So getting back on topic, does it mean that only goods made in Australia for Australian cars are any good. Well if I gave you plans to make a vacuum pump would it be better made here or overseas. It's down to the plans. A building is only as good as its foundations. Go to the foundation of the product and you will find the fault. From memory the part in question was very suspect from the start. Maybe one In ten lasted. But having said that, a question to Mr Rare Spares. How hard is it to copy a part? Especially one that was designed decades ago!