Need a new muffler bearing? Well, they’re now available online!

Years ago a friend of mine worked as a dealership service writer. Every once in a while they’d have a customer who insisted there was something wrong with a car, but the dealer could find nothing wrong. So they’d replace the muffler bearing. And if that didn’t work, the lubristat. Free of charge, of course. It was the automotive equivalent of a placebo, and just like a placebo it often did the trick.

muffler bearingWell, over at Ford F-150 forum FordF150.net I just learned of a site that offers muffler bearings and many other such devices (though, sadly, no lubristat): kalecoauto.com. If you know a bit about cars, it’s good for more than a few laughs.