Oreileys for the win

I have given up on the local Oh REALLY zz. They used to have a female manager, and two other female parts girls and all three were GREAT. They all knew their stuff, would do stuff for you, and tried hard if they didn't know right away. One got promoted to "the back room" (commercial section) the other two are either gone or rarely up front. The current crop of guys there, and the local NAPA don't know squat about anything.

On day I went in there looking for a relay (bosch) and matching socket/ pigtail. He takes me over to the stereo crap and tries to point out a stereo connector adapter---for adapting an aftermarket radio to a factory harness. FAIL

I won't even go INTO Autozone unless I'm really desperate, and don't remember ONCE that they came up with anything.

Where I've BEEN going is a locally owned Federated Parts outfit, called "Motion" which carries many name brands (like Moog and Spicer, bad as they are now) and there's 3 women and a couple of guys who ALL know how to look stuff up. AND they have PAPER cataloges for the really tough stuff right there on the counter.

"Located in the Inland Pacific Northwest, Motion Auto Supply has convenient locations in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. We are 100% Employee Owners and we care about you and your vehicles' needs. Come see us for all of your automotive parts challenges.
We also have parts from diesel powered vehicles to small engines!"

When I was doing the Grey Whale 4WD conversion, that store was THE place

https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/the-dummy-and-the-diesel-the-grey-whale.524619/