Quote Originally Posted by Kenny_Z View Post
I can tell you one thing, we are extremely lucky to have these vendors. There are millions of classic Mustangs on the road so there a ton of vendors churning out stuff for them. You have to be very careful and pay extra for good parts. Even then there's no guarantee you're going to get decent parts. I struggled to stop the leaks in my windshield because NO ONE can reproduce a good seal. When I took the seal off my Nova I was less concerned about my already broken windshield than I was about getting my seal out intact because of the poorly done repops.

It can be difficult to get parts made that will last. Even with testing you can't catch all of the problems you will see once you start selling to the whole market from hot Florida to cold Maine. Some States sell E-10 and some are even up to E-15. Some owners will install the parts themselves and others will have shops of varying competence do it. Some will take the effort to make sure the tank is clean and others will just "throw" the parts in. Some will put the parts in thinking it will solve ALL of their problems when maybe the accumulator is bad. I have a lot of empathy for the venders who have to put up with all kinds of customers, some of who are not as courteous and understanding as you seem to be. In general ALL of the venders want satisfied customers, especially in such a small niche market where reputation and repeat sales is very important. If you are cooperative with the venders they will try to "do right" by you and even bend their own rules if it is reasonable. We have seen this before with the headlight switch by DMCH. One more point to be said, just putting new parts on a car is not always going to fix it. Maybe what you are replacing is not bad, something else is making you think so or your car is modified and that is the problem. That happens a LOT with alternators! Also even if you buy from a company in the US they may be using parts from overseas manufacturers of dubious quality.
David Teitelbaum