rickg gmparts

railroad is so far behind shipping vehicles and due to the logistics of railroad shipping they are at the mercy of the railroad. my dealership is waiting for aprox 50-60 units that have been built weeks ago and no word on when they will arrive

if truck has package, it should be in overhead console according to service manual. to be honest my truck has the package but my sliding window switch is roughly the location where the overhead lamp switch is supposed to be

when a vehicle is ordered with dealer installed options, those parts are shipped from a company that services the gm dealers in the area. once vehicle is labeled as shipped ,those parts for that vehicle are then shipped from the warehouse to the destination dealer for that dealer to install. sometimes the vehicle does get there before the parts but most of the time the dealer sits on them vehicle arrives. as far as the old parts coming off if the customer wants them they can have them as dealer is not charged or paying for them in any way. most of the time customer doesn't want anything to do with them and I don't want parts in mislabeled boxes that I didn't buy from gm in my inventory. as far as color matching and coming from the supplier already painted, any good bodyshop should be able to paint them and make sure paint doesn't come off unless something hard hits molding.

I also understand how full means 3-5 gallons coming off full mark and having a reserve of 5-7 gallons for emergencies- but when my needle just comes off full and I put 11 gallons in it, something is not right

my 14 and 17 1500 trucks were actually pretty good. I always have understood fuel gauges are flaky, but have figured them out for each of my trucks. neighbor down my road has gmc and he keeps looking at fuel mileage left vs looking at fuel gauge because it's so bad

just looking to see if i'm the only one with a terrible reading fuel gauge. I've had it at half and can only put 10-11 gallons in it and I've had it at 3/4(or slightly above) and put 21 gallons in it. 1700 miles on truck. before I complain about it, figured I'd ask here. I checked in my service manual for bulletins and din't see anything- can be confusing to hunt down something like this being a parts guy