Settled in 1806, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania was named for a settlement of mechanics who built and repaired Conestoga wagons. One can imagine mechanics handcrafting custom parts for wagon repair. Today, the mechanics of Mechanicsburg work on cars and get parts from various suppliers, but lately, access to auto parts has been a bit hit and miss. “We’re running into some supply chain issues. It’s really random,” Jesse Coble of Dove’s Auto Repair in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania told The Epoch Times in a phone interview. He noted that air conditioner condensers have been noticeably affected. “We had a customer with an Acura waiting for four weeks,” Coble said. Certain brands of oil filters are sometimes back-ordered, and the business had to wait two weeks to get brake cables for a Dodge. “Tires are getting hard—to find what you want, when you want—so we’ve been telling customers, you better plan ahead,” Coble said. “I …