Thanks for the 1,000 word response to my valve cover crisis.
Here’s the keyword phrase in the article: ““Usually,” he reported, “if you order something overnight from China, you should expect it in two days. But now, I’ve got my people telling me it’s going to be a week. Maybe 10 days.”
The man must have a supply chain that’s not available to us mere mortals.
A friend needed a gear for his differential gearbox and special-ordered it from China.
He placed the order in mid-september and waited 47 days for the part to arrive. That’s before the virus hit.
In all likelihood, the ChiComms had to first mine the minerals from their slave-labor camp in Africa in order to make the gear. Then a slave-labor manufacturing plant had to be built in Pakistan to fashion the gear from the African mined minerals. The part was then shipped via camel caravan along the old Silk Road to Turkestan, where it was loaded aboard an old DC-3 for delivery to the auto parts shipping warehouse at an obscure shaolin temple in the Qinling Mountains.
After the monks deemed the part to be within 0.05 milimeters of acceptable tolerances, the part was packaged and delivered to my friend, who found that the ChiComms forgot to properly anneal the bloody thing and it melted like an icecream cone all over the gearbox.
My point is, the ChiComms have never been known for speedy delivery of anything!
Hey, “valve cover” requires a 1,000 word response. At least I was able to swipe Craig Northrup’s 1,000 words.
I like your supply chain description. Very creative.
I’ve bought a few small electronic items on eBay made in China. I’m always amazed that the parts arrive in a few days to a couple weeks max. I guess they avoided the Silk Road camels. Of course, that was before the current panic.