Troll
Participating Member
- City
- Fresno
- State
- CA
In the September, 2007 edition of Popular Science on page 77 there is the following about counterfeit parts from China.
“The Thomas G. Faria Corporation, an American company that builds dash-board gauges for boats and military Humvees, discovered an entire plant in China dedicated to cloning its product, even though it had never done any manufacturing overseas, or even outside of Connecticut, where it is based. The clones were found all over the world, and although they worked poorly, they looked the part. ‘These clones bear our name and address,’ David Blackburn, the company’s CEO, told the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission. ‘The label. . .contains our catalog part number and the initials of a calibrator, as well as the final tester.’”
I have been told that most, if not all, Triumphs come with Faria gauges from the factory. My factory installed gas guage quit working in its second year. I purchased a new one from my dealer and discovered that Faria gauges came with a lifetime warranty. I sent the defective gauge to Faria and after several months they sent me a replacement. I just wonder if Triumph got any counterfeit gauges or if my purchased replacement was a counterfeit.
Perhaps this is the reason some people are reporting problems with their gauges.
“The Thomas G. Faria Corporation, an American company that builds dash-board gauges for boats and military Humvees, discovered an entire plant in China dedicated to cloning its product, even though it had never done any manufacturing overseas, or even outside of Connecticut, where it is based. The clones were found all over the world, and although they worked poorly, they looked the part. ‘These clones bear our name and address,’ David Blackburn, the company’s CEO, told the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission. ‘The label. . .contains our catalog part number and the initials of a calibrator, as well as the final tester.’”
I have been told that most, if not all, Triumphs come with Faria gauges from the factory. My factory installed gas guage quit working in its second year. I purchased a new one from my dealer and discovered that Faria gauges came with a lifetime warranty. I sent the defective gauge to Faria and after several months they sent me a replacement. I just wonder if Triumph got any counterfeit gauges or if my purchased replacement was a counterfeit.
Perhaps this is the reason some people are reporting problems with their gauges.
