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Was changing a compressor start relay at 7am in the rain
Customer's fridge was clicking on and off. Standard supco relay didn't fit. Had to drive 30 miles to a parts house for the OEM one. Lesson learned. I'm now stocking 5 different OEM relay models in my van. How do you guys handle oddball parts that only fit one brand?
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andrew_rodriguez16d ago
Drove 30 miles for a part in the rain and now I'm sitting on five different OEM relays that'll probably collect dust until I retire. I feel your pain with those weird one-off parts. My van's basically a rolling museum of "that one time I needed this weird thing" at this point. Maybe it's just me but I've started keeping a little notebook taped to my dash of parts that gave me trouble, so at least I can yell at myself later for not stocking them sooner.
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paige8615d ago
Lol the notebook idea is genius actually. Might steal that for my own junk pile.
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oliviagrant15d ago
Paige, the notebook thing is gold. @andrew_rodriguez I gotta say, that dash-tape idea is actually kind of brilliant (even if it does look a little crazy to anyone who rides in your van). I had the same problem a while back with a fuel pump relay for an old Subaru where I swore I'd never forget the part number. Guess what? Forgot it three months later when the same issue came back. Now I keep a little spiral notebook in my glovebox too, but I also started writing down which junkyards had the parts in stock. It saves me from re-doing the whole "driving around in the rain" thing, you know?
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