$1700???  Wow.  We do quite a few of these and only charge $950/exchange and
that includes rebuilding the differential and a rebuilt torque converter.

I guess that extra money is for name recognition.

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Oliver Balson
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Automatic tranny rebuild?

I have a serious problem with my 91 automatic tranny with 100k miles.  Seal
is blown and ATF is mixing in transaxle with gear oil.  COnsidering the
mileage
on the tranny, should I rebuild the tranny since its got to come out and
apart anyway to fix it?  If so, does anyone have any thoughts on GOWESTY'S
$1700
rebuilt trannys?  Ive talked to some people who say the trannys are easy to
rebuild, but some people (including GOWESTY) say they are extremely
temperamental
and should only be left up to experts like themselves.  I want it fixed
right
and dont want to spend a couple hundred now only to stick a bandaid on it.
Any thoughts would be great, and thanks to Roger for all the input already.
Much appreciated.  Oliver