Re: 16V Transmission and "to Quaife or not to Quaife"

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

GEX went through the list's scrutiny just a little while back. To sum it up:
Their engines are unreliable, sometimes built incorrectly, basically, stay away
from them. Everybody that *I* heard say anything about them said something bad.
Nobody said anything about their transmissions, however. I should think you
should be able to get a transmission for a good deal less than that. Want me to
look around for ya? This is a 16v Scirocco, right?
    -Josiah
    '84 GTi
    '86 Scirocco 8v
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah


Bradley Peet wrote:

> The nightmare continues!  Well, it's not so much of a nightmare anymore but
> it is still a complicated situation.
>
> Here's the latest scoop:
>
> I got a line on a low mileage (under 70k) unit out of a 92 GTI for about
> $700.  Shortly thereafter, I find out I can get a rebuilt unit for the same
> price from GEX International down in L.A., but there is a $200 core charge
> and I obviously don't have a viable core to give up.
>
> My question for you folks is:  Anyone ever deal with GEX International (they
> advertise new and rebuilt engines & transmissions in European Car magazine)
> and/or do you know if they are a reputable and reliable operation?  Would
> YOU buy a rebuilt tranny from them if the price was right?
>
> I'm up in Seattle, of course, so I don't want to deal with a place that is
> so far away if some kind of problem came up.
>
> Any solid advice or recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> Also, for all you people who want a Quaife ATB differential, I'm looking
> into options to get them cheaper than Autotech who wants $1095 for the 020
> version.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Bradley
> 86 S 16V 2.0 still bleeding
> http://effervescent.com/vw/
> (yes, I know there are lots of broken links and I'm working on updating
> them)
>
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