I Need info on one-is there a part # from dodge? Napa asked a 1000 questions, say mine is in the pcm and external wont work( no duh!, and yes it will) and they say to many amps will go through it and fry it-auto zone was a waste of time too. If (as I susspect) any one will work-when I get asked "what year truck" should I tell them an early year dodge(88-89) as they had the external ones right?

 

Try older like early 80"s cars and trucks both had them, To my knowledge the regulator controls the amount of amps the alternator puts out, dependant on electrical load, AMP draw does not go thru it.

 

Tell them you want a regulator for a '78 Ford F150.
They will ask only if you want a mechanical or solid state one, get the solid state.
Most times you have to deal with autoparts counter guys this way or they're lost.

 

or find a parts place where they know something about truck and cars..

sometimes I get tired of the standard questions
yr, make, model,...I'm asking about somthing for which thses don't help.

try finding a big block chevy oil pump..yr who cares, make..duh its a chevy..model..doesn't matter..I need an oil pump..

just ranting..

 

Just went through that with my BB Chrysler oil pump. Wanted to know year, make, model from even the guys that should know that it's an oil pump and they are all the same from 1958 until 1978. All I wanted was the O-rings and gaskets and had a heck of a time finding them. It's in a '67 PW and is a 400 block w/440 crank (450 CID) so what am I supposed to tell them??? I just called it a 383 which is what it originally had.

 

LOL, You gotta mess with their head a bit, whenever I get into that situation, I tell them it is for a 1 of 2 ZL-1 427 BBC Corvette.

I can usually keep them scratching their heads for an hour or so before I tell them I might be able to modify the same part for the L-72 427.

You Mopar guys could do the same only use a cross ram 426 as your vehicle.

 

the parts books are not going to tell the parts guy any thing other than specific parts for specific vehicles, so go easy on them..... most will try to help

 

Yea, John, when I go to a store with real books I play nice........it's only the computer geeks I mess with, most of them have never seen a honest to god BBC or Hemi.