Actually, it is new, I've received the same from my shop's supplier, and
they are completely new, just assembled in Mexico.

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: Clutch, new or 'remanufactured'?

> Jim Arnott wrote:
>
> > Okay vendors, here's your chance to shine!!!  I recently purchased a
'new'
> > Sachs clutch for the Vanagon.  Came in a Sachs box.  Disk is marked as
follows...
> >
> > Lining: Perfection - Made in USA
> > Hub: Sachs - Made in Germany
> > Paper stick on tag - Hencho en Mexico
> >
> > Does this sound like a 'new' Sachs clutch disk?
>
> Sounds more like a remanufactured clutch, maybe by a Sachs factory in
Mexico? A Sachs
> factory in Mexico is not unthinkable, as VW does produce quite a number of
cars
> there....
>
> PerL
> 87 Syncro 112i