It's not out of fuel is it ?
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Who was flinging poo at my beloved Fairlane, that was u young Disco Steve, are u insinuating that Fairlanes are unloveable? or even unreliable perhaps? go and wash your mouth out with soap, my old 78 Fairlane is bueatifully preserved and in fine condition it will be around 50 years after my AU has dropped into the ground.
Nah its got fuel, its got a new plug, the damn thing just wont fire, i threw the thing up the putty and then plonked it in the shed, what I usually do, I have an expensive temper
Kyoto recon they are, Deadong, Branson and Kyoto as well as parts and engines for Kubota and Komatsu (small earth moving stuff).
But I havnt seen any numbers to proove it, just a pamphlet that came with a quote for a tractor recently so I dont know how much truthe there is in that.
Mahindra are building Yanmar stuff these days as well arnt they?
You are right to a point John, the only thing that is stopping the good Chinese stuff from getting known is that not many Aussie manufacturers will buy it in when it is only 1/2 the price of the item they are buying now and down the road from the 1/2 price factory there is a 1/4 price factory which pumps out a product that looks nearly the same.
I use 3 bearing suppliers, 1 which wont supply chinese stuff at all as they tried and got lobbed with law suits and warrenty returns from customers that were less than happy, 1 that will supply some chinese stuff but is stricked on their quality control off shore in china and another that I only use for wheel barrow and trolly bearings as they sell cheap cheap stuff which is the chinese crap.
I have had similar stories as other people with chinese made bearings and other parts but I have to say that in general, I have a lot of chinese built stuff in the house and I have had very little trouble with any of it.
It will end up the same as Japan, as their economy gets larger and more money starts flowing through the place, all the safety and work practices will come into play as will the quality control and then China will have to move over for another elcheapo country for the Supercheap auto products as there will allways be 1.
Did we all hear about the safety recall on Chinese made propane tanks. The 9Kg ones you see on special at the Bu**@*%# warehouse. I can't find the recall notice on the Government site but read the story in the SMH or ABC online recently.
The valve opens O.K. but when you go to close the valve the spindle screws out of the valve body and the propane escapes, causing explosion, fire and injury risks.
Diana