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Subject:Re: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ?
From:Larry Chase
Date:Mon, 7 Feb 2011 09:53:57 -0600

Folks & Scott,

WARNING ... JLP and Jake Lake is the infamous Ken Morgan trying to scam more unwary vanagon owners.

If you do not know who Ken Morgan is, there is plenty of info in the archives.

larry
roadhaus.com

On Feb 6, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Andrew Martin wrote:

> Is this another Jake Lake biz?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Zeitgeist
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 8:02 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ?
> 
> Before I was ever so kindly escorted out of the Samba, I remember reading a
> thread over there about this outfit.  Quite possibly too good to be true.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi ..
>> anyone ever deal with or hear anything about this company ?
>> 
>> http://www.waterboxer.com/engines/vw-vanagon-21l-engine
>> 
>> a 2.1 is $ 1,865 US with no core required..
>> and all new bearings blah blah blah ..
>> but used pistons with new rings and honed original barrels ( ??...sounds
>> strange to me )
>> 
>> so anyone ...?
>> A customer is suggesting/wondering about this option.
>> 
>> thanks
>> scott
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Casey