CMP Part Numbers: "Neutral Numbers"

[Bob Carriere]

If you drop in on Mac's on a Saturday morning... they are busy.... and have NO time to chitchat..... or to take out 3 parts to fits which fits.... I have also gone during the week whe quieter...... I had to symphatise with the clerk who has no idea what the parts are for...... and merely punches in a coded number and aplastic bin appears with the parts..... he can't tell you if the proper part can be compared and might just be in a bin next to it.....

They have the stuff but you need to know what you need.....

Compare to <Marlmberg who , if you hit the old parts guy...... will actually pull out massive reference manuals that not only contains part numbers but black silhouettes of the wheel cylinder or master brake cylinder with referenced numbers......

CarQuest on Startop...Rick will pullout old books that shows not only the dimensions of rad hoses but there shape...... try to find a rad hose that fits the small outlet of the original rad and the larger outlet of the engine....

all depends on who you know and how willing they are to help you...

Boob