Made in China Fuel Pumps, Comments?? Options

[AvalonFal]

Anybody here use this made in China repro pump on a 914?? It has gotten good feedback so far (but only 17). I'm curious about the statement on the arrangements of the ports:

"nearest with electrical plug and silver cap is for fuel exit, the center one is for relief overpressure..."

Isn't it the reverse on an original pump, or am I mistaken??

China

Paul

[swl]

hey George - memories of my own Dad came flooding back with the 'cheap jap junk" line!

QA is without a doubt the biggest problem with Chinese products. They really don't seem to care that 1 in 5 or 1 in 10 don't work. Just give the customer another one. IMHO there is also incredible greed going on over there. The type of greed that makes a company mix melamine into protien powder to get a better price for it.

Dave I don't know how you manage to avoid buying stuff from China. It is everywhere. I swear 90% of Walmarts stuff is from China. Sears is not far behind. Up here we have Canadian Tire and Princess Auto - same deal. I search hard for the 'Made in Canada' label or failing that 'Made in the USA' but darn it is hard to find what you need!

What scares me about the rise in Chinese manufacturing is not the competition but the fact we are closing manufacturing here and will soon loose our expertise. Then they will have by the throat. And you know we will only have ourselves to blame because of our search for 'reasonably' (read 'cheap') stuff. Buy local and keep your neighbor working. Your kids will thank you for it.

George there are thousands of small scale manufacturing plants going out of business every year. Surely somewhere in there is someone who can do the job. It may cost a little more but really is it not worth it?