Re: Looking for a transmission shop around Philadelphia
From: Lance Duchesneau (ducaati@gmail.com)
Date: Tue 22 Apr 2008 - 23:26:21 EDT
andrew
I swabbed a junker into a Mercedes once and it lasted years. Buy swap drive
enjoy.
Lance
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Andrew C Merry <andrewcmerry@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I have an 89 505 turbo SW8 and it is being held hostage by lack of
> knowledge at the transmission shop who tried to rebuild the zf.
>
> They came recommended by an import garage I have used for a year
> happily and claimed they understood that the trans was simply the
> same zf unit that volvo and bmw use, so no big deal. Wrong!
>
> When I collected it and it ran like crap, vibrating terribly so I
> turned around and took it back. They claimed they didn't know how
> Peugeots ran and thought that might be normal for them. At that
> point I knew I was in trouble. Obviously the torque converter was
> out of balance. That got sorted out but somehow they messed up the
> unit and the car didn't even get a block away and the power
> disappeared. Probably a hub or the front drum blew. They pushed it
> back and rebuilt it again. This time they road test it and same
> thing, it failed, and then again and one more time. This has gone on
> for weeks.
>
> Each time they claim to have found out what happened but now they
> agree that they are stuck and despite seeking reference from
> their "expert connections" have gotten nowhere. They aren't agreeing
> to just give me back the car and my money yet and still want to
> resolve this, with whatever help they can. I'm not sure if it's
> about the money or the fact they want to know what they are missing
> in the process but I'm going to let them try one more time if they
> or I can find a knowledgeable consult or shop they can outsource the
> fix to.
>
> Every shop I've called claims that while they haven't worked on such
> a car it should be no problem... yeah I believe that. So I am
> wondering if anyone can recommend a transmission shop in this area
> that I can work with.
>
> This is the second 505 I've had transmission rebuild problems with
> so if I can't find anyone who can get this right I'm thinking of
> just swapping in a junkyard unit myself and taking my chances on how
> long that lasts and forgetting getting a rebuild as it seems once
> the unit is apart people have trouble putting it back together! The
> last shop who got it wrong then right was in Michigan, a thousand
> miles from where I live now and my AAA towing only covers 100 miles.
>
> -Andrew
>
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