German Transaxle has the best rep for rebuilt ATs. I just got one from them and hope to be rolling in a couple weeks. On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to decide how to go about correcting my AT troubles on my > '86. You might remember my posts about my leaking ATF in the torque > converter area. So tranny is going to need to come out to address > that, and might as well replace/rebuild the AT section at that > time. The AT has a few quirks that make me think that it will bed > rebuilding in the next couple years anyway. I don't know of any > reputable tranny rebuilders that I would trust to do the R&R and > rebuild the tranny and not charge me $2000 for a few hours work and a > few hundred $ in parts. So I'm thinking of buying an AT and torque > converter from an expert and doing it myself, or having a local > trusted guy do the R&R. > > There's Daryl at AA in Oregon who seems to get rave reviews here. I > know he's whipping up on cancer right now and not sure if he's > shipping out trannies. German Transaxle? Others? I'm in NC, so I > guess closer would save some time and $ on shipping these heavy items. > > Thanks for any opinions. > Edward > |
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