TW> The US and Foreign countries are being flooded with fake parts.   
   TW> Some with near perfect packaging to fool the repair stations buying   
   TW> them. And some repiar stations are cutting costs by "Buing Cheep at   
   TW> any Price"   
   TW> The Air Force has a big problem because they deal with so many small   
   TW> contractors under Federal guidelines.   
      
   The Chinese will counterfeit anything and everything.  The US has very little   
   authority to do anything about it, even though we import tons of crap from   
   them daily.   
      
   The blower motor that I needed was $99-$160 at the local parts stores.  If it   
   isn't something I need immediately, I will buy from RockAuto.  They have many   
   different parts to select from and are typcially very good at keeping the   
   chinese crap out.  They don't want to have to pay for return shipping on a   
   garbage part.   
      
   In this case, the TCY part was $43.  Maybe some of them worked for people, but   
   not me.  The Four Seasons blower that I ended up getting was around $70.     
      
   My wife was very happy to drive the truck today with the quiet and working   
   blower motor considering it was 96 degrees outside today!   
      
   - Mark   
      
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