[Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts

[Jean Caron]

Michael,
I think a perfect example of that is the batch of early Lucas Horn rings that you commissioned, they were an excellent reproduction of the original. I am sure that you inspected the samples(s) sent to you before you ordered a quantity of them.

Jean 

 
From: michael.salter at gmail.com [mailto:michael.salter at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Michael Salter
Sent: March-01-15 5:12 PM
To: josef-eckert at t-online.de
Cc: John Davidson; Healeys, Forum
Subject: Re: [Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts Hi Josef,In your post you said "Most parts are ordered from China. You get a sample, you order a batch of 100, 500 or 1000 pieces."I really believe that the fault lies largely with the company ordering the parts. If a sample is supplied it behooves the purchaser to thoroughly inspect and test the sample. The BJ8 water pumps are a classic example. Anyone with just a little experience in the rebuilding of water pumps could easily have disassembled such a sample and determined that the internal parts were not the same as the original pump and were just not up to the job. As an individual I have managed to source the original seal and bearing from reputable suppliers. 
Using those parts it would have been a lot easier to have the castings made to the original specifications and an exact replica pump then produced. The pumps that BMC produced were developed over many years and to casually discard all that experience and think that one can easily design an externally similar pump using adapted modern parts that will be reliable, without extensive testing, is total folly. On another note Bob is absolutely correct in that owners will opt for reproduction parts over restored originals every time in the mistaken belief that "new is better". Unfortunately the "disposable society" has conditioned the most people to believe that new is always better!!
>From hard learned experience I will ALWAYS opt for a good restorable original component over a new replacement every time even if it costs a lot more. Flame away!!!Michael SBN1 #174 

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