars , but when you walk in looking for plug wires for an older car it can be frustrating.