Reverse engineering implies some engineering is done. I think they're working from pictures. I think the days of vw air cooled daily driv On Nov 22, 2010 3:56 PM, "sammie smith" <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, that's what I meant by reverse engineering. But, yeah, if you start with a poor copy you're gonna get a worse copy with reverse engineering. > > --- On Mon, 11/22/10, Ken <dblcab67@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Ken <dblcab67@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Chinese Repops > To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 2:47 PM > > > > > Sammie I think the deal is in china they don't use a blueprint. They simply copy a part they have physical possession of. Probably the part they are copying isn't even OG. So they end up making a poor copy of poorly made copy. Hence you get the result we see now. That's my guess anyway. > > > Ken > > Sent by pure magic > > On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:31 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't think Chinese food made and prepared in the US qualifies. My problem is I don't think the Chinese mfg in China can either read a blue print (do we still call them that) or reverse engineer a part. Then of course there is the problem of them trying to export lots of lead in paint. Not a chemist so I haven't figured that one out. Do they simply have an overabundance of lead that they are trying to get rid of? > > --- On Mon, 11/22/10, wuzmop@xxxxxxx <wuzmop@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx <wuzmop@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Chinese Repops > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 12:49 PM > > > > Those bastards! > > We ordered chinese on Saturday, and they forgot the wifes chicken fried rice! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 12:26 pm > Subject: [tcb] Re: Chinese Repops > > > > > Last week I drove my bus to get Chinese food and I ordered orange chix and when I got home it was kung pow chix. Oh ya and my 6 month old fan made in china came apart a couple of weeks ago. > > > > > On 11/22/2010 12:22 PM, wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote: > On a related note, I have experienced 2 in the last 6 months, purchased from different vendors, where the pass side heat riser is nicely welded and at the right angle, but the other side was apparently assembled by a blind employee. It was so poorly welded and at an angle that wasn't even close enough to fit. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 12:15 pm > Subject: [tcb] Chinese Repops > > > > > > > > It's Monday and there is not much traffic on here so I thought I would throw out a tidbit of inormation. > > Just got through reading a news release on a recall of Walt Disney glasses (drinking) that were being sold at DisneyLand/World. Made in China, painted Disney characters on the glasses, contain something like 400 times the safe lead level content in the paint. > > Yesterday, friend called. Wanted to know if I had a center intake manifold for dual port; duh, yeah, how many do you want. He had just bought a new one ($75) and started installing it. Guess what: The long pipe was on the short pipe side and the short pipe was on the long side. Will install and work just fine except the carb would now be located just about the center of the generator. Guess where it was made? > > And at $75 each I have just discovered I am rich. > > And I can't wait to buy the next Chinese made VW part for my bus. > Sent by pure magic > > On Nov 22, 2010, at 1:31 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't think Chinese food made and prepared in the US qualifies. My problem is I don't think the Chinese mfg in China can either read a blue print (do we still call them that) or reverse engineer a part. Then of course there is the problem of them trying to export lots of lead in paint. Not a chemist so I haven't figured that one out. Do they simply have an overabundance of lead that they are trying to get rid of? > > --- On Mon, 11/22/10, wuzmop@xxxxxxx <wuzmop@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx <wuzmop@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Chinese Repops > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 12:49 PM > > > > Those bastards! > > We ordered chinese on Saturday, and they forgot the wifes chicken fried rice! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 12:26 pm > Subject: [tcb] Re: Chinese Repops > > > > > Last week I drove my bus to get Chinese food and I ordered orange chix and when I got home it was kung pow chix. Oh ya and my 6 month old fan made in china came apart a couple of weeks ago. > > > > > On 11/22/2010 12:22 PM, wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote: > On a related note, I have experienced 2 in the last 6 months, purchased from different vendors, where the pass side heat riser is nicely welded and at the right angle, but the other side was apparently assembled by a blind employee. It was so poorly welded and at an angle that wasn't even close enough to fit. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 12:15 pm > Subject: [tcb] Chinese Repops > > > > > > > > It's Monday and there is not much traffic on here so I thought I would throw out a tidbit of inormation. > > Just got through reading a news release on a recall of Walt Disney glasses (drinking) that were being sold at DisneyLand/World. Made in China, painted Disney characters on the glasses, contain something like 400 times the safe lead level content in the paint. > > Yesterday, friend called. Wanted to know if I had a center intake manifold for dual port; duh, yeah, how many do you want. He had just bought a new one ($75) and started installing it. Guess what: The long pipe was on the short pipe side and the short pipe was on the long side. Will install and work just fine except the carb would now be located just about the center of the generator. Guess where it was made? > > And at $75 each I have just discovered I am rich. > > And I can't wait to buy the next Chinese made VW part for my bus.