Distributor Story-ZIP Makes Good
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Distributor Story-ZIP Makes Good
Some of you may recall that I had a terrible bronze button distributor failure last summer and of course on a day that was involved with a charity event. Life hands you the wrong card at times. But I was able to keep the old 1974 going with a Lars rebuilt unit from my former 1967. And it is still working well.
I ordered all the new parts from ZIP and ran into some frustrations in re-doing the 1974 distributor. That is documented here.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...uild-sure.html
Keep in mind my early university training is as a biologist although I have a mechanical bent. But I guess I did not bend far enough to understand the inner workings of a tach-drive unit. There is much more involved than just hammering in new bushings.
Thankfully Justin Abbott of ZIP took up my cause as seen at the end of that thread. I shipped the distrib body along with new bushings/mainshaft down to him to have things done properly.
The unit arrived back this week. To my surprise (pleasant) the darn thing was re-done with new bushings, mainshaft, drive gear (shimmed properly), points plate, vacuum can, and points and condensor.
I want to emphasize that there was no charge for this service. Not for parts, not for labor, not for shipping back.
I did mention to Justin that such repairs are not for neophytes like me and the web site might make mention of this.
Justin, you are a credit to the Corvette community. I sincerely thank you.
I ordered all the new parts from ZIP and ran into some frustrations in re-doing the 1974 distributor. That is documented here.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...uild-sure.html
Keep in mind my early university training is as a biologist although I have a mechanical bent. But I guess I did not bend far enough to understand the inner workings of a tach-drive unit. There is much more involved than just hammering in new bushings.
Thankfully Justin Abbott of ZIP took up my cause as seen at the end of that thread. I shipped the distrib body along with new bushings/mainshaft down to him to have things done properly.
The unit arrived back this week. To my surprise (pleasant) the darn thing was re-done with new bushings, mainshaft, drive gear (shimmed properly), points plate, vacuum can, and points and condensor.
I want to emphasize that there was no charge for this service. Not for parts, not for labor, not for shipping back.
I did mention to Justin that such repairs are not for neophytes like me and the web site might make mention of this.
Justin, you are a credit to the Corvette community. I sincerely thank you.
Last edited by Paul L; Oct 27, 2010 at 03:52 PM.
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Great story. I have always had great service from ZIP when I ordered from them. They even went the extra mile for me on a part when I was wrong about it. That was better than 10 years ago. Good to hear they are still working the same way. That kind of service will get my respect and money every time. 
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From: Ontario
Great story. I have always had great service from ZIP when I ordered from them. They even went the extra mile for me on a part when I was wrong about it. That was better than 10 years ago. Good to hear they are still working the same way. That kind of service will get my respect and money every time.
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We always try to go the extra mile for our customers. Thanks for the positive feedback!
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