[DeTomaso] Throttle cable length problem

[Julian Kift]

Some vendors are having parts made in China (despite the logo and bag that says made in Italy) and quality control sucks, so they end up with sunk cost that then gets pawned off on owners. 

Some vendors will distribute between each other which then exacerbates the problem!

Clutch master cylinders are a classic example! 

Julian

> On May 9, 2020, at 08:27, Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>    Bud and all,
> 
>   WHEN A VENDOR HAS A REPRODUCTION PART MANUFACTURED, IT DOESN'T COST ANY
>   MORE NOR TAKE MORE TIME TO MANUFACTURE A ...CORRECT... REPRODUCTION.
> 
> 
> 
>   YES, I'm yelling.
> 
>   I have now heard from another owner who found the exact same problem
>   with the throttle cable he purchased from the same vendor.
> 
>   He solved the problem by moving the center tunnel mounting bracket. So,
>   30 years from now when the then current owner of that Pantera needs to
>   replace his throttle cable, he will find, should he actually get one
>   properly re-produced, that the proper cable will not fit because the
>   previous owner made modifications in order to install an incorrectly
>   reproduced part.
> 
>   This. Is. Wrong.
> 
>   In Bud's shared experience, he went to the extra expense necessary to
>   make expensive stub axles actually function as they should.
>   Some years ago when I purchased a set of headers from a vendor I had to
>   pay my local machine shop $100  to blanchard grind the three-eights
>   inch thick header flanges so they were actually flat enough to seal. My
>   polite letter to the vendor, sharing the shortcomings of his product,
>   wherein I suggested he might want to check his stock and/or contact his
>   fabricator, went unanswered.
> 
>   For too long I have heard we should be thankful that we have any
>   vendors at all. And the De Tomaso community seems to have accepted a
>   philosophy that if we can ...make... it work, then that is
>   satisfactory. Really?
> 
>   I am personally done with that philosophy.
> 
>   From now on, if it is wrong then I will demand a full refund, to
>   include all shipping expenses, and I will share my full experience with
>   my fellow owners so they do not have to deal with the same issue from a
>   vendor that doesn't understand the definition of "bolt-in
>   reproduction."
> 
>   I've decided that this issue really requires loyalty to my fellow
>   owners, not loyalty to a vendor.
> 
>   And, IMHO, all of you should consider doing the same.
> 
>   Larry
> 
>   Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
>   On May 9, 2020, at 5:42 AM, B Hower <[1]b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>   When I had the axle to bearing miss fit with axles from a vendor, I
>   called another and he measured his same style axles and told me the
>   diameters. Turned out to measure same as what I had ( this was on
>   second go around with first vendor ). So I thanked him and had my new
>   bad axles sent out for hard chrome plating an ground to my specs.
>   Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be
>   ! )
> 
> References
> 
>   1. mailto:b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
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