To: JR Buzz,

I believe the following is from the beginning of this topic and posted by you. If I have misinterpreted something let me know. It looks very clear by the information below that your car was originally equipped with washers from the factory.

Q
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From Kenosha, WI, USA
Posts: 33 Alright, so I checked out the production slip on the top of the glovebox in my car and, after it was de-coded, saw that the car had a windshield washer and a radio vacuum antenna.

Yes some of our products are made and assembled in Asian countries. I'm glad you asked, as you can be assured that Kanter Auto chooses the best sources worldwide who are experienced in producing auto parts. We source in the USA, Turkey,England, Italy, Argentina, China , Taiwan, India, Maylasia and others. OPUr sources also produce Original Equipment for Toyota/Lexus, Mercedes, Caterpillar, GM, MOOG, TRW, Federal Mogul, Ford, Nissan adn dozens of other manufacturers.

There are poor manufacturers all over the world including the USA. What is most important is the specifications adn inspection of the purchasing company. We have a limite4d lifetime warrantee on everything in our catalog and our warrantee claims are nil. OUr 51 year reputation for honesty and quality speaks for itself.

I agree with you that this should be a nice place to communicate. If you lookk at my posts you will see that I have no tolerance for those who are not honest, forthright, or those who make glaring errors and won't own up to them.
This should be a place for learning, not a place for people to shoot off their mouth with mis/disinformation. Teh less knowledgable should, at the end of reading a topic, know more than when they started and not be filled with half-truths, speculation and downright wrong information.

Lets all join together to make this a good learning and sharing place. When I make a mistake, and I do, I own up to it, apologize, correct it and move on.

On Asian quality, we have sold well over 50,000 Asian made bearings....not one failure or quality problem, the same for pistons. Can't say the same for US made unfortunately.

Can you please tell me what you mean by "..I need to know what kind of quality I am getting from your products"

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products

Agreed , do not look to Rolls Royce for inspiration. The new model look like a cross between a Peterbilt truck and a
Checker.

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ

To answer Jack Vines points/questions:

Kanter continues to sell Basic , Master and Deluxe engine kits for V8's. We did not discontinue them. When your company Mager Engines ordered, they did so from our wholesale division, Packard Industries.

Supplyijng rebuilders and commercial accounts is different from retail consumers. We recently standardized our kits to conform with industry standards in terms of contents and speed of delivery. The industry expects items to be shipped within 24-48 hours and if there are items which have a spotty availability we discontinued kits.

As we do not have oli pump kits or pumps for both V8's and 356 engines we discontinued the kits, parts must be purchased separately. This was not done to inconvenience customers or ourselves, that would be counterproductive in all ways.

Mager Engine's order for a V8 engine did not include piston rings or valve lifters, thus a kit would not have been of interest to Mager. The unavailabliity of a kit seems to be a non-issue.

With over 70,000 different items in our product line sometimes something is overlooked. I appreciate your letting me know that V8 oversized piston pins were still listed on the internet, they have been removed.

Thank you for your patronage

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ

Stupid with an explanation:

I went to school during the day, therefore my math skills are deficient late at night. Also missed the humor, that used to be during the evening with Milton Berle, Jack Benny and Groucho.

Ten lashes with a rear fender antenna mast nylon insert.OK?

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ

To Pat Green and other readers:

I do not have my service manual handy, but yoiur spec of tightening the valve cover to 740 ft lbs is incorrect to say the least. That is appluying 740 lbs of force on a typical 1 ft long ratchet handle. For comparison a head nut on a straight 8 is about 64 lbs so 740 would be abut 12 times a much on a tiny-tiny bolt.

Check your source, perhaps it is 740 INCH-pounds or about 6 1/2 ft lbs.

Checking for a flat mounting surface on the cover is most important

Best of luck, the v8 does not have a reputation as a leaker

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Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton nj

Posted by Turbopacman

. I stand by my statement that I will never buy anything from you again and I will tell others to do the same.
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Eric Boyle
Turbopacman


With nothing more than my correcting your posts and very conclusive showing that your authoratitive information is wrong, while you do not find time to correct yourself you do find time to tell people not to patronize my company.
Most revealing.

I can only presume that my giving correct information to fellow Packard owners has caused you to do this. You have not found us to be unreliable or any other valid consumer reason. Your telling them not to buy from us is more of an endorsement than anyone could ask for.

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products

To Turbopacman:

from your post:

..."there should be some sort of cannister to put the washer fluid in, as well as either a vacuum motor or a foot operated pump to wash the windshield with."

The use of the word "should" is emphatic and unconditional, leaves no room for doubt. If it were replaced by "might " or "may" then it is conditional.

Please show me where I said you were the only correct source of knowledge regarding anything on Packard as you state I did. Back up your statement with facts, find me the quote as I found yours above. Play fair.

Now there are at least 2 new things for you to make correction.

I join forums to learn and share. Also to join in friendly discussion to correct matters which might be wrong. Everyones words and actions speak for themselves..
Fred Kanter

To Turbopackman:

JRBUZZ stated that his car came equipped from the factory with windshield washer equpt. Whjile you may have seen a pump or a foot pedal/pump on some Packards that does not make it original and might tend to mislead some readers. YOur posts are stated most emphatically and authoritatively
and leave no room for doubt that you are 100% correct.

As I recall there is an accessory brochure or owners manual that shows the system and know the installation sheet has detailed drawings.

You might have seen 1 or 100 cars with non-original washers, but there are plenty of places to check what is original. I have seen Packards with Perkins Diesels, Chevy V8's etc, but I surely don't go around saying they're original.

Thank you for your support. I have no problem with you, I do have a problem with anyone who gives misleading information when the correct info is readily available or masks their real point, whether they be politicians, principals or Packardphiles.

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ

Rods in water jacket

When casting an item with internal passages a sand core must be made. Sometimes a wire frame is made approximating the shape and used as a arbor to keep the core from crumbling. IN my experience I've only found remnants once as they rust away quickly. No other ideas??

To Craig, Turbopackman adn others

Dan and I have built a 51 year reputation for honesty, and unless there is an unintentional error in our catalogs we can supply what is listed therein. You state that we "claim" to have DBK's for '35-'56 Packards ( and we list the exceptions). To say we "claim" so puts doubts about our truthfulness in reader's minds. Would you say that General Motors "claims" to make and sell Corvettes?? Would you say the the US government "claims" to have 50 states. Would you say that Packard "claimed" to make 1956 Caribbean Convertibles?? So please explain why yoiu state that we "claim" to sell DBK's?

We can supply them, if you have inofrmation to the contrary please provide same. If not, I request you apologize as appropriate.

On the Bendix Treadle Vac (BTV) issue. We have sold over 15,000 BTV rebuild kits for about 8 makes of cars, I would guess that Bendix provided over 5 million units as original equipment between 1952 and 1960. If they were as dangerous as is claimed in this forum then there would have been a huge number of very bad accidents over the years and the weakness of the of the unit would be well documented while those vehicles were used as regular transportation.
A well rebuilt unit is as good as when it was new

Yes, there cannot be an argument that a dual master cylinder is not superior to a single, but shouting "fire" in a crowded theater where their is no fire is not responsible. BTV's are not like a roadside bomb in Iraq just waiting to injure or kill the unsuspecting

We get few requests for front end sheet metal or bumpers at all, never have. If BTV's were so dangerous I'd think we'd get many. Of course one might say that all those drivers were killed, but....

Fred Kanter
Kanter Auto Products
Boonton NJ