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Subject:Re: Get engines??
From:Mark Dearing
Date:Thu, 3 Jan 2013 11:39:28 -0500

I also HAD ISSUES WITH THE PARTS PLACE kEN.    They charge  you a core even
on new parts.  I have taken a bunch of GEX motors apart and  they were not
good  later  mark d

In a message dated 1/3/2013 10:34:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes:

I would  never consider using a GEX engine in anything.  They have a
terrible  reputation.  I have never bought an engine from them but I have
had  many calls from folks who did and then the motor grenaded shortly
there  after.

I can tell you first hand my experience with vwdiesel.net.   I contacted
them because we had a 1.9l NA diesel engine that went bad in a  customers
82 diesel Westy.  VWdiesel.net has a good reputation so I  wanted to buy
from him.  However he no longer sells directly to the  public and you
have to buy his rebuilds through the Parts Place  Inc.

While dealing with the Parts Place Inc for a 1.9l NA diesel  engine, it
wasn't too bad ordering the engine.  The engine arrived in  a timely
manner and packaged properly.  It has been installed and  running well
for around 5k miles now so the jury is still out on if it will  last over
time, but I am confident so far.
However when we went to  return the core engine is when things took a
turn for the crazy.
When  they received the core engine, not only did they refuse to return
any core  money, they also told us that we owed them another $400 because
our core  was worse than what they expected it to be! In other words, if
we had taken  the engine to the scrap yard for junk we would have gotten
$50.  But  we spent $100 shipping it back to the Parts Place only to get
charged  another $400 because our core was "bad"!

So I will never buy another  engine from The Parts Place again.  If you
are going to charge someone  a core cost up front, you need to charge
what it would cost if the engine  you receive is a total loss.  That is
the whole point of a core charge  in the first place. To ask for more
money after returning a core leaves a  bad taste in everyone's mouth.

Just wanted to warn you about this  experience.

--
Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John  3:16
www.vanagain.com
Phone: 856-327-4936
Fax: 856-327-2242

On  1/3/2013 9:58 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
> Hi Folks! Ive been shopping  around looking for my engine upgrade and my
> father found gex.com the  engine that they have which I want is in the New
> engine category. I'm  asking if anyone has delt with them before and
> wondering if the New  ones are factory VW BUILT or gex built. Haven't had
> much time to  research it for myself yet just wondering what the gang
knows!
>  Thanks!
> Velma 82 na diesel westy
>
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