New Tedd's Catalog; I have been "violated"!

[T. Cotten]

Not sure I understand your question, Rob...

If the float swells up, not only will it not come back out of the bowl, but it can stick on the side of the bowl to make a flood.
I am certain many of you experienced this with original OEM "Armstrong" floats.
(Attached are two other modern productions, one a prominent Indian supplier, and the other producer has admittedly flooded the market with 10,000.)

...Cotten
PS: My own productions prior to June of '08 have also suffered, and I replace them free of charge with the latest material.

[rwm]

why should it come out? the opening looks to be smaller then the bowl.

[T. Cotten]

Just a public service update Folks,

Not about Tedd's violation upon me, but my customer.

His original spares arrived, which at least Tedd's returned to him.
Much of it still has what I would call 'museum-grade' cadmium.

It appears they basically soaked him for every cheesy part they could pull out of inventory, rather than service (or even just clean) the good stuff.

....Cotten
PS: Although it was new in September, the float already wouldn't come out of the bowl: attached.

[sirhrmechanic]

I just received in a Royce Carburetter for rebuild. The shop that sent it to us was really helpful and bead blasted the whole thing inside and out... before dismantling it. I guess they wanted to make sure they sent it clean.... I will be able to save it. But someone's gonna pay the stupid tax on this one.



This isn't the carb... this is one we rebuilt that sold a while ago at an auction. Now picture it helpfully bead blasted. Yes, that included the extra air valve (kind of like an SU Dash Pot). Did I mention the stupid tax?

Not all butchers cut meat, Cotten. But it's what keeps us busy...

Cheers,

Sirhr

[T. Cotten]

I knew it was only a matter of time, Folks,...

A fellow sent me an M74B that he had Tedd's "rebuild", but couldn't tune at all.

Aside from all of the other horribly amateurish aspects of the work, the bore was oversized, but the rough-blasted original throttledisc was used.

Duh.

....Cotten

[Chris Haynes]

Tedd has agreed to remove the photos from their website, and from future catalogs, but how many thousands have they already distributed?....Cotten

Can I get you to autograph my copy? ;-)

[T. Cotten]

Well Folks,

They didn't care to retain me as a consultant; Their loss, not mine!

Tedd has agreed to remove the photos from their website, and from future catalogs, but how many thousands have they already distributed?

I still wish to seek redress.

Is the AMCA Consumer Affairs function for real?

....Cotten

[T. Cotten]

what kind of tools and machinery is required for this take over?

Rob!

I admit that my tooling is primitive, and machinery quite tired, but the only requirement is that the individual be foolish enough to want to make a name for himself in vintage American motorcycle services.

That's why the business has been "Liberty" for thirty-five years, and not named after myself.

I just want to vacuum and be a "greeter".

....Cotten

[Robert Luland]

"The Cannonball may be the end of me"
Adios amigo!

[rwm]

Golly D.J.!





The Cannonball may be the end of me.

(Have I mentioned lately that I am STILL looking for somebody to take over?)





....Cotten

what kind of tools and machinery is required for this take over?

[T. Cotten]

Golly D.J.!

That's a 1993 profile of my shop, and I don't own VirtualIndian by any means, although I owe the owner "Moen" a lot.
(Anybody attending D-port this year that can carry Scout cylinders back to Denmark for me? Seriously.)

It would be pointless for me to advertise my services, as I am already pushed to my limits of productivity.

The Cannonball may be the end of me.

(Have I mentioned lately that I am STILL looking for somebody to take over?)

Meanwhile, back to topic,...
The lady at Tedd's who first emailed me with a request for a resolution just emailed me that she didn't get my email, after she received my inquiry for a reply to mine.

It's like dealing with the government.

....Cotten

[Knotthed]

I guess not, but you could have.

This is a good start and has most of the basic information that you would want on a webpage.

http://virtualindian.org/5deallib.htm

A facebook page might help as well as us newborns in diapers typically turn to the interweb to find information instead of the phonebook. And who has a phonebook for a little river town anyways?

I am pleased that you have the presence on the forum. Might not hurt to change your signature at the bottom of your posts to include Liberty's contact info. I know I have given it out before, as it is not really readily available. You could even have the link to your leak test in your signature.

[T. Cotten]

Knotthed!

I have a webpage?

....Cotten

[Knotthed]

It's getting warm out, time for some lemonade!

Liberty Motorcycle Specialities "the Original" Linkert Carburetor Bore Refinishing service as seen on page 667 of VTwin Manufacturing catalog.

with a few changes to your webpage, you could be getting some hits from people searching for VTwin Linkert Stuff.......

Just a thought if it doesn't work out, you can still make lemonade!

[T. Cotten]

Well, SrHr,...

"Copying" isn't hard, but pirating for commercial mis-representation should have its consequences.

Tedd has not responded to my simple resolution that he retain me as a consultant, and I would then be more than happy to provide even more photos and expertise.

If he chooses to "blow me off", I must either mount a long-term campaign to expose this piracy (what is this "facebook" thing anyway?),
...or might I contact our AMCA Consumer Affairs advocate?

I hope that just because Tedd has two full pages of advertising in the magazine there would not be a conflict of interest, would there?

....Cotten