Remanufactured parts rant.....
First off, I admit knowing better, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. So yesterday, the alternator on our newly purchased old 2001 Chevy Tahoe starts taking a dump on a roadtrip up to BC....
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Alright, send wife in to tell Tony Hawk Jr to get back there and find me a new new new, new, I think....alternator, while I remove this beauty.
Now that I can do it in like 3.5 minutes, I almost beat her to the door, but I already have the alternator in hand.
Get inside, lady says sorry, we don't have any more of those, would you like the old one back. (Not the "old" old one, the old new one).
I'm like, no, I'd prefer to get home tonight at 10pm. I'd like a drill and a 3/8 bit and I'd like the new new one back. (The one the bolt wouldn't go thru, in case you're not tracking here...)
The very nice Canadian gal ( they're all nice up there), after saying soory about 7 times, grabs a drill and drill bit off the shelf, un boxes them and says "Can you fix that one?"
I say yup, sit back and watch...but I need a plug to plug the drill in to.
Oops, gotta go outside she says, the outlets in the store have been popping with all the Christmas lights plugged in! Lol. Tis the season!
I go outside (still not raining, so there's that), ream out that smushed ear on the new new alternator and bam, off to the races.
Go put it on, just aboutdone and she runs out with another box......with an alternator in it.
"Hey I sent tony Hawk back again to check and he found 1 more new one. Would you prefer it rather than the one you milled with the drill?"
No thanks, I'll see if this one works first, and if it does, I'll hedge my bet on it.
Well, it worked, I went back in to wash my hands. She gave me a gift box of Napa ( the parts store, not the wine) wine glasses! For my troubles.
After a few more soorys, and a merry Christmas we were on our way in the 300 horse open sleigh.
The wine glasses will make a nice white elephant gift, but if we end up getting them back, they'll be an indelible forever reminder of why reman parts S UCK!
The silver lining is, made the game in time, beat the Chiliwack Chiefs 3-2. Our boy scored the winning goal and all is well.
Made it home too (or I wouldn't be tying this right now....)
Thought y'all would enjoy our little adventure today.
Goodnight!
Now that I can do it in like 3.5 minutes, I almost beat her to the door, but I already have the alternator in hand.
Get inside, lady says sorry, we don't have any more of those, would you like the old one back. (Not the "old" old one, the old new one).
I'm like, no, I'd prefer to get home tonight at 10pm. I'd like a drill and a 3/8 bit and I'd like the new new one back. (The one the bolt wouldn't go thru, in case you're not tracking here...)
The very nice Canadian gal ( they're all nice up there), after saying soory about 7 times, grabs a drill and drill bit off the shelf, un boxes them and says "Can you fix that one?"
I say yup, sit back and watch...but I need a plug to plug the drill in to.
Oops, gotta go outside she says, the outlets in the store have been popping with all the Christmas lights plugged in! Lol. Tis the season!
I go outside (still not raining, so there's that), ream out that smushed ear on the new new alternator and bam, off to the races.
Go put it on, just aboutdone and she runs out with another box......with an alternator in it.
"Hey I sent tony Hawk back again to check and he found 1 more new one. Would you prefer it rather than the one you milled with the drill?"
No thanks, I'll see if this one works first, and if it does, I'll hedge my bet on it.
Well, it worked, I went back in to wash my hands. She gave me a gift box of Napa ( the parts store, not the wine) wine glasses! For my troubles.
After a few more soorys, and a merry Christmas we were on our way in the 300 horse open sleigh.
The wine glasses will make a nice white elephant gift, but if we end up getting them back, they'll be an indelible forever reminder of why reman parts S UCK!
The silver lining is, made the game in time, beat the Chiliwack Chiefs 3-2. Our boy scored the winning goal and all is well.
Made it home too (or I wouldn't be tying this right now....)
Thought y'all would enjoy our little adventure today.
Goodnight!
