Just venting !!

[Paul V]

Being from the UK i am quite new to American trucks but have been working in the automotive sector all my life.

I am finding it very hard with working on my 71 C10 short bed, mainly down to parts not fitting ! and to add insult to injury vendors / manufacturers not really being bothered.

I brought some lower arms from CPP the the shock mount brackets are not in the right place, you can not get a full size nut on them !

Spent $1000 on a ididit column only to find the accessory relays are not like they say they are on the site IE sold short, the accessory wire is in a very bad place and is going to get cut though and i have to take a angle grinder to the shaft to make it fit the stock shaft. Ididit admits there are issues but i quote "Unfortunately there is no good fix for this issue, at this time" put it back to the vendor who promised a reply on Monday O and they sent the wrong steering wheel adapter.

Got some new rear drums from ECE there is no slot in them to adjust the shoes, i have got to go and mill them in myself.

I have had 2 parcels now from LMC and both have arrived without any packing inside the box whatsoever ! all the parts are just smashing into each other. Both boxes had very little packing tape and had came apart.

And now when i have come to fit the ECE sway front sway bar the bushes in the lower arms keep popping out when i tighten up the bolts, ECE says it fits better when the truck is on the ground.

I would have thought with lots of vendors/ suppliers of these parts for the C10 they could get there act together and make parts that fit and work.

Am i expecting too much here ?

I run my own parts business and there is no way i could get away with any of the above.

Rant over