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Christos · Jun 4, 2011

I need new plug wires for my Massey and I couldn"t get over to NAPA to get the set I had planned on purchasing. Stopped at the O Reilly"s in Beavercreek, OH and went in asking for spark plug wires for a Massey 135.

He was confused and goes to me in the 2 1/2 years he"s been working there no one has asked me for anything related to a Tractor. Gave him the Massey-Ferguson part number, he couldn"t cross it. Gave him the distributor number, told him it was a Delco nothing.

Call one of the stores back home in Columbus and they couldn"t find anything and the lady looked and searched.

Massey wants $60 bucks for a plug kit, TSC wants 24.99, NAPA $17ish...I wish had remembered to get my plug wires this morning before I left for Dayton from NAPA.

I just can"t believe that no one was able to find a set of plug wires.

Christos

toadady · Jun 4, 2011

next time have them cross a standard ignition 403W it's a universal metal wire set, you will have to cut and crimp the dist. end on, and have to put both ends on for the coil wire, i bet the napa set was that

not to brag, but i keep a roll of metal plug wire on hand and couple small dwars of brass ends and boots, 'cus some old farmer is always coming up wanting just ONE wire fer his cubby or some old tractor that the calfs or the squirrls have eaten the wires off of,

Matt_In · Jun 4, 2011

All I ever do is ask for a universal metal plug wire set for how many ever cylinders tractor I have. Cut to length and put the boots on.

I think around $12 at my local auto parts store.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 4, 2011

Go to your auto parts store. you are buying the "massey" but never own it.I should imagine they would be outsourcing.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 5, 2011

Around here, we call those folks "O'Really's"...because when you go in there and ask for something that's not for a Chevy or a rice grinder, they look at you, their eyes get big, and they say, "O...Really?"

gene bender · Jun 5, 2011

So why didnt you get a set for a 4 cycl and make up your own not hard to do.

tlak · Jun 5, 2011

That"s what I thought, a set for an old chevy four cylinder.

Christos · Jun 5, 2011

I asked them first for a set a Massey 135...the guy goes what"s that? I go a tractor.

After he couldn"t come up with anything, I asked them for a plug set that would fit a 67 Chevy 4 Cly. Didn"t have anything in stock - but the guy admitted it wasn"t his store and didn"t know where it was.

I asked them for an old style set of plug wires that fit stuff from the 60s.

I don"t mind cutting, I don"t mind crimping - but you if you can"t figure out inventory to give a customer what he needs, I was just shocked.

Lumpie · Jun 5, 2011

O'Reilly's is geared towards the weekend shade tree mechanic. If you're a Dale jr./ Tony Stewart wannabe, that's the store for you.

Leroy · Jun 5, 2011

Don't have that problem at mine.

Ray · Jun 5, 2011

Napa sells the plug wire and ends,make your own.

trucker 40 · Jun 5, 2011

They do sell stuff for tractors but it takes a part person who works there who can look stuff up in a book instead of a computer.They will have books,but some of them might not have a clue which one to look in.
Also if you know for a fact some car that has the same distributor cap you could tell them that and they might find that on a computer.They might not have the parts but they should be able to order them.A good parts man at any auto parts store can find you tractor parts.Good parts men are getting as hard to find as parts are sometimes.Usually,but not always,a store will have at least one good parts man,who at least knows where to look for stuff like that.

John M · Jun 5, 2011

Why do people think Oreallys is a real parts store? I guess for the same reasons people think Tractor Supply sells real tractor parts.......

massey 333 · Jun 5, 2011

We call them EMPTY BOX stores,Empty display boxes on shelfs and can order in 2 to 3 day from warehouse if you want it.Cuts down on overhead that way.Managers say Company Policy,not store needs.

old · Jun 5, 2011

I have never had any problem with my local O'Reilly's but then they are also the only parts store in town or where up till just a week or so ago when auto zone opened up a place. Almost bet Auto Zone will not last very long. I know the other 2 or 3 parts store that have open over the years never did last long and one was a Napa store

Janicholson · Jun 5, 2011

Neither NAPA nor AutoValue (Large and growing) could find a metering block gasket for an Holly/MotorCraft 4 barrel from an 83 460inch Ford. Except as a 100.00 dollar kit of parts i did not need.
O'Reily's Had them hanging. Some times it does work. Jim

ILLEFTY · Jun 5, 2011

A old friend is assistant manager at our local O'reily's. He's been in the auto parts store business all his life. If I need something that in the if it's listed in the computer type part, I'll go in anytime. If it's for older stuff, I wait until my friend's working

NCWayne · Jun 5, 2011

Our local NAPA franchise recently sold out to O'Reillys and I'll admit I had my doubts at first, and still have a few now. The people from NAPA keeping their jobs in the conversion was also part of the deal. That said, having dealt with NAPA pretty much exclusivly for 15 years I have been pleasantly suprised so far as to the huge variety of parts I've been able to get through them when time is taken to look for whatever product I'm trying to find. Ultimately they carry pretty much the same product lines as NAPA, often made by the same company (ie NAPA branded filters are made by WIX, O'reilly's filters are WIX brand), with the difference being that they are given a different brand name for each chain.

What I'm saying is that in the end the biggest difference between most of the chains isn't as much the products they carry as it is the people behind the counter that care enough to find what you need.

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