| Re: Time for my occasional rant on part quality |
Subject: Re: Time for my occasional rant on part quality by Calm on 2012/5/1 7:03:53 Back in the 80's I had a repair shop. Had many commercial customers (delivery and taxi mostly) that needed new engines. They wanted 'rebuilds' but I convinced them the cheapest way was to have me get complete engines (10 to 40 thousand miles) from the wreckers complete with all accessories. BUT...(I would explain to them)all their accessories (oil pump, timing chain, gasket set,water pump, distributor, alternator, oil pump, oil pan, etc, etc) would have factory existing miles on them (10 to 40k) which would be much better than re-installing their 250k existing items Saved them thousands. (Sure, I could have made decent bucks from the rebuild going the 'shop way'..and actually STAYED IN BUSINESS....thus being a real 'shop'....but whatever, eh?). Now, 30 years later, things haven't really changed, except the list of items included on the wreckers list (CTS, MAF, etc, etc). Of course today, the wreckers have gotten smarter and separated these items from the engines and sell them apart(and THEY are still in business, of course). All this to say.....it's better to buy factory used than to buy rebuilt new. |
