[Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts

[Magnus Karlsson]

To make such a listing sounds like a very good idea! 

Magnus Karlsson
www.concourshealeys.com

> 1 mar 2015 kl. 11:29 skrev Andy <sneddon at xsmail.com>:
> 
> 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
>> 
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