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I think that most of you know that I have just a little bit of knowledge about parts and their application...right? 
Anyway I was searching for a master cylinder for my Mom's 91 Mercury. She bought it new and the only people to work on it have been the dealer and me...mostly me. It's been a great car. The original MC is aluminum and it is nearly impossible to find a rebuild kit except for maybe $50 or more. So I opted to order a new one and try to keep the price the lowest. AutoZone had a new one listed that could only be ordered "Online" only for around $55. Great...this included the plastic resevoir and all. Ordered it and waited a week to get here. Turns out it only has 2 threaded ports for brake lines and mine has 3.....well I says to myself...self...this won't work!
I double checked the part number and its correct according to their website. Call them to find out how to return it and they say I can take it to a local store...ok. On the receipt is says if the part was "Defective"....or their was a "Shipping Error"...or "Wrong Part Shipped" that I will get my shipping refunded also. They didnt want to give me the shipping back and tried to basically blame me for having a car that was made mid-year or something else and they asked me if I had checked everthing out thouroughly...WTF am I supposed to check? The computer says this will work and you sent me something that WON'T work!!!! This problem is AutoZone's NOT mine...I should not pay for shipping. After raising a scene in the store the manager agreed to give me the $6 for shipping. I had ordered a new one from NAPA in the mean time and it arrived by UPS today...low and behold it has 3 freaking ports in it for brake lines. I did tell the manager of the store I would get back to him when I recieved the NAPA part and he said good...so tomorrow I will bench bleed this in his ass...excuse me. I have never been so humiliated in my life! Especially by a powerful store manager like him...I was shaking in my boots!
Oh yeah...The first clerk on the counter told me that sometimes you have to remove the screw on the side to make available another port. The screw he showed me is the freaking STOP SCREW for the piston assmbely inside!!! Another asshole! I have emailed the manufacturer of the bad MC and await their answer and I will also follow up with AutoZone. The other thing about this is the box was unsealed when I got it and was probably returned before! He will send the part back without marking it correctly and it will be shipped again to some other Chump! The "Quest for Intelligence" continues!{bigeyes}

Anyway I was searching for a master cylinder for my Mom's 91 Mercury. She bought it new and the only people to work on it have been the dealer and me...mostly me. It's been a great car. The original MC is aluminum and it is nearly impossible to find a rebuild kit except for maybe $50 or more. So I opted to order a new one and try to keep the price the lowest. AutoZone had a new one listed that could only be ordered "Online" only for around $55. Great...this included the plastic resevoir and all. Ordered it and waited a week to get here. Turns out it only has 2 threaded ports for brake lines and mine has 3.....well I says to myself...self...this won't work!
