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Nykon

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About Nykon

  • Birthday 10/21/1979

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    nykon1@comcast.net
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  • Interests
    DSM's, Starquests, hot rods, rat rods, photography
  • Location
    Portland, OR
  • Gender
    Male

Previous Fields

  • Zip Code
    97222
  • Model
    Conquest
  • Type
    Other
  • Model Year
    1987
  • Transmission Type
    Manual
  • Factory Color
    Rio/Mexican Red
  • Interior Color
    Black
  • Status
    Restoring

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  1. I need a wastegate actuator and valve cover.
  2. I am the Manager of a NAPA. I have fortunately handpicked and trained my crew here so we don't have much of that but I understand both sides of the story. I would rather put a person on hold and help the person in front of me because they are garaunteed money. I asked one guy to hold and he started to yell and protest so I told him that the guy in front of me was about twice my size and could hit me, so if he would like to come stand in line for the chance feel free but until then I was not concerned with him having to hold for a bit. All my people have notepads, their own so that they can go back and look over their notes if they need to. I also train them to use catalogs because if the power goes out, what do they do and the computer sucks for correctly cataloging info. I hate customers that take up all your time for nothing, especially when you have a line behind them. I hate having to pull teeth out for information at times. For piston rings "What size motor is it? "It doesn't matter they are all the same!" I also hate the people that have to give me their whole life history before they get to the point. "Thanks for calling NAPA how can I help you?" "Uh yeah, I uh got this car from my uncle. It was sitting out in his field and then my grandma died and we had to go to her funeral and she had the title in her jeans when she got hit by the bus so it really has been like about 20 years that it sat there and so I pulled it out and have been restoring it but then I had to go in to have my gall bladder removed so it sat in my garage and my son removed all the plug wires and then rearranged them so when I went to start it it backfired and sent my great aunt wilma into a seizure, so after that I bought new tires for it. Its blue and I need an oil filter." Irritating. I also get a lot of "stupid kid doesn't know what he is talking about" because I am young. I am 30 but been working for NAPA since I was about 16 and been working on cars for longer so I think I have a pretty good grasp of what I am doing. Yeah so I feel your guys pain on both ends.
  3. is working at getting the Conquest back to stock.
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