[Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts

[Andy]

Magnus raises a very valid point here re-the viability of companies selling
less than adequate parts.  However I am sure that they "get away" with this
because many of the orders they receive will be from folks who don't have
the breadth of repeat usage experience that the specialist restorers have.
i.e. they don't know that they are ordering poor quality parts.

>From personal experience, receiving an order from one of the main (and I
have tried quite a few!) is always a bit of a voyage of discovery and almost
always results in receiving some parts which you are happy with the
"quality", albeit finish, appearance etc and others where you feel are sub
standard (rust breakthrough on new hubs, incorrect engine mounts, poor paint
finish, being some I could mention). In my case this is even without having
run the car yet - so no doubt some of the issues raised in this thread may
appear.

I am not sure how it can be done, but there must be scope to collate the
"experience" of the Healey Community into some form of guide or listing,
highlighting the parts to be wary of and importantly either proven sources
of the acceptable quality part / alternatives / solutions.  Perhaps in this
way suppliers of the less that adequate parts would take notice.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Magnus
Karlsson
Sent: 01 March 2015 09:18
To: varley at cosmos.net.au
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts

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
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual 
> donation  $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> 
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
> 
> Unsubscribe/Manage: 
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/magnuskarlsson@bornet.ne
> t
> 
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation
$12.75
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums

Healeys at autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys

Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/sneddon@xsmail.com


-----
No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4299/9203 - Release Date: 03/01/15