<VV> Bad Quality Control

[shortle]

Kevin,
A couple of things come to my mind on your dilemma. First, (especially if) the Corvair is your only car why would you not have oil filters (plural) in stock? I probably have 20 filters in stock for my own cars. Second, why would you not purchase them from 1 of our vendors? I know Clarks has had filters "custom made to specs" and I have seen them on many cars and have not heard anything bad about them. And their price is more than competitive. Just my 2 cents if anyone will pay.
Timothy Shortle in (raining) Durango Colorado


-----Original Message-----
>From: kevin nash <wrokit at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Sep 7, 2010 11:03 PM
>To: "virtualvairs at corvair.org" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: <VV> Bad Quality Control
>
>
>   Last Friday, I decided it was oil change day, so I went to one of our flaps, got my oil, got the filter (I rather liked the fact that
>I could get the oil filter, in stock!), went home, promptly drained the oil while it was nice and hot, replaced and re-torqued the drain
>plug,removed the old filter, dumped the old oil out into my special drain pan (fits under the oil pan, with a screw-on funnel), filled the 
>new oil filter with oil, smear new oil on the oil filter gasket, set the oil filter under the oil filter mount, set the perfectly clean oil fliter mounting
>bolt on the oil filter threads, begin hand threading the bolt home- just like I always do. This time, however, I'm beginning to think I've
>forgotten how to screw the bolt in, as I cant seem to get the threads started. I carefully removed the oil filter, and after a few more unsuccessful
>tries at starting the bolt, I found the problem- THAT M&TH%RF%%%!! oil filter had no center threads! It was just a hole!
> 
>I got on the phone, called the flaps (making sure that they knew i was PISSED)- they called the other flaps, who, of course did not have a fram ph-4
>or equivalent, and I was basically stranded ( my corvair is my only car!) unless I did the unthinkable- put the new oil in, use the old oil filter, which
>is what I did. This experience was enough to cause me to load up on oil filters, from you know who, just so I never have to buy a flaps oil
>filter again!
> 
>The flaps I bought the filter from was understandibly preturbed about the whole situation, promptly refunded my money for the filter and
>gave me another quart of oil. They took the oil filter off in the back room, never to be seen again!
> 
>Kevin Nash
>Soon to be EFI'ed early spyder, daily driver 		 	   		  
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