[AT] OT:Musta been the lightning

[Richard Fink Sr]

Chuck and others, Have you heard that auto zone and one of the other 
national parts stores are owned by the same family. Husband owns one and 
wife owns the other. ?????????????????????
R Fink
PA





At 08:12 AM 8/5/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I too have had problems with Autozone alternators after having my ford
>OEM alternator go out 3 times in 2 days(serviced at Ford first 2
>times) on the road I got one in the rain in Louisville KY from
>Autozone. It lasts about a year on average. I bought a waterpump from
>Ford for $300 lasted 13 months, Got one at the local auto parts store
>(O'Reillys) and it has ben on for 3 years now. Don't get me wrong,
>it's not that I think the auto parts stores have better stuff, but I
>don't think that the dealer has any better. Everything (of this
>nature) I have bought from the dealer has been rebuilt stuff with a 12
>month warranty. The auto parts stores are going lifetime warranty on
>most stuff. I do agree that if I could get new OEM stuff I would be
>more pleased but I can't imagine how much they would charge.
>Chuck Saunders
>Kansas City, MO
>
>On 8/4/05, Thomas O. Mehrkam <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com> wrote:
> > Well I have a Ford F150 and a Chevy Suburban C2500
> >
> > It has yet to fail. If I plan to service the Ford the Chevy craters the
> > day before. I figured it out the Chevy is jealous. It wants all the
> > attention. It finally got so bad I had to buy a new F250 because I never
> > had time to work on the old Ford. The Chevy wanted all the attention.
> >
> > I am afraid to try to sell the Chevy It would probably throw a rod if it
> > got wind of that. ;-}
> >
> > To be on topic. The Ford F250 V10 pulls the International H a whole lot
> > better than the 3/4 ton Suburban.
> >
> > I hope you have better luck with Auto zone Alternators than I had. I had
> > one with a life time warranty. I replaced it seven times on my old
> > Suburban. They would last about one year. The always failed on the road.
> > I got real good at changing them out in August in front of the auto
> > parts store.
> >
> > I made a new rule when I replaced the old Suburban. Only factory parts.
> > They cost three times as much but last six times as long. Gives me more
> > time to work on old Tractors.
> >
> > HaliganBar at aol.com wrote:
> > > Well, in a very bizarre chain of events, I've had alternator failure on 2
> > > vehicles in the same day. It started when my 4-wheeler wouldn't 
> start...a check
> > > of the battery showed 11.3 volts before starting and 11.0 volts after 
> starting.
> >
> >
> > > Then about 3 hours later I was coming back from the local farm store 
> and I
> > > noticed the alternator light on my Chevy C2500 was lit up. So I sent 
> the kids to
> > > drop the 4-wheeler at the dealership (the first time I was glad our 
> oldest
> > > daughter had a boyfriend with a pickup) and I grabbed the "bumpy old 
> pickup" and
> > > Kristopher (age 9) to help bale 151 bales of hay we had down.
> > >
> > > After stacking the hay in the barn I removed the old alternator and 
> my wife
> > > ran off to Autozone to get the new one. I did take the time to clean 
> all the
> > > battery connections (my truck has dual batteries). The first battery 
> cleaned up
> > > nicely. However, when I tried to unscrew the sidepost on the other 
> battery the
> > > entire positive terminal came right out of the side of the battery. 
> Well, I
> > > guess the good news is the cable ends are really clean..actually so 
> is the
> > > positive terminal...unfortunately it's also sitting in my hand.
> > >
> > > The only thing that kept me calm during the entire ordeal was the hour of
> > > quality time I spent raking hay with the Farmall 350 (requisite 
> antique tractor
> > > reference). I think it's very strange that both should fail on the 
> same day. I
> > > can't think of anything the 2 vehicles had in common that might explain
> > > it....except..we did have a thunderstorm pass nearby the night 
> before. Maybe
> > > lightning fouls sparkplugs AND wrecks alternators.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for letting me ramble...
> > > Karl
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