So you probably had the wrong head. There are heads for engines with 11mm
bolts and heads for the later 12mm bolts.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 1:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: GEX Vanagon Engines

I once bought a GEX head for a VW diesel. I had to dremel the head to make
it accept head bolts. This was made with GEX cast into the head, not just
rebuilt by them.

Jim

> On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote:
>
> 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!