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Re: Hesitation on initial acceleration
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If you pull the dash panel forward (remove the hot wire from the battery first, and then the speedometer cable), you can take off the circuit breaker easily and take it to NAPA for a replacement. Just keep in mind that the new one will be marked "BAT" which is for a negative ground, so just install it backwards. It will also be marked 12 volt, but circuit breakers don't care what the voltage is. The Napa number is 30055-10 and they cost $6.29. Easy to swap out.


I am about fed up with the NAPA stores around here (Minneapolis/St. Paul). After someone finally paid attention to me at the counter-- two guys walked right past me, somebody finally deigned to look at my PN.

He said he could have it by Saturday (this was Thursday evening) and I said that sounded all right and should I leave my name. Then he said, You'll have to pay for it now because there's a $5 shipping charge.

I asked why, didn't any NAPA stores in town have one. He said, No, it has to be ordered from our warehouse in Wisconsin.

I said I would see if I could do better.

I bet I can. What happened to NAPA? Are they ignoring regular customers and just relying on trade around town with shops that order parts?

Posted on: 2014/7/31 19:19
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I don't recall ever having to pay a shipping charge for a part coming from the warehouse at a major parts chain. Is this some new policy?

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Napa has charged freight out here for years as do O'Reilly and Autozone. It is also aggravating to see an item on their site as being in stock at the warehouse -- of which Fresno has a large one -- only to find the item is at a different warehouse and the parts cost is less than half as much as the freight cost.

Posted on: 2014/7/31 19:32
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HH, do you have a NAPA store near you? I do and what I do is call them with the catalog # of the item, they check to verify and order the part and tell me when it's expected which is usually the next day. No shipping costs obviously. And if you become the least bit of a regular they'll probably extend you a discount of 20 or 30% off list. Faster and much cheaper than ordering from their website.

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I do and the store (and warehouse) I usually go to is less than a mile away. I always check to see if the website lists whatever as being available and write down the part number of a few possibilities. Since it is so close usually just drive over rather than call. That is when I find out the warehouse the site is referring to is usually one across the country. Parts prices are usually reasonable but the freight charge seems to be automatic and coming to Calif, hardly ever less than $8.

Posted on: 2014/7/31 22:28
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I guess I'm confused by "freight charges"; never paid one, never seen on one the invoice.

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OD, I think that's because you're located on the east coast, things are still pony express priced out west (which, confusingly because we're equidistant from any ocean, includes the friendly expanses of ND).

I do have my favorite NAPA store here, and usually I can get away with no freight if the part is coming from Minneapolis. Further than that and the price goes up, I think because it actually gets shipped rather than just coming in their normal truck.

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My local Kansas City NAPA has charged me freight for items coming from their Denver warehouse. They usually have what I need locally.

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I found a circuit breaker at an O'Reilly store, in stock, for $4.19. It shows a "list" price of $7.10. I don't even know if it's the right one, but heck, at least they were courteous and even went to the rack to find the part. It doesn't appear to have a + or - or a "Batt" on it, and probably isn't right, but if it's not I'll just take it back and see what THEY charge to order the right one. The NAPA PN was not on their system.

The PN for what I got at O'Reilly was UCB10BP. Obviously a 10 amp circuit breaker of some kind. I picked it up when I was going to stop in the store for other things, so, no wasted trip. I'll try to post a pic. (It ain't much to look at.)

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What you have is a universal 10 amp circuit breaker. They are not polarity sensitive so of course there would be no (+) or (-).

Posted on: 2014/8/1 22:21
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