Re: Alpine part source recommendation

From: SloMoIV(at)aol.com
Date: Fri Jan 15 1999 - 12:29:10 CST


In a message dated 1/15/99 8:15:40 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com writes:

<< I bought the complete VB kit. When I was trying to install it 5 years
 later, long after it was too late to return, I discovered how bad it really
 is. I repurchased just about every piece from SS. An expensive lesson.
 
 But, I would add that even with the mechanical stuff you have to be
 careful.............. >>

Ditto.

I bought a timing chain 'kit' (chain and tensioner) from them several years
ago. Seemed like a great deal at the time. How could they screw something
that simple up? Two years later I had an engine ready to install them on.
However, there seemed to be way too much slack in the new chain. Turned out
it was for a Triumph. Again, too late to get a refund or exchange.

On the plus side, the N.O.S. 1725 oil pump (on sale then at $19.95) has worked
fine.

They're better now than when they first started selling Sunbeam parts (the
woman answering the phone back then didn't even know what a Sunbeam was, let
alone if they sold parts for one), but that still isn't saying much.

Dick Sanders
Seattle



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