Date:         Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:10:50 -0400
Reply-To:     robert shawn feller <carboncow@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         robert shawn feller <carboncow@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mechanic had to pull transmission again, what would you do?
In-Reply-To:  <0B7B0566-8B56-465A-B226-573834768701@pottsfamily.ca>
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Chris,

Was the doner vehicle free, if not what did you pay for it? Seems the
money in the donor cost as well as the labor to pull from it should
have gone toward a new tranmission. They can be had for $1200US.

I buy my own parts for my own work. My one mechanic is a great guy and
did a full AC rebuild on another car with parts I supplied. My rebuilt
compressor was 1/2 the price of his. He told me he would not warrenty
the work with parts not from him. Seemed acceptable since it was
saving $400. Guess what compressor went back to the rebuilt company?
The one I bought. It was a shit rebuild and I had to pay for the labor
to remove it and reinstall it again!

I learned my lesson, the big stuff we need to dig deep for. If the
pocket book is that tight then it's time to learn how to to drop a
transmission!

If you are really hard up for a mechianc and he is the ONLY one in the
area then you may need to caugh up the money if the problems are
solved on good faith. It sounds like the used part (as Dennis said)
"looked" ok but was internally bad. Thus it is not the old guy's
fault.

Shawn

On 7/5/06, Greg Potts <Greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
> ROFLMAO.....
>
> Gotta agree there....
> A buddy has a 79 westy and a 2001 New Beetle. Owasco quoted him (With
> a straight face) $700 in labour  to replace the driver's side marker
> light housing. He did it himself in about 45 minutes after 20 minutes
> of web research. They also quoted him over $250 to swap a headlight
> element.
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
> http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> http://www.busesofthecorn.com
>
>
> On 5-Jul-06, at 8:18 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
> > Two hundred bucks to replace the throwout bearing can't be bad;
> > call Owasco and ask them how much!
>


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shawn feller, ohio
1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia
1993 vw eurovan gl
plus a couple of saabs, boats, jet skis, dog and wife (all require to
much maintenance, accept the dog)...

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