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Friendly shop in or near Calgary
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:46 am
by RichD
I'm in Red Deer, couple days to kill and its raining. I was going to work on installing inverter today but there is no dry cover here...
Any Delica-savvy alignment joints in the area? Torsion bar tool essential.
Also any source near cow town for 4D56 oil filters other than Lordco. So much road tripping, I'm already due for 2nd oil change!
778-987-4335
Re: Friendly shop in or near Calgary
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:53 am
by norisan
Kirkham Automotive @ 9298 Horton Road S.W., (Calgary), are familiar with Delicas and have done a wheel alignment on my vehicle and have the specs. Phone # 403 253 2033.
I've been using the Fram PH6355 oil filter with no problems - bought from Part source, may not have it in stock, but can get it in about an hour - about $33.00.
Re: Friendly shop in or near Calgary
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:26 pm
by RichD
Choice Automotive Electric in Red Deer is excellent by the way. I recommend.
Re: Friendly shop in or near Calgary
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 3:17 pm
by RichD
Lube City in Calgary at address below is staffed by Flips, and know Delicas from back home.
4833 Macleod Trail Southwest
Calgary AB T2G 0A7
Canada
Not especially cheap, and the PZ106 filter they carry was suspiciously short (I opted to provide my own) but the manager Greg knew all about Delicas and had done LHD conversions to L300s in Philippines, which is better than most places.
7/10 for quick lube joint.
Re: Friendly shop in or near Calgary
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:29 am
by Erebus
RichD wrote:Also any source near cow town for 4D56 oil filters other than Lordco. So much road tripping, I'm already due for 2nd oil change!
Kenworth dealers. There's one at 58 Ave & Blackfoot in the SE. Carry Baldwin BD28 at about $17 each. As the counter guy said, if Baldwin is specified for CAT engines, they can't be lousy.
And yes, Kirkham for everything except actual diesel work. But they do timing belts. You can even bring your own oil filters, or oil if you have special stuff in mind. They normally use the NAPA 1067 filters, since they are easy for them to get.
Re: Friendly shop in or near Calgary
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:39 am
by cobsweb
Had Kirkham auto do an alignment on Tuesday.
They were very accommodating of our schedule,
Literally pushed other jobs to the side.
Gave me nice print outs of the before and after alignment values.
Deltron tracks like a champ now.
@ $160 it wasnt the cheapest alignment.
Re: Friendly shop in or near Calgary
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:39 pm
by Erebus
cobsweb wrote:They were very accommodating of our schedule,
Literally pushed other jobs to the side.
They do that sort of thing. I try to reciprocate by asking when is good time for them when I have non-urgent work; knowing that when I have urgent work they will bend over backwards to do it.
Rumour has it this sort of thing is called customer service. Too bad so many businesses don't understand it.