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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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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,412 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille ![]() ![]() |
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? i am of the opinion that the pump clay sold would come good. if it was never filled with fuel and it was stored in a box out of the light and was not subject to huge temp fluctuations it would likely seal up of its own accord once flooded with fuel. the plus side of such an NOS pump is the internals ought to be good. no wear. and no corrosion if it was bagged or the ports were at least plugged. i bought some injectors for my 1.8 from a guy in arizona. he had them for his beetle cabriolet and he had purchased them new in the 1990s. they were all still bagged, never opened and with the pintal caps on . the worst that could have been with those was the rubber hoses might have deteriorated. but they had been stored in the dark in a cupboard in their boxes. they are on the car and have been on the car for three years now. doing real well. no leaks so far. so it is possible for this stuff to survive but it does need to have been stored well. often mechanics can be dismissive. i know when we were bringing my 914 back mike did not just dismiss the leaking fuel pump on mine which was gushing fuel from every orifice. he let it sit for a week full of fuel as others here have suggested. reason. it was actually making fuel pressure and working despite having sat for 16 years with the car. but it did not come good. the top seals stopped leaking but the electrical plug seal would not come good on its own. so we had to give up. |
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