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Originally posted by jack deryke:
[B]There are two kinds of "aluminum radiators"- one kind is all -welded (e.g-Fluidyne, at least in their nationwide ads) and the other kind is partially welded & partially held together with epoxy. These, no surprise, tend to be cheaper.
On the other problems- the Pantera parts vendors contact suppliers and often get exclusive rights to special-edition parts that will fit a Pantera with no trouble. Such trouble-free parts for Panteras may be unavailable from cut-rate discount stores B]
Well, I'm releived to hear I have the better kind of aluminum radiator.
I suppose you're right about the vendors getting better stuff, but I don't know why they should. Why would a manufacturer go to the trouble of making some right and some wrong? Unless, they made an initial batch only to discover that they screwed up, and have those sitting on the shelf until they can unload them through the huge catalog houses.(?)
To my sense of business ethics, if you market a product as a replacement part, then it damn well had better fit where the original part was and hook up directly to all the stock mounts and fittings. But then, I guess that's why I'd never succeed in business; I'd spend too much effort on getting it right before it went out the door. I'd R&D myself into bankruptcy!
Grrrr.....