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Is the Classic Car Parts world going down the pan?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2026 5:01 pm
by geoberni
Whomever is listing items for Moss Rimmer since their merger needs to get some lessons in Classic Parts....
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Since when did Stromberg make Fuel Pumps??
Burlen now own SU and Stromberg brands but heavens knows which SU pump this fits.
I don't believe Stromberg UK ever made anything other than Carburettors.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176939499594
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The Burlen/SU shop website lists the WZX 1710, but doesn't detail which pump(s) it is for.
If you generically just search for pump diaphragms, it doesn't give the WZX 1710 in the results. :roll:

It's getting bad enough finding parts, but these suppliers/manufacturers need to improve their performance.

The Moss Europe website lists it, but I'm not convinced by it's appearance and the listing details. The image they have appears to show a post '85 diaphragm: :roll:
https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/diaphragm ... mp-wzx1710
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Re: Is the Classic Car Parts world going down the pan?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2026 5:06 pm
by svenedin
I wouldn't be surprised if they're using AI to consolidate listings. AI has a tendency to invent or conflate things or so my experiments with it have been. I used an AI scribe to summarise a professional meeting recently and the minutes it produced stated that one of the attendees was building a shed as part of his continuing professional development........It also said that I was teaching on a course (which I was not) in a place I had never been to or heard of........not quite right AI !

Stephen

Re: Is the Classic Car Parts world going down the pan?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2026 9:40 pm
by Bill_qaz
Donald's new SI will fix the issues :lol: :lol:


Why 11 washers and 6 holes?? :roll:

Re: Is the Classic Car Parts world going down the pan?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2026 9:44 pm
by svenedin
Bill_qaz wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 9:40 pm Donald's new SI will fix the issues :lol: :lol:


Why 11 washers and 6 holes?? :roll:
They're not washers, they're brass diaphragm spacers and the correct number.

Stephen

Re: Is the Classic Car Parts world going down the pan?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2026 11:08 pm
by Bill_qaz
svenedin wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 9:44 pm
Bill_qaz wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2026 9:40 pm Donald's new SI will fix the issues :lol: :lol:


Why 11 washers and 6 holes?? :roll:
They're not washers, they're brass diaphragm spacers and the correct number.

Stephen
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Where are they on the parts diagram or is this a different model?
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