[AGL] off topic question - need transmission shop recommendation

[michele mason]

Michael, let me know if you like the place you've picked. Sooner than 
later I should check on this. If the Leif Johnson guys tell me same as 
you, I'll ask, "You mean if I call the parts store, I won't find a kit 
for this?"  We'll see how that works out.  mm

On Dec 12, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:


> Hans,

>

> I shouldnt have said it the way i did. I know you

> have American citizenship. Also German citizenship????

> I was thinking of how one can ask a question on

> the Internet and get the answer back from half

> way around the world in under 5 minutes.

>

> Have you considered retiring back to Austin?

>

> about the car. I finally did what i should have done

> at the beginning: call a parts store and see if there

> is a transmission filter and gasket kit for this model.

> Well, they do sell such a kit, which means that the

> dealership (Leif Johnson) salesman was full of it

> telling me this model has a metal screen not a

> replaceable filter.So the B & M Transmission guy

> was advising the correct precedure (dropping the

> pan) and the dealer and Jiffy Lube do it the easier

> way not having to steam clean the old gasket

> off the pan.

>

> I am going to be taking it to Chapman Transmission

> (also on S. Lamar) who were recommended on

> the Click & Clack Web page (B & M not

> mentionned). Jiffy Lube has a TERRIBLE

> reputation and so does Leif Johnson Ford.

> Chapman's procedure, like B & M's, is to drop the

> pan.

>

> When you have an idle moment, you should

> visit the Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers

> Web page and listen to one of their broadcasts.

> These are 2 endearing brothers from Boston

> who own a auto service shop and take calls

> and answer car questions. You may or may

> not have heard them (on KUT). They are

> muy funny. Back in the 60s, in Cambridge

> Mass they started up a do-it-yourself auto

> shop (the Good Times Garage) where

> customers used the garage's tools and

> advice to work on their own cars (very

> 60s). It was a total flop. The younger brother

> then went into the garage business for real.

> The older brother is actually a business consultant.

> Interestingly they both went to and graduated

> from the Mass. Institute of Technology (MIT).

>

> Ciao!

>

> Mike

>

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> recommendation

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>

> Pleasedon´t forget Mike I am only an expatriot, a guest worker in

> Krautonia

> hans

> berlin

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> On Monday, December 11, 2006, at 04:24PM, "Michael Eisenstadt"

> <michaele at ando.pair.com> wrote:

>> Hans,

>>

>> the internet, ya gotta love it!

>>

>> some german in berlin points me the right way. i'll

>> call them right after i get straight. unless your view is

>> that it is best to call them while bent.

>>

>> please advise!

>>

>> Mike

>>

>