Regarding the porous sumps, I pointed out this problem for the vendor several
years ago and they still sell the same porous sumps. No attempts whatsoever at
rectifying the problem. I have several examples of parts with serious faults
known to the vendors, which they still pass on year after year. It's a policy
hard to understand, which in the "normal" world most likely would lead to that
company being outcompeted.
Magnus Karlsson
www.concourshealeys.com
> 1 mar 2015 kl. 06:18 skrev Larry Varley <varley@cosmos.net.au>:
>
> Hi Guys, it is in fact very disappointing the quality of some of the
> reproduction parts available for our cars. Whenever possible it is better to
> recondition original equipment rather than take the road that can seem easier
> by replacing. I have seen the following. New complete BJ8 steering box where
> the sector peg was fully soft steel and wore out in 2000 miles. Alloy petrol
> tanks that continually crack at the end seams. Plastic fuel gauge tank unit
> floats that crack at the clip that retains them. Ball joint boots that
> disintegrate quickly. Cast aluminium 6 cylinder sumps that are porous and
> leak oil. Alloy 100 cylinder heads sold as for the 100 when they were in fact
> Austin A70 commercial heads with Healey valves fitted small deep combustion
> cambers and hopeless valve masking. And for goodness sake does anyone make a
> Healey exhaust mount that is properly vulcanised rubber to steel and doesn't
> fall apart? I know it is hard to make small volume production but in the real
> world the suppliers would be getting lots of warranty claims. My sample is
> just across 3 cars, so I'm sure there are more out there. Feel free to reply
> to the list with what parts have disappointed. While the list probably should
> not name and shame the suppliers, we should be pointing out what to be aware
> of when buying new reproduction parts. Wherever possible fix what the
> original manufacturer produced as it will have been made to a high standard,
> with repro, who knows.
> Cheers
> Larry Varley
>
>
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