I just replaced my opti on 6-16-03 , AutoZone had to get it from the warehouse , the pt# on the invoice is 30-1833 but mine did
not come with a cap & rotor . You would think the two would have
different part numbers.

 

Hey now... nowhere above did I call you a lair. I simply reported my dealing with Autozone, by stating who I called and where I went, in an attempt to buy the kit. If you'd read my posts more completely and stop making assumptions about my actions, then you'd realize that.


No, that's not what I said. I said that I called the store, then I called the tech line, then I drove down to the store (Autozone # 1444 in Houston) and bought p/n 30-1833 (which was only the optispark). I also bought a cap and rotor, since they were not provided with p/n 30-1833. Then I drove back home and called the autozone tech line one more time. They put me in touch with a store in Memphis who also told me that the cap and rotor was not included. This all occured yesterday (Jun 25th), so yes I've looked at 30-1833 - As in I just bought one last night.

Are you going to give out the Autozone store number and phone number to help resolve this matter, or are you going to continue to keep misquoting me and making bad assumptions???

 

6804 S State St
Midvale, UT 84047
(801) 255-5585

i doubt they will tell you anything different! all they can tell you is what their computer shows which would prolly says that #30-1833 is JUST the opti! but like i said they didnt stock this item and whatever store they transfered it from was the one that had it #30-1833 brand new in unsealed box OPTI, CAP, & ROTOR! im done here if you guys dont wanna believe me i could give a sh*t less i was just trying to be nice and let everyone know thats all! cant believe what a drama scene this turned into

i can understand if you guys called and they told you otherwise but thats cause they can only tell you waht they see on the screen! and if whoever went out and bought one last night alls im saying is that you must have gotten one of the OLDER units cause this is something NEW that they used to not do! the #30-1833 used to ONLY be the OPTI! but NOW ITS NOT! like i said before thats why it states clearly on the box "ATTENTION INSTALLER, THIS KIT CONTAINS PARTS THAT ARE NORMALLY NOT INCLUDED IN THE KIT AT NO ADITIONAL COST"

 

Don,t get your panties in a bunch, I am sure you got what you said you did. I think you got a mistake though, someone screwed up and put the wrong stuff in the box or something, I think the reason these guys are upset is the same reason I am, I WANT this to be true. Sadly I think it was a one time thing and you got lucky, enjoy it.

 

i was thinking the same thing about this whole thing being a mix up but... AUTOZONE doesnt stock any COMPLETE optispark UNTIL NOW! which like i said is the 30-1833... so what part could they have mixed it up with is the thing

 

Who knows, Wells makes and ships parts to lots of different companies and maybe the full opti that was supposed to go somewhere else ended up in that box.
Dunno, HOPEFULLY they are starting to carry that and you got an early one.

 

ok if it ssays that on the box...the how could it be a mistake?..

so they screwed up and printed that on the box thaty they screwed up on?

 

It was inside the box and yes maybe they make a kit like that for someone else and not autozone but one for someone else ended up getting shipped to autozone.
Sheesh not that hard to understand, it has happened before you know.
Wells makes both the opti AND the cap and rotor, it is entirely possible they make a kit with both together and sell it only to special customers. One of them may have ended up in a cap and rotor box by mistake.

 

Well for anyone that wants it, its available on there website like I said.

 

So the one on the website, does it say if it is vented or not? And will a vented one fit on a '95? Mine went out yesterday, and I got an estimate of $1000 to do it today, so as long as it's under 300 I'm happy.

 

Whether or not any of this stuff is available, you can get a complete GM opti for your 1995 (which is vented) for ~$200 from Jason or Dal.

Dal Slabaugh: 877-448-5451
email: lockitup@bright.net
VanDevere Buick/Pontiac/Olds Akron, OH

Jason Cromer: 877-726-8295 or 850-243-8826 (direct parts dept ph #)
email: gmparts@samtaylor.com
Sam Taylor Buick/Cadillac Ft. Walton Beach, FL

 

No need to drive anywhere. All you need is one of the screws from the top plate of the throttle body. Put it in a reversable drill, head out of course, and zip them off, it's simple and takes about 45 seconds.

www.halbertperformance.com and I have a link for Opti Disection on there. These things aren't fragile at all. Once your optical portion starts to go, it's just history. You can rebuild it, but it's never up to par with a new one

-Shannon

 

Just a little bit of near worthless trivia. Years back I was involved with the vette fuel injection (from the 60s). So naturally, I bought alot of replacement parts. Well, there came a time when the 'well' of NOS replacements dried up. I believe cuz of the time period that the fuel injectin had last been offered on oem, GM was compelled to replenish the depleted stock. The replacement were then again available, but prices literally overnite, tripled. Did they use original suppliers or same tooling? I'm confident whatever supplier was used, didn't produce the parts in quantities a large as originally manufactured.

My point being, for those unaware, (or in denial) while $600 is alot for a replacement superior to the oem original, you can bet twice that, the qualtity manufactured did not come close to the hundreds of thousands originally produced by Mitubishi. Why make several times more than a retailer could ever hope to sell? They have/had to balance the actual need with enuf units to keep the product saleable costwise. IMO, MSD would have, at best, been no better OR less expensive. Looks like they played it much safer. Rather than be forced to promote a vastly costlier replacement, they chose not to enter that arena. At least, we have a choice.

Here, here, I've a logical explanation to this dilemna. 30-1833 part # does not exist. InjectedSS does not exist. AZ does not exist. I just called, they haven't even HEARD of Utah. Is that a state or what?

 

cough HOMO cough

 

I have called 4 autozones and went to one, to get the 30-1832(94 style) and they just give me the metal thing for the inside, no full opti and say that is all they have ever carried, I was so excited about doing my opti install but now going to have to wait on shipping since no one carrys a opti for under 500 bucks around here.