Re: Rubber Components

["Glenn Minucci" <gminucci@domain.elided>]

Does anyone know where I can get the vent window seals?  They would be a
good candidate if they aren't made already.
Glenn Minucci
71 Stag
69 MGC
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip J Wardle <wardle@domain.elided>
To: Dean Cunningham <DeanC@domain.elided>
Cc: stag@domain.elided <stag@domain.elided>
Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Rubber Components


>Dean Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> Just my $0.02 if you are talking to your SOCTFL colleagues
>> If SOCTFL does decide to look at remanufacturing rubber components, then
>> I would suggest they first look at components that do not have
>> acceptable replacements.
>
>Agreed, I've just posted an email with a suggestion for an experiment
concerning
>one such part, in which members of the forum can participate. If this works
out,
>we may be able to repeat the exercise with other parts.
>
>> For example poor quality gaiters to me would be a priority, whereas
>> bushes for the anti roll bar would be low as there are already poly
>> bushes around.
>
>Dead right, the gaiters problem has been reviewed several times recently,
and
>SOCTFL is aware that something needs to be done. I would suggest that this
is a
>strong candidate to be looked at next (my personal view) but would require
a
>larger investment, so let's try the small rubber mounting in the initial
>experiment first.
>
>> If I was  a member of the UK SOC can I obtain a list of "recommended
>> parts" from the SOCTFL?
>
>Anyone at all, regardless of being in any club or no club at all, can phone
Tony
>Lee of Stagpro for advice on 01564 783438. Stagpro is an independant
company and
>neither the Stag Owners' Club nor SOCTFL have any financial or any other
interest
>in it, but Tony works closely with SOCTFL and only sells SOCTFL "tick"
approved
>parts.
>
>Other Stag parts vendors also offer advice, some on special phone numbers
>published in their adverts.  Some of these also sell SOCTFL "tick" approved
parts
>(please ask them which parts are, and which aren't). If they sell something
that
>isn't it may still be up to the standard you would expect, but this would
be for
>you to ascertain for yourself.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Phil Wardle,
>Director, SOCTFL
>
>