these days you see labels on parts boxes like 'meyle germany' .... and 'Kolbenschmidt Germany' ..and when you look closely it's not 'made in' Germany .. it's just a German company. with parts that are made you know where often. scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Courtney Hook To: Old Volks Home ; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Cc: type2 ; wetwesties Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:05 PM Subject: [WetWesties] Re: 5400rpm rev limiting rotors for 10 bucks at cip
Geez, what a **** off! They are basically saying it is German made and it's Chinese??? What a load of crap! Sorry I brought it up folks. That's just wrong. Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [WetWesties] 5400rpm rev limiting rotors for 10 bucks at cip > German Bruck is code for Chinese made. But maybe they work OK. > > I use one on my 914, but they're the real OE deal. Some things I > don't go cheep on: > > http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/distributor-(ignition)-rotor/rotor-speed-limiter-style-04016 > > Just sayin' > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" > 75 914 1.8 "Nancy" > Full Timing Since March 1999 > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *********************************** > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> > wrote: >> So does anyone actually use one of these, or are they like me and have a >> tach on the dash? If you do use one, they are on sale at CIP for 10 >> dollars right now, and are German Bruck manufacture so it says. >> Courtney
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