Have ran into this problem when trying to explain to the parts counter I had an S-10 with a 350. If I needed engine specific parts I told them it was for a 1975 Camaro with a 350.
Also had a slight issue with a Chevelle with a 402 big block....Advance Autos computers didn't show a '71 Chevelle has having any big block other than a 454 but Autozones did. (402 was an option for 1971 on Chevelles). I think I ended up just telling them all it had a 454 in it, unless it was something cubic inch specific like head gaskets....then if the computer didn't show that I'd think of another year of Chevelle that I knew had the 396/402 option.
Key thing to know more than the counter guy does and what works with what....so excuse me if I get off on Chevy talk on a Buick board, but for Chevys, 396, 402, 427 and 454 share the same oil pans, intakes, distributors, etc. 396 and 427 share the same crank, 427 and 454 share the same size bore. Know all of this stuff (as an example) and you can pretty much get what you need.
Interesting....you could have told them your Chevy II had a 283 (first year for that size engine in a Chevy II)...the 283 uses the same water pump as a 406. (assuming the 406 you have is just a bored over 400 sbc and not a 406 Ford engine). As for the Dana 60, best bet would to have known what car it came out of and told them that, and if it was a custom ordered Dana 60 from some place like Moser, etc, find out what vehicles came factory with a Dana 60.
That's about the only time you can order parts w/o the "deer-in-the-headlights" look from the parts counter guys...90% of the time.
P.S. you wanna really test your parts counter guy's intelligence....have him look up the radiator for a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle. :biggrin:
(Volkswagen Beetles were air cooled :wink
Also had a slight issue with a Chevelle with a 402 big block....Advance Autos computers didn't show a '71 Chevelle has having any big block other than a 454 but Autozones did. (402 was an option for 1971 on Chevelles). I think I ended up just telling them all it had a 454 in it, unless it was something cubic inch specific like head gaskets....then if the computer didn't show that I'd think of another year of Chevelle that I knew had the 396/402 option.
Key thing to know more than the counter guy does and what works with what....so excuse me if I get off on Chevy talk on a Buick board, but for Chevys, 396, 402, 427 and 454 share the same oil pans, intakes, distributors, etc. 396 and 427 share the same crank, 427 and 454 share the same size bore. Know all of this stuff (as an example) and you can pretty much get what you need.
Interesting....you could have told them your Chevy II had a 283 (first year for that size engine in a Chevy II)...the 283 uses the same water pump as a 406. (assuming the 406 you have is just a bored over 400 sbc and not a 406 Ford engine). As for the Dana 60, best bet would to have known what car it came out of and told them that, and if it was a custom ordered Dana 60 from some place like Moser, etc, find out what vehicles came factory with a Dana 60.
That's about the only time you can order parts w/o the "deer-in-the-headlights" look from the parts counter guys...90% of the time.
P.S. you wanna really test your parts counter guy's intelligence....have him look up the radiator for a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle. :biggrin:
(Volkswagen Beetles were air cooled :wink
