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>plaints but not enough to warrant disapproval.  I have enough manufacturing
and retail experience to know that you have to judge both sides of the
equation before judging a complaint
>Does anyone have a GOOD gex engine in their bus?  Since I am stuck with
this thing, which may very well be a 2000$ peice of shit, I would like to
know if anyone has had a good experience with their GEX engine?  Bad
experience??
>ANy advice on potential failures/problems.  I bought hte 36K extended
warranty but I am not really excited about replacing this thing once a year.
Any advice/comment would be appreciated.

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Keep good milage records.  the ods are that you WILL need to replace it
before the warrenty runs out.  Be carefull though, they put a little button
on the case that has a drop of lead in the center.  If the lead is melted
your warrenty is expaired due to overheating.  My 1776 had the lead melted
when the case was spilt by a flying conneting rod and an oil fire broke out.

If you call for service and they give you the blow-off, get on the vintage
VW list and slam them.  Be honest and after a few laywers offer to take your
case the owner will call you asking "How can we straighten this out?".
(Experience speaking here)

Treat your engine with extra care and hope that they remembered all the
bearings when they built yours.

Chris Smith
3 GEX (Garbagus EXtremus) motors, all ruined, all less than 25k miles, all
WELL cared for.