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Subject:Re: Gex engine with 50000 miles
From:Patrick Dooley
Date:Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:49:40 -0400

I sold a crapped out WB to a guy in CA that rebuilds em and sells em to GEX.
Hmmm......

-----Original Message-----
From: Urs Rothacher <Urs.Rothacher@RSS.ROCKWELL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 5:33 PM
Subject: Gex engine with 50000 miles

>Hello again,
>Thanks for your quick responses on my questions yesterday, you guys are
>awesome...
>
>It turns out that the 81'Westie 3sp automatic gas (130000 miles) has a
>Gex engine in it with 50000 miles on it.
>Q: Is this a good or a bad thing?
>Q: Do I understand this right that Gex takes an old VW engine and
>rebuilds it with some own (Gex) parts or do they actually build whole
>(new) engines themselves?
>
>Thanks again
>Urs Rothacher, San Diego CA USA
>urs.rothacher@rss.rockwell.com