mchristyuk
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I knew it was coming sooner or later, my slightly suspect throttle pedal pot finally died on Friday leaving the Mazzer stranded at the bottom of the road. At least it was parked out the way and only a 20 second walk from the front door.
Trouble was where could I get a new Bosch pedal pot from in a short time so as to reunite my car with my driveway?
I know they're pretty impossible to get new now, and all my usual targets for second parts were out of stock or unavailable... but as luck would have it Eurospares had second hand ones listed on their website. And Saturday delivery was available. Hurrah.
This gave me a chance to sort out the dodgy soldering that had been performed earlier in the cars life when a previous owner/mechanic had deleted the connector and soldered the pot direct to the cars wiring harness. I decided to put good quality 4mm gold connectors on each end so it's much easier to remove now, and I do now at least know the soldering is done properly.
Car is now running better than ever and back on the driveway where it belongs.
But this led me to a thought.. I've had a number of Italian cars (Fiat, Alfa(s), Maserati(s)..) and lets be fair, they don't have the best reliability reputation. However why is it that 9 times out 10 when they leave you stranded it's a German part that's failed?!.. It's a conspiracy I swear and that Fiat get the dodgy Friday afternoon specials and the best parts are saved for the home market manufacturers!..
Mark
Trouble was where could I get a new Bosch pedal pot from in a short time so as to reunite my car with my driveway?
I know they're pretty impossible to get new now, and all my usual targets for second parts were out of stock or unavailable... but as luck would have it Eurospares had second hand ones listed on their website. And Saturday delivery was available. Hurrah.
This gave me a chance to sort out the dodgy soldering that had been performed earlier in the cars life when a previous owner/mechanic had deleted the connector and soldered the pot direct to the cars wiring harness. I decided to put good quality 4mm gold connectors on each end so it's much easier to remove now, and I do now at least know the soldering is done properly.
Car is now running better than ever and back on the driveway where it belongs.
But this led me to a thought.. I've had a number of Italian cars (Fiat, Alfa(s), Maserati(s)..) and lets be fair, they don't have the best reliability reputation. However why is it that 9 times out 10 when they leave you stranded it's a German part that's failed?!.. It's a conspiracy I swear and that Fiat get the dodgy Friday afternoon specials and the best parts are saved for the home market manufacturers!..
Mark
