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On 2 Mar 2005 at 23:46, Jim Showker wrote: > That's disappointing. When I went there for the first time (RIMCO) I got a > tour of the place and an explanation that at that time, they had the world's > most expensive and accurate machinery and tooling set up to work on VW air > cooled engines. They boasted that the factory did not even have a setup > that came close to what they had for doing rebuilds. I think I would tend > to still use them, until they had shown me otherwise. I'm always a little > skeptical when a guy says a place doesn't do good work any more and > recommends somewhere else. Not that the new place doesn't do good work. I'm envious. I'd LOVE to see that place! ;-) I'm sure they still have the same equipment, but the problem is whether the people working there still have the same amount of experience. I wouldn't be surprised if they still did top notch work on Rabbits, but one has to wonder how many aircooled cases they get in these days. I'll bet that they used to see 20 a day; now it may be 20 a year. I agree completely with you on the "when a guy says" thing. It's only because it was John Connelly that said it that I really paid any attention at all. OTOH, RIMCO DID send me a cracked reground crank about 20 years ago. They made good on it, but I paid shipping both ways. Their excuse was that "it is a lot easier to do nice work on aluminum." That may well be right, even if not completely accurate, but it didn't excuse the fact that they should have been tapping every crank to make sure that it would ring, both before and after regrinding. This is such a simple test that I figure it should be a no-brainer. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~