Hear here!

I have a Long trannie - been running for about 135,000 miles and no sign of
fatigue yet.

Randy Bergum
1990 Carat
263,000 miles

> [Original Message]
> From: Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Date: 1/15/2004 10:21:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Opinions on tranny rebuilds from Long Enterprises?
>
> For what its worth...Rick Long has been doing tranny's a long time and is
> very knowledgable.
>  I use his remachined sliders in my rebuilds as an extra precaution
against
> popping out of gear.
> He is one of the 4 or 5  in the country (including myself of course) that
I
> know does high quality work and is a nice guy to boot.
>
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
> 1-877-377-0773 toll free
> 425-788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "george packard" <georgepackard@MCTTELECOM.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 5:34 PM
> Subject: Opinions on tranny rebuilds from Long Enterprises?
>
>
> > Anybody had experience with a rebuilt vanagon tranny from Long
> > Enterprises in Sebastopol, CA?
> >
> > I had a long phone chat with Mr. Long (I think his first name was Bob),
> > and came away pretty much sold on what he knows and what he says he
> > does,  but he wants $1200 for his rebuilds, and so I want some
> > independent opinions about his work.
> >
> > His URL is http://www.longenterprises.com/index.html.  Also, in
> > reference to a recent thread on trannys, here's the info on design
> > problems and fixes with the 3rd/4th gear hub.
> > http://volksweb.relitech.com/091trans.htm
> >
> >   (Long uses the new design hub in his rebuilds.)
> >
> > I've got an '86 Westy Weekender (200K miles) stored in Los Altos (SF
> > Bay area) which I bought knowing it had a bad pinion bearing in the
> > tranny.
> >
> > I have heard bad stories about sloppy rebuilds, and didn't really want
> > to buy a used tranny unless I knew its history, and since I'm planning
> > on keeping this Weekender for a long time, I only want to fool around
> > with the tranny once.
> >
> > Feel free to email me off-list at  george@parrotcreek.com
> >
> > George in NH
> > '82 Westy, '86 Westy Weekender, '87 Vanagon GL