Month Five-Manuals

First thing was to get as many manuals on the GMC as I could find. Since I never planned to "pump" have not tried to obtain anything on pump etc. Most if not all fire bodies that are put on a cab/chassis have a manufacturer's name plate. I have found it a waste of time to contact them. They installed their bodies on countless cab/chassis configurations and have zero information. One of your best friends in a project like this will be Internet. There is no way to obtain materials faster than by Internet. Ebay by far remains to best sole source but don't rely just on ebay. Once you think you have found what you want don't judge the item by a few pictures. Ask questions. If possible get a phone number and call the seller. If it is a manual, ask them to check the index and make sure your truck model/series is covered. If the seller will not communicate with you by email and/or phone forget them. Have several manuals on the shelf that what looks like my truck on the cover but in fact does not have any information on my model/series or year. Lots of companies sell CD,s claiming to have everything on them but the kitchen sink. My one attempt at a CD manual was a toilet. First the pages were hard to read on the screen. When I enlarged them they became distorted. It was impossible to carry the computer underneath the truck and try to identify a part. With the hard copy I could use my handy dandy magnifying glass and read away. Also I could make notes in the margin of the pages to help out later.