Date:         Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:43:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <4FDCF5EB.1060002@turbovans.com>
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Dear alternative new alternator bracket .... 

I ordered this part after my alternator fell off just before christmas ... One day in February I got ready to put in service and there was a great deal of re jigging to do on the piece ... Yes we likely could have made our own at least I could with the help of my mechanical pal ... But that would have taken several hours to figure out where the starting point was ... As it was it took a couple of hours to figure out the end point ... 
The product from go westy is still in service some 120 days later and all is as tight as a ... What ever you consider tight to be 
Regards


There must be a lifetime of thought in the last second if we are to live from moment to moment.

On 2012-06-16, at 2:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:

>  RE :
>> In most cases, the fact that the bearing had been replaced would never come out, much less what brand part was used, or from what vendor.
> As in the case of a crash and damage or bodily harm due to a faulty
> part  or whatever. ...
> They sure  might investigate and inspect the vehicle.
> 
> I have been hired by a lawyer to inspect a very mangled Austin Healy
> 3000 that two guys got killed in ..
> It had been worked on in a shop prior to that.
> They wanted to know if something happened like the throttle got jammed
> or whatever, due to recently done work.
> Of course,  huge sums where involved. In cases like that they hire
> somebody to see what's what , if they're smart.
> 
> in that case I had the police accident report, including tire pressures.
> The accident was on a  rainy  New Years Day.   The tire pressures were
> around 12 psi in most of the skinny non-radial tires.
> And the interior of the car was gutted ..all jagged metal.
> It sure looked like operator error and not a part or workmanship issue.
> 
> Point is though ...if people are smart they will at least check the
> vehicle itself in such cases.
> 
> 
> .