[Healeys] County brand oil pump s**t

[warthodson at aol.com]

Yes, that is what I am saying. In the last few years & continuing at this
time, many (6-8) of our local club members have had or are having their
Healeys restored from the ground up. This has exposed me to many reproduction
parts & the experience is quite frustrating. I do not restore these cars but I
do provide guidance. Here are a few examples that come to mind. Repro. body
panels that often take more labor to correct than fixing the original panel,
or the customer accepts inferior fit. Chrome trim parts that do not fit.
Rubber parts that do not fit. Inferior interior kits. Incorrectly machined
wheel hubs & knock offs. Numerous electric components that do not work
straight out of the box.  Exhaust systems that require considerable
modification the get them to fit. 50% failure rate was not based on science
but it feels about right to me. Our moto is "pound to fit, paint to match". I
had the same experience with a repro. oil pump that Richard Mayor had. I was
glad we took it apart rather than assuming it was good because it was new. I
will admit that some people are not willing to pay the premium for quality
parts, but that does not seem to guarantee that you will get quality either.
Gary Hodson



-----Original Message-----
From: I Erbs eyera3 at gmail.com
To: warthodson at aol.comnt
Cc: mayorrichard at hotmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, Jun 12, 2011 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] County brand oil pump s**t


Gary,
are you saying you reject 50% of all reproduction parts, or???? Wow!  Please
clarify


On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:12 AM, <warthodson at aol.com> wrote:

Unfortunately, to assume any reproduction part is going to fit &/or function
without "bench testing" is to invite disaster. The rejection rate is about
50%.
Gary Hodson
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