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?
^^Exactly, even the really big players get caught out
A few years ago I needed a replacement brake servo that hadn't been made for perhaps 40+ years, fortunately a reputable specialist had had a batch of new copies made, very expensive but I bought one, it failed within a 100 miles ! Second attempt was a NOS refurbed one which failed whilst trying to bleed the brakes before I could even test drive it. Third attempt was a specialist who re-sleeved my existing 50 yr old unit at considerable cost - but it came with a test cert from a static rig stress test showing actual psi & boost pressures achieved, rather pricey, but still spot on after many 1000's of miles. At no point did I try to cut costs or corners, but I still had surprising failures of a safety critical part
I feel quite sorry for MMC, it was a bought in part that has lead to some serious issues, costs, and upset customers, that was not their fault
