Oooohhhh! I am so lucky with NAPA. I live about 3 miles from the Portland
warehouse, open from 7 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week!
paul A
Mike MacLean wrote:
> If anyone has been following my crank pulley saga over the last couple
> weeks, you know I got a replacement pulley from George Judson, er...
> George Folchi to replace the one with the buggered up key way. This
> problem was most likely my fault for not tightening the crank pulley nut
> correctly. Well, I've learned my lesson about crank pulley seals and am
> putting a Speedi-Sleeve on the "new" pulley just as a preventative
> measure. Mo$$ now sells Speedi-Sleeves for the crank pulley (Chicago
> Rawhide part no. 99156) and one for the rear axle hub (part no. 99174)
> for $29.95. A call to the local NAPA revealed a price of $35.95 and not
> in stock so a freight charge of $6.00 was to be added to bring it in
> from Portland, OR! A grand total of $42.00!
> My yellow pages have about 6 different NAPAs in neighboring cities and
> as I want to be back on the road today, I started to call other NAPAs.
> The NAPA in Fontana, California had SEVEN part no. 99156 Speedi-Sleeves
> in stock, but the price was $29.96! The guy at NAPA in Fontana
> explained to me the other NAPAs I called were privately owned.
> Apparently there is a difference in prices between the company owned
> NAPA and a privately owned store. Buyer beware.
> Mike MacLean 60 Sprite
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