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Subject:Re: Can I get a diagnosis please, Part II
From:Ken Korn
Date:Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:46:17 -0500

>Date:    Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:10:56 -0400
>From:    John <u1031271@WARWICK.NET>
>Subject: Re: Can I get a diagnosis please, Part II
>
>>Tom Young wrote:
>>
>>Well, after getting the van home the first thing I did
>>
>Tom,
>
>Sorry to read part II - Bummer ! Are the GEX products reliable ? Anyone
>else on the list had a bad GEX experience ?
>
>        JP

Lot's of BAD experiences with GEX motors. Just check the archives. Last fall we
had our '82 aircooled Westy motor overhauled (it was a GEX with about 60k miles
on it), and it was junk. They even used two different case halves without align
boring them.

Ken
'82 Westy (For Sale)
'74 914 2.0
'75 914 1.8
'99 Rialta (Westy replacement)
Austin, TX

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