Re: [FWDLK] Oil Filter Adapters - parts stores

[David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxx>]

Front torque converter seals on a PowerFlight and Cast Iron TorqueFlight (56
to 61) are the same as a 727 TorqueFlight. This makes them common and cheap,
even if the "book" says your vehicle was not built until 1962.

Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500


> From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Oil Filter Adapters - parts stores
> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:21:17 -0400
>
> I had a similar experience.  This exchange took place between me and an
> AutoZone employee a while back...
>
>
> ME: "Hi, I need front and rear transmission seals for a 1958 Plymouth with
> a
> Torqueflite."
>
> AZ: "Hmmm... The computer says there weren't any Plymouths built before
> 1962."
>
> ME: "The computer is wrong.  Do you have a -book- that lists seals? I can
> look it up myself, if you'd like."
>
> AZ: "Are you sure it's not a '62?"
>
> ME: "Yes. Very sure."
>
> AZ: "Then it's not a Plymouth. They didn't make them until 1962.  What
> model
> is it again?"
>
> ME: "A Savoy. A PLYMOUTH Savoy. 1958."
>
> AZ: "I thought you said it was a 'Witchy Toke Fly' or something..."
>
> ME: "WITH A TORQUEFLITE.  The transmission is a Torqueflite. Torqueflite. 3
> speed. PLYMOUTH. The model is a Savoy. 1958."
>
> AZ: "Hmmm... 58... 58... Oh!  It's an Oldsmobile, not a Plymouth."
>
> ME: "No, I'm very sure it's a Plymouth."
>
> AZ: "Well, it's an Oldsmobile, actually. Like the Ninety-Eight."
>
> ME: "Do you have a manager around here somewhere? Anywhere? Please?"
>
> AZ: "Hmmm.. The computer isn't showing the 3 speed transmission for a 1962
> Oldsmobile 98... and they don't list the 98, either..."
>
> ME: "1958... PLYMOUTH... SAVOY... WITH... A... 3... SPEEED...
> TORQUEFLITE...
> TRANSMISSION..."
>
> AZ: "I'm sorry, sir, they didn't make the Plymouth until 1962..."
>
> ME: "LISTEN CAREFULLY. Do you have a manager around here somewhere?"
>
> AZ: "Why?  Is there something wrong?"
>
> The manager laughed his butt off for a while, and then helped me look
> through the seals one by one, but we didn't find anything close enough.
> Never trust a parts store person younger than yourself.
>
> I don't -even- want to go into what it's like every time I have to go get
> parts for the DeLorean... you could fill whole books with those stories....
>
> -Dave

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