The Facts are the FACTS are the facts, one day or 5 months, from March to August 2008 (5 Months). I did not open Vacuum Brake and I did not remove anything from the shipping box until it was installed by the mechanic.
The only response as quoted by Gbodyparts "it should be there" The only response I get is from this thread and the people that read it, who copy and paste it and send it to Gbodyparts, maybe he will see this too...
My intentions were to keep the Vacuum Brake Kit as "BACK-UP". BUT after 3 different powermaster units and 2 accumulator balls and NO BRAKES from March to August, the Vacuum Kit was installed. End of story...
This is one story, the truth, the facts... whether it happend to you or not... I do not need a lecture how to purchase parts or the policy implemented by past, present and future Buick Owners, on "proper procedure" for car part purchases. In fact, I have been blessed with my low mileage original 87 GN in stock condition...
However when you buy a beat up GN that needs attention and lots, lots of money, you need reliable vendors with quality parts... this last sentence is not intended to disrespect any vendor. Only an observation...
No the only response you received from us was not "it should be in there".
We have a systematic way of stocking shelves to make it easy for our employees to pack up a kit. There was no back order at the time,we checked.
The only thing we really run out of is used brake pedals & used kits.
That makes it visually easier for us to see if we are getting low on a part. We do not order 1 vacuum block at a time.
If you would of e-mailed instead of posting titles like Beware of GBP then apologizing then coming back & floundering it may get you a better result.
I doubt we didn't package it & would bet it was lost by your mechanic.
If you would of said Brian was there a problem when I ordered this unit like a back order? Some how we do not have a vacuum block in this kit. It may be that you didn't package it or we lost it not 100% sure. I think you would have been suprised by the way we would of handled it.
BTW it doesn't take 5 months,3 units & 2 accumulators to trouble shoot a powermaster. I think I would have had some doubts of my mechanic then a vendor that talks people out of going with vacuum brakes & fixes PM's over the phones. If I haven't lost 100 sales to the fact of telling a customer, well this is the problem the PM isn't bad, I haven't lost 1.
I can't wait to hear the out come of your mechanic installing this vacuum brake conversion. I'm sure it will be well you just got a bad vacuum brake unit from Gbodyparts beware
Instead of throwing $ at parts educate yourself by spending some time & few bucks on this:
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