[john]

Originally Posted by JET

The tranny is probably the hardest thing I have done in a DSM. Rebuilding the engine is way easier. I did eventually get mine to work, but that was the last one I will do. Shep now gets all of my trannies. He knows the exact gaps and does special tricks to get them to work better. This is one place I would not skimp on. Spend the extra $350 and have Shep do it.

There is quite a difference in price versus Shindley and Shep. Not only $350. We are talking about costs of ~$250 (for Shindley) and you can drive it over to him. Shep is $900 for labor and you have to deal with shipping. That is a signifigant difference in my opinion. You could tear through a couple of Shindly trannies before justifying the costs of a Shep tranny. I can imaging that it takes Shep a lot longer to fix your tranny and send it back to you. Shindley can do it usually within the week. I have heard nothing but good from Shindley rebuilt trannies.