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MIGUEL MENDEZ is currently offline  MIGUEL MENDEZ   United States
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I know I am not on this forum very often but, I proclain this day to be JIM K DAY, Jim for what it is worth, you always give me time when i am in a pickle, I ran into a problem this past friday with a 3.70 final drive, I call Nick and told him my situation, he then talked to Jim which in turn, Jim told Nick to put one on a truck right away.

I got it this morning, it is installed and ready to go. good god, what else can we ask for, Jimis a true frined to all of us in the TZE world, so, I want to take this moment t5o thak you Jim form most of us..

Your friend and brother (from another mother)


Miguel

1978 Royale Pain in the %$@, side bath w/ a 403 that i love.

GMC name : The other woman


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Re: Jim K [message #162294 is a reply to message #162288] Mon, 05 March 2012 17:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
JohnL455 is currently offline  JohnL455   United States
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He's in good company then as today schools are closed in Chicago for Cazmier Pulaski Day. If you combine the two you get a Polish Ornamental. Never heard a bad note about Jim (or Jim). No matter how hard you try, mechanical things can break or develop problems or get tweeked in shipping, but I've never heard anything other than Jim made it right and even covered shipping etc.

John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
Re: [GMCnet] Jim K [message #162324 is a reply to message #162294] Tue, 06 March 2012 01:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This Ornamental is greatly honored for this day.
Several called and told me lot of great jokes and one lady gave me a
very good phone.
Now that was very cool.
Our customer base has gotten strong as we have most everything the GMC
community needs.
We are in the middle of relocating to anther bldg as the land lord
wants too much for the building.
I walked through our new locations and saw inventory of GMC parts that
shocked me.
We are also shipping our final drive and limited slop units from the
Mid West to save the customers freight.
We sighed with Fed Ex also to ship or packages as UPS has gotten to
where they damage too many and are more expensive.
We have 2 new electric operated side step that tuck in considerably
more than the Ragusa units and yet extend more and are 3 inches wider
as well.
They come from England and Italy. All allies, not like the Red Chinese junk.
I'll have it on my coach at the Convention.
Thank you Brother Miguel, I have had a great day.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 3:42 PM, John R. Lebetski <gransport@aol.com> wrote:
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> He's in good company then as today schools are closed in Chicago for Cazmier Pulaski Day.   If you combine the two you get a Polish Ornamental.  Never heard a bad note about Jim (or Jim).  No matter how hard you try, mechanical things can break or develop problems or get tweeked in shipping, but I've never heard anything other than Jim made it right and even covered shipping etc.
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Re: Jim K [message #162329 is a reply to message #162288] Tue, 06 March 2012 06:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Rick Williams is currently offline  Rick Williams   United States
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Jim

Happy Jim K day. Thanks for all you do for us. But I am confused. I thought you are Norwegian.

Rick


Rick Williams
Bliss, Michigan
1978 Eleganza II
Re: [GMCnet] Jim K [message #162330 is a reply to message #162329] Tue, 06 March 2012 07:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Perhaps he can't distinguish between lutefisk and sushi?
 
--johnny
''76 23' transmode Norris
'76 Palm Beach

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Jim

Happy Jim K day. Thanks for all you do for us. But I am confused. I thought you are Norwegian.

Rick
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Re: [GMCnet] Jim K [message #162335 is a reply to message #162324] Tue, 06 March 2012 09:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We sighed with Fed Ex also to ship or packages as UPS has gotten to where they damage too many and are more expensive.


I have had a couple of very nice conversations with JimK myself and I agree, he is definately working to serve the GMC community and help others as he can.

When I was still in shipping, our main source of shipper was UPS. We found that the UPS hub point, where all the automation takes place to separate and ship packages, was the location where the damage occurs.

I had to devise my own system of packing that would withstand the hard knocks that occurs at that location, and I was successful at beating the automation damages to a great extent.

UPS was pretty hard to get restitution when damage did occur and I can't recall one time when they paid for the damage their hub caused... thats a warning folks. be aware and pack very very well.

Everyone should mark this day on the calendar and the GMC community will celebrate JIM K day every year as a GMC national holiday... hip hip horray for good ole Jim K




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Re: [GMCnet] Jim K [message #162337 is a reply to message #162335] Tue, 06 March 2012 10:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This being a JimK lovefest, I'll give him his due.  My first purchase from Jim didn't work out quite as expected.  After all was said and done I have to say that he went the extra mile to make this customer happy.  Thank you Jim.

