All this is taking place in an environment where car components for older vehicles are not manufactured to the original spec. There's nothing new in this. Those who were repairing old cars in their youth will recall how dodgy spares were around in the seventies, and no doubt well before that. I remember "reconditioned" dampers for my Midget for a fiver a side. They lasted a few months. The BL items were significantly more expensive.
Nowadays, the big players seem to get component spec right most of the time, but not always. I had a warranty job done on our Polo, because there is a design issue with the water pump and associated mouldings which causes a premature leak with potential failure. If VW can't get this right, what chance do Morgan have?
DaveW '05 Red Roadster S1 '16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
