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post Sep 7 2020, 03:52 PM
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Hey Mark, what did ya'll make these out of; bubble gum? After sitting in the sun for 4 hours & OAT of 90F these things melted beyond recognition. If I hadn't had an OEM one mixed in the bunch I wouldn't have been able to tell what they were.

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post Sep 8 2020, 02:38 PM
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Hey wanted to follow up on this.
We did and an issue with materials when we ran a batch about 18 months ago. Thought we had caught all that were made but looks like some got out. I will replace these for you. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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post Sep 8 2020, 02:45 PM
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OEM passed the test, wax did not (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Sep 8 2020, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE(Mikey914 @ Sep 8 2020, 01:38 PM) *

Hey wanted to follow up on this.
We did and an issue with materials when we ran a batch about 18 months ago. Thought we had caught all that were made but looks like some got out. I will replace these for you. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Good to know. So they weren't made from bubble gum after all? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Sep 8 2020, 03:09 PM
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No we had some plastic that came in the same type of box that got mixed in with our stock that we didn't know we had used until we started seeing some failure just like this.
Thought we had caught all of them, but apparently (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) not
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post Sep 8 2020, 04:46 PM
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The hockey puck horn buttons that I have made are machined aluminum with a leather pad. If they melt, get out of the car because it’s on fire.

Garage wasn’t on fire. Never got a reply from Mark so gave it to Bruce Stone when he was working with them. He said the reply was basically “garages get hot”
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post Sep 8 2020, 04:48 PM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Sep 8 2020, 12:46 PM) *

The hockey puck horn buttons that I have made are machined aluminum with a leather pad. If they melt, get out of the car because it’s on fire.

Garage wasn’t on fire. Never got a reply from Mark so gave it to Bruce Stone when he was working with them. He said the reply was basically “garages get hot”

That must have gotten by Mark @Mikey914
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post Sep 8 2020, 05:47 PM
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The 1st ones we made wee a catalyzed plastic. They were castings off of an original, unfortunately they were more temperature sensitive. Some more than others. It's why we no longer sell them. No problem taking back. Our policy has always been that if we have a problem we will make it right.
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post Sep 8 2020, 07:56 PM
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Just talked to Bruce and we both recall after he got nowhere I told him to toss it.
You can confirm with him.
I would accept a credit as I spend a ton at your place.
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post Sep 8 2020, 08:40 PM
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Maybe take this private?
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post Sep 8 2020, 09:51 PM
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Maybe take this private?
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post Sep 9 2020, 02:07 PM
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I'm not offended in any way here. I have no problem with transparency. Had I been contacted directly I would do the same thing. A credit is being issued. Sometimes you can have a problem and not know it, so yes I do NEED input when stuff goes wrong.

Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any problems, but the result is the same. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Sep 9 2020, 03:09 PM
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Case closed then.
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post Sep 9 2020, 05:43 PM
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@Mikey914 Just to be clear. I wasn't worried about reimbursement on such a small ticket item Mark. I know there will be snags in any new product brought to line. What I think of when I think of you is that you made it possible for myself & others to replace their dash and many other items that were no longer available. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Kent
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post Sep 9 2020, 07:58 PM
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Take them out at night, put them in the freezer. Reinstall in the morning! Problem solved! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)


That, plus install AC.
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post Sep 9 2020, 08:09 PM
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Unfortunately we have a lot of things melting around us now.
My son Taylor, Blake, and Carr have had to evacuate their homes, Unfortunately we had to leave Taylor's' 914 project behind'
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post Sep 9 2020, 08:25 PM
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Unfortunately we have a lot of things melting around us now.
My son Taylor, Blake, and Carr have had to evacuate their homes, Unfortunately we had to leave Taylor's' 914 project behind'

I hope for the best for all you guys. Stay safe.

My brother lost his home in a CA wildfire some years ago.
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post Sep 9 2020, 09:15 PM
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We are about 6 miles from an active fire and we back up to the forest so it has been very nervous times here at the foster care home. So far the winds have been blowing the fire away from us but tomorrow could get interesting.
On a positive note, we have been getting some amazing sunsets


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post Sep 10 2020, 05:29 AM
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Is it possible to get someone with a dozer to dig a fire block around your property?

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Everyone be safe around those fires.



But heat complaints??? Really??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)

Come to Phoenix...

Amateurs! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)




Imagine, if you will, 4' X 6' sheets of black rubber stacked 5 feet high on pallets. The pallets are on a flatbed semi trailer.
My employer was using a crane to get the pallets off the trailer so someone had to climb up on the trailer and then climb up on top of the sheets of black rubber and hook cables to the the crane.

That someone was me. That was June 26, 1990, the day it hit 122 in phoenix.

After about an hour I felt like I had (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blowup.gif)



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post Sep 10 2020, 05:15 PM
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Well the evacuation was off and Taylor / Blake headed back, looks like the winds shifted again and it's back on. Poor Taylor was having a hard time sleeping. The project we have completed the rotisserie work on is in the basement and unfortunately a bunch of boxes that need to be moved have it blocked in. Gonna try to move it if we get another break (hoped to today but that changed).

As far as digging a trench, the house in in a forested area. There is a field that's part of the property, but if the winds kick up again we can only pry it is away from the house / shop.
Here's a pic for 2 days ago when you could see it.



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