[AGL] off topic question - need transmission shop recommendation

[Michael Eisenstadt]

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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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

>