Made In China Crap Taking Over

jeff of pa

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Look at it this way.

I Don't know what you paid for the Radiator

However

If You paid $150.00

odds are the China man or woman probably made 10 Cents
The factory maybe $15.00

Shipping etc. maybe doubled it. to $30.00

Importer sold it to the Distributor for maybe $60.00

You made the American Dealer Very happy :laughing7: he has $90.00 to spend because of you.

Of course you could have gone to a you Pull Junk yard,

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Pulled an original Chinese one off an
"American made" vehicle , Pretend "American Made"
is realy "American made", & paid $25.00

Or insist on proof of an American made one in front of your Eyes for $1500 :thumbsup:
and salute yourself
in the Mirror for buying American, and help make the manufacturer & his Union very wealthy
 

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Check your new radiator for leaks before you bother installing it.A car i used to have needed a new water pump,the one i bought ended up to be made in china.I installed it and it leaked worse than the old one.I took it off and took a good look at it.It was missing a gasket in it.
 

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If you folks have any pets and give them treats make sure they are not made in China as there have been many pet deaths in the last year because of them.
 

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Bought a nice dodge van at the auction, trouble is break lines looked bad so I changed the 2 lines from master to ABS. U.S. made 5.80$ a piece. Why bother to bend them myself. If you look around and have the time there are some good deals out there. And made here.
 

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Yup onfire,it sucks when your in predicament and you dont have the time to look.I was 200 miles away from home at the time.
 

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You could have just dumped in a bottle of Bars Leak like I did a year ago. Hasn't leaked since. Frank... 111-1 profile.jpg
 

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You could have just dumped in a bottle of Bars Leak like I did a year ago. Hasn't leaked since. Frank... View attachment 861222


Bars Leak wouldn't have helped this. The inlet on the radiator for the top hose was split and leaking and it's made of plastic ..
 

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If you want Made in USA parts you need to go to Napa. Costs a little more but usually better quality. I personally think they should be required to put the flag of the country of origin on the front of the package...
Sounds good but unfortunately it's not true, not anymore. Those were the old days. Most of their parts are manufactured in China, Mexico, Canada and Japan. Now you can buy CHEAP products anywhere.

Truth be told the original radiator in the op's 2002 Crown Vic probably wasn't made in the USA anyway.
 

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