Paul
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Re: [GMCnet] Jim K [message #162344 is a reply to message #162337] Tue, 06 March 2012 12:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ggroth is currently offline  ggroth   United States
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Jimmy K, you are the best; thanks for everything.

geo groth '73 260 Sequoia Carson City Nevada 89703
Re: Jim K [message #162346 is a reply to message #162288] Tue, 06 March 2012 15:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chr$ is currently offline  Chr$   United States
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So is that why I saw a coach sitting along the fence between Kato and the 880 a few weeks back?

Moving an industrial business sucks. We just moved ours...

Good luck on the new location.


-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ

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Re: [GMCnet] Jim K [message #162349 is a reply to message #162346] Tue, 06 March 2012 17:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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He frequently parks a coach, or two, there that are for sale. Good visibility.


Larry Davick
Fremont, California
The Mystery Machine
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So is that why I saw a coach sitting along the fence between Kato and the 880 a few weeks back?

Moving an industrial business sucks. We just moved ours...

Good luck on the new location.

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Re: Jim K [message #162351 is a reply to message #162288] Tue, 06 March 2012 17:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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But moving is the only way to do Spring cleaning, and it's spring. The hard part is doing the normal day to day work at the same time! You'll find a lot of "surprize" lost stuff and tools too.

John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
Re: [GMCnet] Jim K [message #162353 is a reply to message #162335] Tue, 06 March 2012 18:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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We're recipients, not shippers.  That being said, I have never had UPS or FedEx refuse to cover a broken shipment.  Since the stuff is always 'In original factory packaging' and we keep the packaging, they don't argue.  We >do< insure.  The only one they (UPS) wanted to inspect was a proc amp that looked as if somoene drove their GMC over it.  They ponied up 12 Large for that one.
 
--johnny
 
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We sighed with Fed Ex also to ship or packages as UPS has gotten to where they damage too many and are more expensive.


I have had a couple of very nice conversations with JimK myself and I agree, he is definately working to serve the GMC community and help others as he can.

When I was still in shipping, our main source of shipper was UPS.  We found that the UPS hub point, where all the automation takes place to  separate and ship packages, was the location where the damage occurs.

I had to devise my own system of packing that would withstand the hard knocks that occurs at that location, and I was successful at beating the automation damages to a great extent.

UPS was pretty hard to get restitution when damage did occur and I can't recall one time when they paid for the damage their hub caused...  thats a warning folks.  be aware and pack very very well.

Everyone should mark this day on the calendar and the GMC community will celebrate JIM K day every year as a GMC national holiday...  hip hip horray for good ole Jim K



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Re: Jim K [message #162377 is a reply to message #162288] Wed, 07 March 2012 00:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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...I must say Jim...I will not forget the extent you went to, to get the parts we needed from San Francisco to Demming NM. (18 hrs) when we needed you most...thanks to you BIG TIME Jim.
Also a big thanks to Dan Greg (and Terri) for your efforts on the same project.....Jimmy for pres.....Dan for sec. of state !
Re: Jim K [message #162378 is a reply to message #162377] Wed, 07 March 2012 03:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jimmy for pres.....Dan for sec. of state !

That would be a site, President Jim K, going down the road in a motorcade, in a parade of BLACK GMC's with the presidential seal on them........

They call the Presidents plane Air Force One.....
Do you think they'd call President Jim K's GMC ARMY ONE, lol or is that AN ARMY OF ONE....


Boggles the mind

Happy Jim K day


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Remflex Manifold gaskets
CampGrounds needed, Add yours to "PLACES" /> http://www.gmceast.com/travel
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I don't think Jim was born in the USA, but what the heck, I guess someone else proved that didn't matter.
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Dan Borlase wrote on Wed, 07 March 2012 00:32

...I must say Jim...I will not forget the extent you went to, to get the parts we needed from San Francisco to Demming NM. (18 hrs) when we needed you most...thanks to you BIG TIME Jim.
Also a big thanks to Dan Greg (and Terri) for your efforts on the same project.....Jimmy for pres.....Dan for sec. of state !


Dan, You made me laugh outloud. I am glad we got to meet yall the day before the problems. You were a lot less stressed then.
I always enjoy working on someone else's coach. Its mine I hate to mess with.
Dan
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