ANOTHER SHOP to avoid!!!!!!!!!

USMC302 · 10-25-2001, 04:02 PM

Thanks for the heads up, here is another for you SOCal folks.
Tranny Depot in San Marcos.

Rebuilt a worldclass for me for about $600 and told me he would add a steel bearing retainer for $150 more. after showing him it was like $40 new, he agreed to charge me just that. Before it wentin a noticed the steel bearing retainer was worn down and used. When he was confronted about ithe said it's ok it will so the trick and is still good as new. I told him i was only goingto give $20 for it then and he agreed. After one week the tranny was popping out of first gear. He said I must have broken a fork from shifting to hard. Right.
PART 2
He told me that it was still gauranteed so he would redo it for free but not without a $175 labor charge for taking it out and putting it back in the car. I picked up the car the next week and he said he fixed it. I pulled off of the lift as soon as they were done and it popped out of first, again. He gave me a temp loan (stock T5) and said he would redo it personally this time.( not his builders)
PART 3
I went to pick it up and have the trannies swaped out and he said that it was going to be another $150 for the wear and tear on his temp loan and because of labor for the swap and that he had another worldclass he was putting in because they didn't have the time to fix mine, after verifying that it too had a steel bearing retainer, it went in the car.
PART4
Two weeks later the tranny is leaking like crazy all over everything including my h-pipe and ssmoking because it was burning off of the exhaust. Talk about embarrasing. You guessed it, another $150 for the labor to replace the seals on it.
PART 5
The day after picking it up from the shop it was still leaking. He again said well, hmmm, bring it up here and we will see if we can't find that leak....again. I told him **ck off and that I had paid him as much as i would have if I bought a tremmec brand new and all I have is a leaking worldclass. I was going to take it to someone who knows what they are doing and stop milking me for money.

Sorry so long, had to vent a little.

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10-25-2001, 04:02 PM	#9
USMC302 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Gallatin, Tn Posts: 1,326	Thanks for the heads up, here is another for you SOCal folks. Tranny Depot in San Marcos. Rebuilt a worldclass for me for about $600 and told me he would add a steel bearing retainer for $150 more. after showing him it was like $40 new, he agreed to charge me just that. Before it wentin a noticed the steel bearing retainer was worn down and used. When he was confronted about ithe said it's ok it will so the trick and is still good as new. I told him i was only goingto give $20 for it then and he agreed. After one week the tranny was popping out of first gear. He said I must have broken a fork from shifting to hard. Right. PART 2 He told me that it was still gauranteed so he would redo it for free but not without a $175 labor charge for taking it out and putting it back in the car. I picked up the car the next week and he said he fixed it. I pulled off of the lift as soon as they were done and it popped out of first, again. He gave me a temp loan (stock T5) and said he would redo it personally this time.( not his builders) PART 3 I went to pick it up and have the trannies swaped out and he said that it was going to be another $150 for the wear and tear on his temp loan and because of labor for the swap and that he had another worldclass he was putting in because they didn't have the time to fix mine, after verifying that it too had a steel bearing retainer, it went in the car. PART4 Two weeks later the tranny is leaking like crazy all over everything including my h-pipe and ssmoking because it was burning off of the exhaust. Talk about embarrasing. You guessed it, another $150 for the labor to replace the seals on it. PART 5 The day after picking it up from the shop it was still leaking. He again said well, hmmm, bring it up here and we will see if we can't find that leak....again. I told him **ck off and that I had paid him as much as i would have if I bought a tremmec brand new and all I have is a leaking worldclass. I was going to take it to someone who knows what they are doing and stop milking me for money. Sorry so long, had to vent a little. ------------------ 88LX NOTCH 5.0, TFS Twisted Wedge Aluminum heads, 2.02 1.60 valves, BBK shorties unequal 1 5/8, off road H-pipe, Flowmasters, Drag lites, custom grind cam, solid motormounts, Aluminum Driveshaft, BBK springs, lakewood 90/10 50/50 shocks, BBK upper and lower control arms, 4.10 gears, centerforce DF clutch, adjustable BBK clutch cable with aluminum quadrant, Billet Steel flywheel, 70mm Acufab Throttle Body,MAC cold fender mount induction, K&N, 3 core radiator, flex-lite-fan, custom hardened push-