german transaxle ...beware...Re: [s-cars] Tranny rebuild?

[Bill Clancy]

this is a totally true story... no exaggeration.   I dove the car for a year
with a screwed up first gear (the stick with throw back at my hand when i
let up the clutch).
when it was finally sorted out, apparently the story was that German
Transaxle intentionally left out the spacer on first gear because of
arguments with the shop in San Francisco.   The shop in san Francisco gave
me back the car at no cost....with a fukd up transmission.

another shop took it all apart 1 year later, kept the car for 10 weeks and
made it right again.   they are the ones who got the real story from german
transaxle.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Park" <whymustask at comcast.net>
To: "Bill Clancy" <clancybill at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: german transaxle ...beware...Re: [s-cars] Tranny rebuild?


> YIKES!
>
> Ixnay on German Transaxle then. They don't sound very professional!
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
> On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 06:16  PM, Bill Clancy wrote:
>
> > hey, I'm glad to bash German transaxle.
> >
> > A shop in san francisco sent my transmission to German Transaxle.    I
> > had a
> > few disagreements with the SF shop about cost and time.   When I got
> > the car
> > back, first gear was broken, reverse was hard to shift into.     About
> > a
> > year later I had it repaired again by a different shop and they has
> > such a
> > hard time with it, that they called German Transaxle to figure out what
> > happened.
> >
> > Ready for this?   German Transaxle admitted to re-assembling the
> > transmission incorrectly (leaving out a part or two) just to spite the
> > shop
> > in San Francisco.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
> > To: <Paul.Park at colorado.edu>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:38 PM
> > Subject: RE: [s-cars] Tranny rebuild?
> >
> >
> >> I had my '91 200 tranny done by German Transaxle in Oregon.  It was
> >> worked
> >> out through my mechanic here in CO.  The tranny seemed to work fine
> >> until
> > I
> >> sold the car.
> >> --Calvin
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
> >> Paul.Park at colorado.edu
> >> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 1:23 AM
> >> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> >> Subject: [s-cars] Tranny rebuild?
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> Please forgive me if that has been beaten to death, but where can I
> >> get my
> >> 93
> >> 5-speed (I think CBL) rebuilt with the 95.5 hardened gears? I can
> >> probably
> >> get
> >> a B5 S4 DSY for about $1000 used, but I'd like to have my 93's 5-speed
> >> rebuilt.
> >>
> >> A lot of you will tell me that getting a 6-speed is well worth it,
> >> but if
> > I
> >> can
> >> get my 5-speed rebuilt for cheaper, I want to do that. I understand
> >> that
> >> these
> >> tranny's are supposed to be sealed for life, but I've also read that
> >> they
> >> can
> >> be rebuilt.
> >>
> >> Any info would be aprpeciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Paul
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