Off the original question, but here in Phoenix, wrecking yards tend to try
to get half of new.  I've been quoted $500 - 800 for a manual tranny.  Might
be worthwhile to drive back east to find what I need!

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Henning" <eric.henning@US.ABB.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: U-Pull-It Tranny prices

> Hajasz <hajasz@VISI.NET> wrote:
> >I just wondered what I should pay here on the east coast for an auto
> >transmission for a Vanagon. This would be a pull it yourself junkyard
> >deal.
>
> If you could find one, typically price of u-pulled tranny in the yards I
go to
> here
> around Philly are around $50.  One yard used to charge half-price if it
was
> raining.
> I once helped a 70 yr. old man pull a bus engine in the rain, he only
payed $37.
>  Unfortuneatly (sp?) I rarely run across vanagons in the yards around
here.
>
> The yard will pull the engine for you for an additional $75.
>
> eric h.
> 80 westy