[tcb] Re: Chinese Repops
- From: "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:49:48 -0500
Are over!
On Nov 22, 2010 6:38 PM, "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
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>> 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:
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>> 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!
>>
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Mon, Nov 22, 2010 12:26 pm
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Chinese Repops
>>
>>
>>
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>> 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.
>>
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>> 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
>>
>>
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>> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> 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.
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