This is for my GPW. Some of you may remember the goatrope I went
through with my mechanic (also a platoon sergeant in the USAR). The
rebuilding originally gave an estimate of $500--so we decided to go with
this engine to get the jeep on the road. After 5 months of bitching at
the rebuilder to get it done, the bill was at $1650. We intially
balked, knowing I was probably kissing my $500 deposit goodbye.
I had some good advice from some of the people on the list about what to
do. One suggested purchasing a GPW engine from Surplus City. It turns
out they can't get them rebuiltwithout shipping them from Northern Cal
ifornia back to Los Angeles. Another guy from American Story put me in
touch with a really helpful guy who had one for sale--already rebuilt.
What happened in June pretty much determined me taking the Volvo despite
my problems with the business practicesof the rebuilder. The company' s
lawyer contact my troop through the shop he works for. Basically they
were going to sue the shop he worked for. The shop owner told him to
resolve the situation with the company, because he didn't need a bad
name in the community. Basically my mechanic/troop had to settle with
them. Meanwhile, his wife blew out a knee, and required surgery. I
decided the best thing to do was to just pay it off for his sake, and be
done with it--rather than have him borrow money to pay for it, and take
money away from his wife's medical bills. I am not happy with it, but
that's the way it goes. We got screwed, but also I will hopefully have
a running vehicle as soon as I get the manifolds.
So much for getting HEEP running for $500.
Any leads would be appreciated on the manifolds. Tim
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* Tim A. Scherrer "You'll be fighting WWII for the rest of *
* Facilities Supervisor your life", Ron Scherrer, 1971 *
* Truman State University *
* WP: 816-785-5551 CPT, MI, USAR *
* WF: 816-785-4201 Commander, D/2/334th INF RGT *
* HP: 816-665-6704 *
* E-mail: TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU *
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