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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>List,<br>I feel that in many cases the suppliers rely on the fact that the purchasers/owners may complain to them but that's where it ends. This List may start something if enough purchasers/owners band together to let some suppliers know that some of their parts are not up to the task. I complained twice over five years to a supplier about the wiring harness for the signal lights/horns being of the wrong colour. They acted like it was the first time it happened and I know another local owner had purchased the same harness and complained as well in that period of time. <br>I am very careful as to who I purchase certain parts from because I only want to install it once. If the part fails before I complete a restoration, believe me it happened with two exhaust hangers and I had to change them, I cannot charge the owner twice for something like that, so it's done on my own time.<br>Here are a few items that I see problems with:<br>-Wiper motor mounting rubber, three of them needed.<br>-Signal lights/ horns wiring harness that goes through the stator tube.<br>-Inside piece for the ashtray, rechrome your old on as the new ones are not the same at all.<br>-Flasher unit<br>-Bottom rad hose<br>-Carpet set<br>If anyone wants to know where to get some of these with good quality built in them, contact me off list. <br><br>Jean <br><div>> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:18:22 +1100<br>> From: varley@cosmos.net.au<br>> To: healeys@autox.team.net<br>> Subject: [Healeys] water pumps and other repro parts<br>> <br>> Hi Guys, it is in fact very disappointing the quality of some of the <br>> reproduction parts available for our cars. Whenever possible it is <br>> better to recondition original equipment rather than take the road that <br>> can seem easier by replacing. I have seen the following. New complete <br>> BJ8 steering box where the sector peg was fully soft steel and wore out <br>> in 2000 miles. Alloy petrol tanks that continually crack at the end <br>> seams. Plastic fuel gauge tank unit floats that crack at the clip that <br>> retains them. Ball joint boots that disintegrate quickly. Cast <br>> aluminium 6 cylinder sumps that are porous and leak oil. Alloy 100 <br>> cylinder heads sold as for the 100 when they were in fact Austin A70 <br>> commercial heads with Healey valves fitted small deep combustion cambers <br>> and hopeless valve masking. And for goodness sake does anyone make a <br>> Healey exhaust mount that is properly vulcanised rubber to steel and <br>> doesn't fall apart? I know it is hard to make small volume production <br>> but in the real world the suppliers would be getting lots of warranty <br>> claims. My sample is just across 3 cars, so I'm sure there are more out <br>> there. Feel free to reply to the list with what parts have disappointed. <br>> While the list probably should not name and shame the suppliers, we <br>> should be pointing out what to be aware of when buying new reproduction <br>> parts. Wherever possible fix what the original manufacturer produced as <br>> it will have been made to a high standard, with repro, who knows.<br>> Cheers<br>> Larry Varley<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br>> <br>> Healeys@autox.team.net<br>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br>> <br>> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com<br>> <br></div> </div></body>
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