My car is in for waranty repair. It is the rear plate that holds in the rear main seal. The dealear says that it is warped, and a new gasket will not work. The kicker is that this plate has never been ordered before in southern california, which is kinda scarry. Now they checked all dealears in the country, and not a single one has this plate, so they have to make it!!! They say about 2-3 weeks for the plate to show up. They have already had the car for a week now. I dont want to drive the 99 lumina they gave me for that long, I want my baby back. So i am asking help in finding a place to get this plate. I think there are a few people in here that can help me. All I really need is a part # (which they probally already have), the name of the place of where i can get it, a contact #, and a price. I will pay for it if i have to, just to get my car back, and the dealear will pay me back. Any one with information, please let me know. also i was wondering, when doing a job like this, dosent the tech make sure that there is a part avail. before removing the old piece?? or is it just me. I miss my car. Posted by DaddySS (Member # 848) on :
Hmmm....something sounds fishy.
Here's the part: 28 - Rear Main Seal Retainer . 12559287 . $61.40
First of all, and Steve can probably comment on this...I have never heard of a "warped" rear main seal retainer.
Second, the LS1 block is a fairly common item, they have to make a retainer?
Posted by NVMY02SS (Member # 1422) on :
let me ck in the am at work if i can get it for you....give me all the information on yr and i will try for you!
Posted by Z28-SORR (Member # 1565) on :
I had my friendly parts guy do a check in this area and they show two, one at Landmark and one at Bill Heard. This took all of about 5 min. So it sounds like they're not trying very hard.
Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :
A good parts guy (or gal) is worth their weight in gold.
Make them do their job, Camaro_Woody. If you find out the part number, post it here. A locate can be done of all the inventory in the Country.
Posted by Camaro_Woody (Member # 1619) on :
I finally got my car back. I guess when you talk to the owner of the dealearship, things get done. Yea it sounds wierd to me too that the plate was not avail. close to me. makes no sence. thanks for the help. glad people still care in this world.
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