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RE: TR3-4 stainless steel water pipe

To: "'a Wallace'" <wallaces@superaje.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: TR3-4 stainless steel water pipe
From: Chris De Wet <DeWetC1@sapo.co.za>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:04:49 +0200
Jim

Complain as much as possible ! If you receive anything for free it's a
different story , but don't accept poor quality parts for which you have to
pay money . If we don't complain , they will just continue selling us
rubbish . That's my opinion anyway .

Kind regards

Chris de Wet
P O Box 472 , Ifafi  , 0260  ,  South Africa  .
Telephone 012 - 3398071 ( office ) 012 - 2591129 ( home ) Cell 0839989744
Fax 012 - 3398201
One '56 TR 3 with o/d , two Heralds and four early Spitfires without o/d .


-----Original Message-----
From: a Wallace [mailto:wallaces@superaje.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:27 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: TR3-4 stainless steel water pipe



Nice box of stuff arrives in from Moss via BPC, and in it there's this pipe 
- it's the one that runs from the back of the water pump back along the 
side of the engine, and it's supported by one of the bolts that holds the 
coil. What a piece of junk.
Stickers on it say Falcon and Made in England, but I'd be embarrassed to 
put my name on if I were them. It's all correctable, but I expected a 
bolt-on replacement part. The diameter is a bit small; maybe crushing the 
brass olive really hard will prevent it from leaking; I hope so. The bends 
end up having it interfere with the cylinder head; I guess if I'm careful I 
can hand unbend and re-bend a bit here and there and make that work. The 
bracket that's held by the coil bolt is at least 1/2" too long; I can cut 
off the excess and drill a new hole, and re-bend the bracket.
Should I just be quiet and get used to this? I thought I was restoring a 
car, not the new parts.
Sorry for the rant - you're the folks who understand.....
Thanks for your ears,
Jim


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