Sadly, in this day and time of the computer, this is what we’re left with. I’ve been a parts man for over 35 years. I started out with catalogs, legal pads, and punch cards. There weren’t that many variations back then. If you knew make, model, and year I pretty much knew what part you needed. Now, if you don’t have a VIN I may well not be able to help you and sometimes still have trouble with that. I could tell you exacty where everything in the parts room was because I put it there. Now, if the computer’s down and I can’t look up a bin location it will take a while to find it even if I know what it is. Back in the day, I had most of the part numbers committed to memory. Now, with many more numbers that are more complicated than ever and my memory capacity about peaked out, I find I have to “purge” things in order to remember new ones......
A Service Manager buddy of mine sent me this one several years ago. He did say that I was the one in the middle.....
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