Date:         Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:33:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon mentioned on Car Talk today
Comments: To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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Where can I get an automatic rebuilt?

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

> $4K for a syncro tranny???  Smoke dope.
>
> Good used ones go for $1,200 - $1,500 and I can get rebuilt units outright
> (i.e., no core) for $2,600.  And it's not like I have the monopoly on syncro
> trannies.
>
> Happy, happy, joy, joy,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Robert Cardo
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon mentioned on Car Talk today
>
>
> <<How can it fail when it has to stop at every gas station along the way
> and when you need to put your foot out the door to doggie paddle it up
> the first mole hill you encounter?>>
>
> Georgie,
>
> Not really true but Ok if you think so.
>
> The Dynaflow's are a bunch faster off the lights than the 4 speed's.
>
> Cheaper to repair than the sticks too.
>
> I know this guy pretty good out in PA. and he has a Syncro.
> 4 Speed.
>
> He has been dead on the water for over a year now.
>
> It's gonna cost him some big dollars to repair the trans.
>
> Like close to 4 large, and not hundred, I'm talking thousand.
>
> And this is without a clutch, pressure plate, or any of the required
> hardware.
>
> You ought to talk to this guy.
>
> He needs some encouragement, and sympathy.
> I'll give you his phone number.
>
> I think he'd really like to have a dog paddling automatic right about
> now.
>
> Let me know if you want his number, maybe you can help him out.
>