Date:         Fri, 12 Feb 1999 13:27:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne <cdcaston@NNI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne <cdcaston@NNI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Transmission job in San Diego
Comments: To: Neil Wigley <wigley@SAN.RR.COM>
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>Ouch.
>
>Thanks to all who gave advice re: transmission job in San Diego. The local
>mechanic just called, relaying the word from I.T.S. of El Cajon,
>transmission specialists recommended by all and sundry.
>
>The word is the ring and pinion gear is shot and the transmission itself is
>rusty (an earlier life in Ontario is to blame), so that it's not worth much.
>
>New (rebuilt) transmission:     $1700
>Clutch, R&R, etc.:               $600
>
>Total:  Well, you do the math.
>
>Do these numbers stand up? Well, the $600 is but a drop in the bucket these
>days, but $1700? Do I remember hearing numbers like $950?
>
You do. that is for a rebulit from someone like Fast German Auto (where I
got mine @ $950). The core is 600 but it has to have servicable ring and
pinion. They asked me to pull the bell and look for broken or missing
teeth, smooth wear, and no sharpened teeth. After that it was all good. You
don't say if you have a synchro. If you do then it'll be more like the
1700.00 I've heard.

Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
Allentown,PA
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