[bpmcgee]

Guys, you're missing his point.

His point is that a new reproduction part should be just that -- a reproduction. Unless you're told at the time you make the purchase, the expectation is that the new part will be useable for the application without this kind of major modification.

This tank may be cheaper to produce than a tank with the correct neck. But, since they don't show a picture and you're not TOLD, you don't know that your price of getting a FUNCTIONAL part is actually much greater.

There's also the problem of missing/damaged original parts. If the vendor is assuming that the customer is going to have to tear apart his old piece to get the new piece to work, what happens if you don't HAVE the old piece or it's not useable?

I don't have a problem with people selling parts like this that may have to be modified -- I understand that for old vehicles sometimes you take what you can get. The problem, I think, that Herb wasn't told that his assumption of fit and function was wrong. The vendor should do this.

Brian