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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 28-July 14 From: Ephraim Wisconsin Member No.: 17,695 Region Association: Upper MidWest ![]() ![]() |
Not sure if I'm just ranting, venting or just verbalizing a bit of disappointment. And let me say that I fully accept and I don't expect any guarantees (unless a seller offers one) in buying a part on the World but I'm just a bit disappointed after my recent (september) purchase of what was supposedly a very nice (possibly NOS?) 3 port fuel pump for my 914. I bought it as a spare and then found reason to actually need it a couple of weeks ago. When my service guy installed it, it leaked terribly so I had to quickly buy a remanufactured one and overnight to my service garage.
Won't disclose the seller but he is one of the most highly respected contributors on the World. We negotiated a bit and I agreed to pay $600 for this part....premium money. I don't expect a refund but I sent a note to him telling him that the part was unusable. What did I expect? I guess maybe a "damn, really sorry about that" or some other simple acknowledgement that spending $600 in good faith and ending up needing to spend another $500 for a re-manufactured pump is a real bummer. But, no response. I guess in the end I am just venting and feeling like as a seller I would have handled it differently. But....I move on. |
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914 Wiring Harnesses ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,548 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Clay you have honesty and integrity and are a great example to us all of what a 914 owner should be.
Questions to anyone….why kerosene and not just gasoline? What are white spirits….paint thinner? |
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,915 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch ![]() ![]() |
Questions to anyone….why kerosene and not just gasoline? What are white spirits….paint thinner? Kerosene is less volatile and doesn’t evaporate like gasoline. Kerosene doesn’t turn to that gummy, varnish like deposit as quickly as gasoline. Kerosene is compatible with NBR seals (I’m assuming pump has NBR - was common in 70s). Kerosene not as flammable as gasoline. As stated in earlier comment, kerosene is actually a light oil and has some lubricity that gasoline doesn’t. Basically - safer than gasoline. I don’t know what white spirits are (don’t speak proper Kiwi or Aussie (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ). Mineral Spirits are a lighter more volatile solvent than Kerosene. I’m not good at organic chemistry but I think it falls somewhere between Kerosene and Gasoline. |
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