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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Michael,<br>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.<br><br>Jean <br><br><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"> <br></span><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;" lang="EN-US"> michael.salter@gmail.com [mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Salter<br><b>Sent:</b> March-01-15 5:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> josef-eckert@t-online.de<br><b>Cc:</b> John Davidson; Healeys, Forum<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">Hi Josef,</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">In your post you said<i> "Most parts are ordered from China. You get a sample, you order a batch of 100, 500 or 1000 pieces."</i></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">I really believe that the fault lies largely with the company ordering the parts. </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">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. </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">As an individual I have managed to source the original seal and bearing from reputable suppliers. <br>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. </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">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. </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">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!!<br>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. </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">Flame away!!!</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">Michael S</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";">BN1 #174</span></p></div></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><div><br><br></div><div><div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style=""><i><span style="color:black;">If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.</span></i></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________
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