Re: !@@#@#% GDMF pressure switches

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: I have to agree with your assessment of the parts today. Everyone demands 
cheaper w/o considering the consequences. Also, NAPA has 2 lines of 
electrical product. Top quality line is ECH and second line is MPE. Several 
times I have caught "punks" buying both lines, then trying to return the 
lower quality product in the better quality box. (not only in the electrical 
stuff. Brakes, etc) There is an email going around warning people in the 
stores to watch for this scam. I check the part going out AND coming back 
(since so many "broken/used before I got it" stories are crap) unless it's a 
core.


From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: !@@#@#% GDMF pressure switches
Message-ID: <20050719151337.G81644@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Now I'm getting pissed off!

A month ago I wrote how I had an oil pressure (idiot light) switch
fail as I pulled into the fast lane of the highway. Panic time! I
thought I had lost oil pressure, but it was just the switch
failing.

Bought a new switch (NAPA Echlin OP6626) and all's well -- until
this morning! 3 - 4 weeks later! Damn switch dies (short to
ground).

Luckily, I installed a mechanical oil pump on the firewall at the
same time, and presure is 100% normal, the switch failed again.

This is on top of two failures of other, one-wire Echlin switches
installed in the brake master cylinder (stop light switch) of my
Rambler. In the last 3 - 4 years I had as many fail.

I fixed the Rambler by buying Ron Francis Wiring's $20 switch.  I
guess I'll have to do the same for the Hornet now. Expensive,
but it claims to be better made, so far so good.


Aftermarket parts are really turning to crap!