Date:         Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:59:05 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: I Need a New (Manual) Transmission!!!
Comments: To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@HOME.COM>
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I've had two excellent AA Transaxle tranny rebuilds.  Daryl offers a
three year unlimited mileage warranty.  So far 100,000 miles in eight
years with no trouble on my '84, but I've also used Red Line MT-90 the
whole time.

Tom Young wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> Well, today my Vanagon started yelling at me, "I NEED A NEW
> TRANSMISSION!!"  I'd been listening to it murmur about this for a year
> or so, and I guess it got tired of being ignored and started to shout.
>
> This car has been a daily driver for 20 years and I'd like to keep it
> going for at least 10 more years.  Looking around on the internet I
> found:
> Strictly German Autowerks
> A.A. Transaxle
> The Bus Depot (Ranco Performance??)
>
> Anybody have any strong opinion about the above group (or somebody I
> missed) pro or con?
>
> One thing I find a little off-putting is the "12 month/12,000 mile"
> warranty.  Given the robustness of transmissions and the fact that
> there's not as much that can go wrong with a "do it yourself"
> installation (as opposed to engines, say) these warranties seem pretty
> chintzy.
>
> TIA.
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> Tom Young                      tomyoung1@home.com
> Lafayette, CA 94549        '81 Vanagon
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