[Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts

[Neil Anderson]

Talk to David Nock at British Car Specialists 209-948-8767 or Inan Phillips
at Healey Surgeons 301-270-8811 or Bob Yule at Autofarm 519-356-2427 and
ask these people where they get their pumps that they sell and how they
solve the problem.  They use pumps from some source in their restoration
and Healey service businesses.  I doubt they will put up with crappy parts
from suppliers that don't care about the customer.  They can't afford to
keep redoing work when the parts supplier is at fault.

Neil Anderson
BT7

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Roger Grace <roggrace at telus.net> wrote:

> Well, I contacted Moss yesterday - yes they were open on a Saturday to
> express my frustration etc.
> In fairness they did concede that they had an issue with these pumps and
> were waiting for their supplier to address the QA issue with them.
> Evidently their supplier/manufacturer was not too sympathetic about these
> issues.
> Scratching around there must be more that 5 suppliers that will sell me a
> replacement water pump; so now how do I ensure that I don't go down that
> path again..??
> Do I insist on one with a lube point ?; how do I know that it is not the
> same manufacturer selling their defective pumps to the usual AH parts
> suppliers ?
> rg
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Larry Varley
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 9:18 PM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts
>
> 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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