Or ‘‘Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.’’
After learning about the ECU protection function of the
diode in my DD6’s main relay, I decided to replace it with
an equivalent.
First stop, with the old Bosch 0332014112 in hand, was
O’Reillys where the computer said there was a Ford part they
didn’t have in stock but could order at something like $246.
Next stop was Advance Auto where the young lady looked
through many computer screens and was saying there ‘‘might be
one’’ she could order, when an older gentlemen came along and
looked over her shoulder, picked up the Bosh relay, looked
it over, and said, ‘‘Let me do some checking and I’ll call
you.’’ A day later Bill did call and said, ‘‘I found what you
need, they’re about $15 bucks, and I ordered two. You did
want two didn’t you?’’ I said I just needed one, but at $15
bucks I’d take the other for a spare.
Bill called again several days later to say the relays
were in, and yesterday I went to the Rogers Arkansas Advance
Auto store to pick them up. I took the old Bosch relay
along to make sure the spades would match and that there was
indeed a diode in series with the coil.
Imagine my surprise when the Mexican guy at the counter
brought out two little yellow boxes with red Bosch lettering
and the 0332014112 part number on the sticker.
Now imagine my amazement when inside each box was a brand
new exact copy of the relay in my hand, except these both
had the red slash diagonally across the top. (well, actually
kind of orange and a little transparent like you’d make with
a magic marker, but I bet they look just like the original
did when it was new in 1986.)
The counter guy was getting a price of $25 when he scanned
the box and had to call Bill because he didn’t know how to
enter the sale, and Bill had to fill out a half dozen
screens of info including a fictitious jaguar model because
of course the computer had no idea what a Daimler was, but
in the end I came away with two original Bosch DD6 main
relays in cute little boxes for the total princely sum of
$31.26 plus tax.
I asked Bill if he had been there a long time and he said,
‘‘since the store opened’’, but he’d worked on and off in the
auto parts business since 1957. You can bet I’ll be going
back to Bill for any other Jaguar parts I need, and I’ll
bypass the Mexicans at the counter and ask for Bill himself.
It is so refreshing to find there are still folks who know
their business and still care about something besides
ignoring customers with a cell phone glued to their ear.
In fact, I think I’ll get out tomorrow morning while it is
still cool and pick another peck of wild blackberries from
my secret patch and take a big baggie to Bill as a thank you.–
Phil W - 87XJ6, 86DD6, 85Sov, 74E, 67DQ450, 67DR450, 67Mk2
Arkansas, United States
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