[Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts

[Magnus Karlsson]

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 at 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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