[AGL] off topic question - need transmission shop recommendation

[hpo]

I never had a German Passport. When I came to  CONUS
I ws too young to have one. My first and only was US
hans
berlin


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     Hans-Peter Otto
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    Reichstrasse 101
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On Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at 02:23PM, "michele mason" <yaya.m at earthlink.net> wrote:

>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

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

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>> 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

>>

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: "hpo" <hpophotog at mac.com>

>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 5:53 PM

>> Subject: Re: [AGL] off topic question - need transmission shop

>> recommendation

>>

>>

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

>> Krautonia

>> hans

>> berlin

>>

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>>      Hans-Peter Otto

>> Freelance Photojournalist

>>     Reichstrasse 101

>> 14052 Berlin, Germany

>>

>> Mobil   +49    172 321 5956

>>  Tel     +49    30 667 75450

>> Skype            hpoPhotog

>>

>>

>> 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

>>>

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