Where do you buy transmission parts?

[JET]

See, Shep is $900 including parts! Shindley is $250 plus parts. If you put all the new parts in that Shep does, you will be in the same ballpark. You would probably be $700 vs $900, throw in $150 for shipping and voila, you get $350!

[TheBlizzard]

In my opinion it all depends on what you planning on using the car for. If you are planning to not make a whole lot of power and just use the car as a daily driver then you would be a fool to send your tranny to shep for a rebuild. But the people that are dumping tons of money into their cars and are making a lot of power and wanting to shift and high rpms, then in my opinion it would be worth the money.

I am sure that Shindley does a good job, but there is also a reason why Shep told Jet and I at the shootout that he does around ten tranny rebuilds a week. Because its proven to work. You get what you pay for.

CRAIG

[1slowdsm]

So if I have Shindley do it for me. Can I just pay him the money, so he can get the parts. Because I have no clue what parts I'm going to need. My car will mostly be a daily driver...since its my only car. I want to make some power, but not ALOT...yet. I just want to be able to get into the low 13's and I'm fine for a little while. How can I contact Shindley? I'm hoping on being able to rebuild before the first Rock Falls...if all goes well.

[Wizard]

I have always sent Shep my trannies.....stock, mild or wild. As for $900 being a lot....how much does a dealership or tranny shop charge? Up to $2000 right. And you know they usually only replace bad parts. Shep replaces EVERYTHING, builds it tight like Mitsu should have, double syncro 2nd and only charges $900. Hella deal in my book to get it built once for lifetime or save a couple hundred, try it yourself, just to not be able to shift at 8k and pay some more to do it again.

He has his secrets to making the DSM tranny work right. I have never seen any local person match his knowledge....he's been racing DSMs for over a decade now. It's usually only a 2-3 week turnaround too. Not too long IMO.

And as for a daily driver that shouldn't send it to Shep......I can't count the number of daily driver DSMs that grind into the gears even after a rebuild. There is a lot more to a rebuild than what you think to make it work right and last. Sure you could slap it together and it may work ok for a bit. But consider what a professional rebuilder takes into account. Bearing clearances, shaft free play, teeth contact patterns, gear alignment, correct parts, less prone to overlooking details. Not flaming any rebuild shop, but he is the fastest DSM and builds the best known trannies bar none.

Just make sure you get a good warranty with any local rebuilder, and read any fine print. If the rebuild works out for you, you score a couple hundred.

Wiz