<VV> Who is Selling the Higest Quality Fuel Pump? (humor?)

[corvairs]

No way eh? Whistling at dears in the dark!  Unca Lonald

Norman C. Witte wrote:

>You hear that everybody?  Lon says buy only Brand X fuel pumps!
>
>Lon, if you drive that van at night are you whistling in the dark?
>
>Norm Witte
>
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>>Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 4:36 PM
>>To: Mikeamauro@aol.com
>>Cc: virtualvairs@corvair.org
>>Subject: Re: <VV> Who is Selling the Higest Quality Fuel Pump?
>>
>>
>>Mike - Here on the internet you will get a whole lot of opinions on
>>this. This issue has become so poisoned and polluted by people with
>>personal axes to grind, and has been so muddled with bad, anecdotal,
>>"evidence" and "case histories" that it would take a book to
>>list them
>>all - and 80% of the information would range from just plain wrong to
>>dangerously stupid.  For example "Corvair mechanical pumps are
>>inherently unreliable" - total rubbish - but yet it's
>>repeated over and
>>over again.
>>
>>You'll also hear that you have to buy your fuel pumps from only one
>>select vendor - again total rubbish. The fact that an individual has
>>used pumps from source "X" (That includes us) and never had any
>>problems, so that MUST mean buy ONLY from source "X" - is
>>total rubbish.
>>The fact is MOST Corvair parts from MOST Corvair vendors are
>>perfectly
>>fine. I run deer whistlers on my van and have never hit a deer - that
>>means they work - doesn't it? In fact you should only buy the
>>brand of
>>deer whistlers I use becasue I've never hit a deer - Who can
>>argue with
>>that?  A lot of us, I hope.
>>
>>We sell Master brand fuel pumps. We sell an average of 75 to 100 per
>>month. Maybe 1 or 2 a month  come back with unexplainable problems.
>>These pumps are all I use on our Corvairs, which we daily
>>drive and put
>>about 30,000 miles a year on. Those are all facts. Make of
>>that what you
>>will.
>>
>>In Junior High school it was mandatory to take a semester's course
>>called "Logical Thought Process" - At the time I thought it
>>was stupid.
>>Now I realize it should be mandatory in all the schools.
>>After dealing
>>with the consuming public for 30 years I am amazed almost
>>every day how
>>many are out there who either can't logically work through a
>>problem or
>>just simply don't care to.
>>
>>All the rumours, claims and outright attempts to muddy the waters on
>>this issue have been a great disservice to Corvair owners. I wish the
>>issue could be rationally analyzed and investigated - but
>>there always
>>seems to be someone unwilling to let this kind of approach
>>stand on its
>>own merits. Lon
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