Hi Jack,

After hearing horror stories about GEX online and in person for the last
20 years I have to think there has to be a flame somewhere under all
that smoke.

I personally know someone who bought a rebuilt air-cooled engine from
GEX that was advertised as assembled with new parts. After it failed
under warranty he disassembled it to discover it had used con rods from
three different vendors. He took them to small claims court and won, and
they never paid out.

GEX Also used to apply a special sticker to the engine that would melt
if the engine were overheated, voiding the warranty. It was not uncommon
for these to fall off during regular use, voiding the warranty through
no fault of the owner.

GEX's quality control and lack of warranty support is legendary amongst
air-cooled drivers, and not in the good way.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 2015-03-21 08:50, Jack Reynaert wrote:
> Thank you for some great insight on this!  This was very helpful.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Haynes [mailto:d23haynes57@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 10:55 PM
> To: 'Jack Reynaert'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: RE: GEX Vanagon Engines
>
> GEX has a bad reputation but I am not sure it is deserved.
<SNIP>
> Thank you!