Sorry for the delay; been out of town for a couple of days. In answer to your question, I specified a VWC (Volkswagen of Canada) rebuild when I placed the order with my local VW dealer. Their rebuilds are pretty unmistakably identifiable: Air Distributor and Air Deflectors installed; Simtest computer test report incl., Oil Flow @ Pressure, Torque, & Compression (avg & /cyl); installation guide & policy statement incl., phone support #'s (800/387-0009 or Metro Toronto 416/288-3001 ext 215. I found them to be quite forthcoming over the phone, at one point transfering me to the shop floor for more expertise. I found the pre tax price of $2053 US incl., freight to be surprisingly reasonable particularly for a major dealer supplied item. I would use them again without question but for the temptation to go with one of the conversions that are being discussed; hopefully, that decision is down the road a piece.
----- Original Message ----- From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no> To: Joe Knight <jknight%qwestinternet.net@qwestinternet.net> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 7:07 PM Subject: Re: VW rebuilds junk?
> I've noticed that every major rebuilder gets the thumbs down from some listees, > while they might get some thumbs up form others. Now is the time to discuss the > VW rebuilds, or are they VW rebuilds? Does any of you listees know where these > engines come from? I know VW has a factory in germany for rebuilding engines, > trannys and other components, but are the engines the US dealers offer rebuilt > in Germany? I for one, does not know. Since I don't know this, the thought that > crossed my mind was, is there a possibility that the engines VWoA supplies have > been rebuilt by AVP, FGA, GEX or Boston Bob? Or are they imported from Germany? > This would be best answered by those who have engines supplied by VWoA. What are > the lists experiences? > > PerL > 88 Syncro (probably stock engine w/180k kms) > > |
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