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re: rear sway bar question.

To: woodruff@pow.engin.umich.edu
Subject: re: rear sway bar question.
From: whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h)
Date: 13 Aug 1992 14:54 EDT
>       Oh, and I ordered some things from TRF, and have gotten what I
>consider really poor service.  First, they didn't have 75% of my order in
>stock.  This included an oil pump and a 3 piece clutch kit for a Spitfire!
>Second, the order is lost.  I called when I hadn't received the order two
>days after the normal delivery time.  They said I had to wait 10 days before
>they could put a trace on it.  I can understand their point of view, but until
>then I can't get anything done on the car.  Couldn't they make an exception 
>when I have to have the parts to continue work?  

The 10 day wait is not TRF's fault, it is probably UPS.  I had a missing
shipment of a package I sent someone several years ago.  UPS absolutly
will refuse to initiate a trace on any package they've shipped until
10 days has lapsed.

>       I just don't understand how they could let their stock run out on such
>basic parts as a clutch and oil pump, I can still get those at my local auto
>parts place (unfortunatly at twice the price).  Just carping a little, sorry.

It may be more of a parts availability delay, not necessarily a
lack of ordering the part(s) before they ran out.  Certainly
the clutch would seem to be something that a vendor would want to
keep well supplied, but oil pumps aren't replaced that often and
that the oil pump may not be readily available at this time in new
stock.

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