No, I know my diesel heads. This was a bad casting that was allowed through
production anyway.

Jim

On Saturday, March 21, 2015, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of
> Jim Felder
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 1:22 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;>
> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>]
> >> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 10:55 PM
> >> To: 'Jack Reynaert'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;>
> >> Subject: RE: GEX Vanagon Engines
> >>
> >> GEX has a bad reputation but I am not sure it is deserved.
> > <SNIP>
> >> Thank you!
>