Auto Repair
Gilbert Parts Depot
About Gilbert Parts Depot
Hunting down the right component is half the work of any repair, and around here the driveway fleet runs from commuter cars to farm trucks and boat trailers being made road ready for the run down to the bay. Gilbert Parts Depot works from 350 Ross Street Northeast, in the older downtown grid that sits back from the water rather than out along the highway strip.
Supplying parts is a lookup trade before it is a retail one. Counters of this kind work from year, make, model and often the vehicle identification number, because a component that fits one production run will not always fit the next. There is usually a split between what sits on the shelf, the filters, belts, brake hardware and fluids that turn over constantly, and what has to come in from a regional warehouse on the next truck. Bring the old part where you can, since a side by side comparison settles arguments that a catalogue number cannot. It is also worth asking how core charges and returns are handled, and how long a special order normally takes, because that answer decides whether a job is a Saturday job or a next weekend job.
Being downtown makes this an easy stop for anyone already running errands near the middle of town, and it saves a longer trip for drivers coming in off the Trans-Canada. The counter can be reached at 250-832-2116, and gilbertparts.ca gives you somewhere to start before you set out. In a town that supplies a wide surrounding region, a call ahead with the vehicle details is often the difference between one trip in and two.
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In the Downtown Salmon Arm neighbourhood of Salmon Arm.
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