Re: How much demand is there for PV8C oil pump adapter kits?

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/11/10 8:34:50

Current and historical Analysis of the V8 oil pump is a result of wide spread and severe lifter clatter symptom. Had the severe lifter clatter never become a SYMPTOM then i would have never pulled the pan on my car not even the first time.

Such things as premature bearing wear and other malodies are only by-products of the analysis and the symptom.

It is the lifter clatter that has promtped all of this analysis AS WELL as the original PMCC's 'band-aid' fixes.

Yes, the original Packard V8 pump is essentialy junk in terms of it's application to the Packard V8 engine. Had the CONSPICUOUS symptom of lifter clatter never occurred then i doubt that ANY pump remedies nor analysis of any type past, present or future would have ever come to pass.
CERTAINELY not to the extenent that it has been analyzed.

Craigs sale of 50 pumps in < 3 years sounds pretty good to me. Pprofitability of it depends on factors that mite vary from person to person and trend to trend over the years.

OR, to put it another way: Is there ANY packard part that could be reproduced in quantities of 200 or more that would sell out in 3hree year or less???? I DOUBT it.