Date:         Mon, 24 Jan 2000 18:18:59 -0600
Reply-To:     Steve Sandlin <ssandlin@LCC.NET>
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From:         Steve Sandlin <ssandlin@LCC.NET>
Subject:      Concur on Mark Stephens High Performance
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I have to concur on the poor customer service and questionable work from MSHP.  I bought a pair of rebuilt heads from them for my 1.9.  After installing the heads, I kept loosing coolant and temp would get dangerously high.  After resealing heads two more times, I finally measured and found that one cyl was cut .013 deeper than the other.  Norm failed to believe it until I shipped it to him.  I meanwhile ordered another head and was charged for it.  It took seven phone calls and over 3 months to get credit for the head.  They were supposed to re-imburse me for all the gasket sets I went through, but never did that.  In addition, the other head developed a water leak between the top coolant passage and the spark plug area.  Rather than fight it any more, I just installed a long block from another vendor.  So far, so good, but only about 1,000 miles.  
Steve Sandlin  www.steveslockshop.com  
''84 Wolfsburg Westy
'79 Transporter
'00 New Beetle

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