{"id":6562,"date":"2014-08-16T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T22:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=6562"},"modified":"2014-08-16T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T22:13:09","slug":"the-big-box-auto-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=6562","title":{"rendered":"The big box auto stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do a pretty good job of getting all the pieces in place, and having most of what you need for the common vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>And ain&#8217;t no more common vehicle than an Explorer, just about. <\/p>\n<p>So the idea that something as common as a gauge sender would flummox them is amusing at best. <\/p>\n<p>So I hied me hence to the local REAL auto parts store. A big Dorman display of nuts and bolts and specialty fasteners. A whopping load of starters, alternators and gasket kits. <\/p>\n<p>Even the MOPAR topped stools with the chrome legs and etc. <\/p>\n<p>Frankly, the only thing they were missing was the big blown pistons used as ashtrays, and the giant racks of books- now replaced by computers. <\/p>\n<p>After Three trips to AdvanceZone, the guy in the refular auto parts store walked up to the shelf and grabbed the part I wanted. it was nine bucks. And now the temp gauge in the daughters&#8217; sploder works, really the only non-regular maintenance item it has ever needed in over 400,000 miles. <\/p>\n<p>I wish it werent&#8217; such a rustbucket, I would steal it back from her and go back to driving it myself. Well, if it survives four years of college it will more than have done it&#8217;s duty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do a pretty good job of getting all the pieces in place, and having most of what you need for the common vehicles. And ain&#8217;t no more common vehicle than an Explorer, just about. So the idea that something as common as a gauge sender would flummox them is amusing at best. So I hied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}