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Author:  Blunder [ Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:52 am ]
Post subject:  Chinese parts fail in the most strange places...
Strange in 2 ways!

Well firstly it was the headlight switch on a 67 morris. Made in china stamped on the back of switch to show quality....

was driving home last night and bam...... Someone turned on the dark.. Lights just vanished.. Switch/toggle thingo was basically flapping in the breeze... No location to "click"

Well today pulled it all apart and geeeee... The thing has that much movement it a shock ever reliably worked, and of all the things to fail its the actual toggle that has basically had the cheap metal worn away on the pivot roll pin!

Well off to buy another tomorrow! And breath! ;)
Author:  bnicho [ Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:45 am ]
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It's not only Mini parts. The six month old Chinese gearshift linkage in my VW broke this morning. Instant no gears!
Author:  Timbo [ Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:08 am ]
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British switches fail too. The headlight switch in my Moke was really unreliable, so pulled it apart, cleaned all the dead grease and corrosion out of it and re-assembled it - as good as ever.

I'm not going to be very happy if I have to do it again in another 35 years! :lol:

Tim
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:13 am ]
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When the 1970 vintage headlight switch in my car got recalcitrant a year or 2 ago, I sprayed some RP7 in from the front and gave it a jiggle. Ir's been fine since. :wink:
Author:  Lillee [ Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:55 pm ]
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What? These things actually break down? I don't think my 1969 vintage switches are going to go bust anytime in the next 40 years :wink:
Author:  Fat Boy Dave [ Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:00 am ]
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Part of the problem (for some :oops: ) is they fit uprated headlights and the switch was never designed to carry this sort of current.
Author:  69k1100 [ Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:42 pm ]
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ditto.
I learnt the hard way in my swift. Put in an LED interior light and it cooked the courtesy light switches in the door for my troubles.

now I'm chasing an earth leak through the body, as the festoon glows dimly even with the doors closed and ignition off, draining the battery unbeknownst to me! melted insulation I bet.
Author:  Monaco [ Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:09 pm ]
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69k1100 wrote:
ditto.
I learnt the hard way in my swift. Put in an LED interior light and it cooked the courtesy light switches in the door for my troubles.

now I'm chasing an earth leak through the body, as the festoon glows dimly even with the doors closed and ignition off, draining the battery unbeknownst to me! melted insulation I bet.


I would have thought LED uses less current?
Author:  69k1100 [ Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:13 pm ]
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I thought that too. However the led assembly is considerably brighter than the festoon.

Either way I cooked the wiring somehow :oops:
Author:  d1ck0 [ Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:15 pm ]
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Depends on how many LED's there were and what wattage they all added up to.


Dicko.
Author:  low n blown [ Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:19 am ]
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Just had this conversation with Dave Perkins the other day. My concern lies with things like ball joints, bearings and pivot pins etc. Its one thing if a switch goes its another if a ball joint lets go whilst leaning on it through a corner. I have been trying to collect new old stock items for just this concern. I dont know if my concern is unfounded but at least the old stuff has been tried and tested.
G.
Author:  TheMiniMan [ Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:19 am ]
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the new chinese ball joints have been snapping for ages

just ask Stew Mcquilken or Nathan Wilson & a few others have had major accidents because a ball joint pin snapped in the middle of a corner

& then there`s all the ones we see on customers cars that are already cracked half way through when we go to adjust them

just down-right deadly & it`s only a matter of time for someone to actually get killed because of it

i only have a few genuine old-skool ball joints left in stock & they`re mine,,, all mine ,,, Mmwaahhhaaaahhhaaaa
Author:  Lindsay_Palmer [ Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:29 am ]
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Are there any good ball joints available new ? Might be a good manufacturing opitunity for someone to make good ones
Author:  drmini in aust [ Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:35 am ]
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Lindsay_Palmer wrote:
Are there any good ball joints available new ? Might be a good manufacturing opitunity for someone to make good ones


Might be a good time for our Oz Mini parts suppliers to reveal where their balljoints are made...
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