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Re: [T3] engine on Ebay


On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 23:12, Steven Ayres wrote:
> RussW=> VW never shipped the dealers NEW engines,
> => even for warranty replacement.
> 
> VW did do factory rebuilds -- I've owned a brochure on it, for the 
> American market -- but maybe the program was discontinued at some point 
> or perhaps limited to certain markets or customer classes. I also was 
> under the impression that VW rebuilds were stamped with an X in the 
> engine number.
> 
> Could it have been put in the pipe for knock-down production in a 
> foreign market?
> 
> Sure is a cool thing.
> 
I think you misunderstood what I said. I said that VW never shipped NEW
engines. They shipped REBUILT engines to dealers, but were not allowed
to use them for warranty purposes.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'64 T34 (not running)
'65 T1 (not running)
'05 KIA Sorento SUV
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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