yes but can you get rebuild bits for the santana?
rich
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Hall <jimfoo@qwest.net>
To: <lro@works.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: LRO: RE: grim news...
> No, no, no. Fairey, Toro and Santana are all completely different
> animals. Santana is WAY better, Toro holds more oil and has a better
> input gear than a fairey. The Santana has totally different internals
> and a much larger case. I believe the synchro is a rover piece.
> Peter Ogilvie wrote:
> >
> > Toro was more or less a Faerey, as I understand, so no improvement on
the
> > Faerey. The Toro might even have been just a rebadged Faerey (correct
me if
> > I'm wrong). From what I understand, there isn't a lot you can do with
the
> > internals because of gear teeth compatability and the space you have to
work
> > with. So the Santana unit wasn't a lot different than the Faerey. It
was
> > primarily the case that differed. It was larger and allowed more room
for
> > oil. Quite possibly, it's the added oil capacity and thus cooler
running
> > and better lubrication of the internals that accounts entirely for the
more
> > robust reputation of the Santana. All the above is what I gleaned from
the
> > net so could be wrong.
> >
> > Your information is a little dated, Alex. TI Console sold the last of
the
> > Santana's at least a year ago. The only new O/Ds that are on the
market,
> > now, are RDS's Faerey units. I believe it was the Santanas that
actually
> > lead the price rise to over a $1,000, though this is from memory. The
> > Santana's weren't cheaper, its just that RDS is now charging more for
the
> > new Faereys. From what I understand, the Santana unit has no spare
parts
> > available so if it goes in the direction of RDS, you are SOL. At least
with
> > the Faerey, you can get parts from George Laird so may be able to keep
the
> > Faerie going forever or at least your lifttime.
>
> --
> Jim Hall
> 1966 88" Elephant Chaser
> http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo
> "You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling
> with Jim." Mitch Stockdale
>
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