Is there a Parts Authority (PA) near you? In my experience, as detailed in this thread, PA is RA or visa versa
Is there a Parts Authority (PA) near you? In my experience, as detailed in this thread, PA is RA or visa versa
I feel like they no longer have parts customer support. They seem to have eliminated it a few years ago to cut costs. Not confirmed
This is their corporate office address and telephone number, but I don't know they can help you with parts questions at that number.
RockAuto, LLC Corporate Headquarters
6418 Normandy Lane
Suite 100
Madison, WI 53719
1-608-661-1376
If it's a distributor for a particular car, can't you just look to see if they also sell caps and rotors for that car?
GTwannaB said:I feel like they no longer have parts customer support. They seem to have eliminated it a few years ago to cut costs. Not confirmed
This. This is also why they are a literal last resort for me. I got burned 4 of 6 orders in a fairly short time span because of errors on their site. I will always try local or another option. Even though they are a site supporter and I have brought this up every time one of their hreads come up no one to date has every reached out.
So basically, RA has no CS and this is why I do not recommend them unless they're alast resort.
bobzilla said:GTwannaB said:I feel like they no longer have parts customer support. They seem to have eliminated it a few years ago to cut costs. Not confirmed
This. This is also why they are a literal last resort for me. I got burned 4 of 6 orders in a fairly short time span because of errors on their site. I will always try local or another option. Even though they are a site supporter and I have brought this up every time one of their hreads come up no one to date has every reached out.
So basically, RA has no CS and this is why I do not recommend them unless they're alast resort.
I mean AutoZone is a no shop for me anymore due to piss poor customer service. Purchased a new radiator and it leaked out of the box. They would not warrant it because they called it install error.
Took one Facebook post to go viral and they changed their tune. But to call an obviously defective part install error and not wanna warrant in is beyond frustrating.
In reply to MuSTANK :
Find the cheap ebay "billet" distributor that looks closest to an MSD and MSD parts would probably fit? Or, get one of the (admittedly ugly) GM HEI conversion distributors for the SBF and just use regular '70s GM truck replacement parts?
In reply to MuSTANK :
I think Dave's small body hei conversion would give you the look you want with modern replaceable internals.
Can you reach out to Cardone and talk to them about it? I'd bet they use a standard cap and rotor. It would be a large, unnecessary expense to make a distributor and then make proprietary parts for it when you can make it to use off the shelf parts.
In reply to MuSTANK :
I'm not trying to be dense here, but if it's an OEM replacement distributor, I'm sure it uses OEM tune up parts / consumables.
RockAuto and Autozone both have the caps / rotors / tune up parts.
While it's not a SBF distributor, Autozone supplied the points, condenser, cap and rotor for my points equipped 1969 460 BBF in my Lincoln MK3, and I've put 2000 miles on it this year, and the parts have held up. Parts were in stock within 2 days too, if I remember correctly
In reply to MuSTANK :
Rock Auto isn't really an auto parts store, they are more of a reseller. Think "big drop-ship operation" and you get the gist.
I was in the back of a major auto parts chain's local DC for a class they were hosting, and noticed that they had some box packing machines loaded with Rock Auto tape, and some loaded with Worldpac tape.
Cardone is almost all remanufactured parts, so it is probably a Ford distributor.
Looks pretty much like an OE style distributor to me. What is so different about it?
Looks pretty Ford-ey to me. Are you young enough that you are only familiar with the large distributor cap from the electronic era?
It's a little known fact, Norm, that if you remove the big cap, plastic adapter and rotor, you can install the old, small distributor cap and rotor.
In reply to MuSTANK :
Right in the bullet points: "OEM Style Replacement"
Looks exactly like an old Ford points distributor to me.
I'll put money it fits and uses OEM style parts. I don't think there is anything special going on there.
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