Yes, there are five VERY busy Vanagon shops in the Seattle metro area, and they probably do get priority. I don't think any of them do their own rebuilds, but I don't know about all of them.  Daryl built a very good business (he did two for me over the years, and his predecessor did one), and his son Matt is keeping it up. I doubt he has time to build any stock to ship out, he's a one man operation last time I checked. Did you check German Transaxle?  

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of vw_van_fan_Mark
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 5:41 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Manual Tranny Rebuild

This week AA says they don't have any 2wd 4spd in stock ready to ship.
They must receive mine first, then they say they need 3 weeks to turn it around, then ship it back to me. That adds up to about 4 weeks and I'm on the West Coast. Same things they told me last time I called when I needed one quick. Maybe shops get a different deal?

They do have a very strong reputation so it may be worth the wait if you have the time.

Mark

Frank Condelli wrote:
>          You, ALL of you, are making this way too complicated.
> Just order a rebuilt one from AAA Transaxle, all up to date parts, GREAT work and GREAT guarantee.
> It will come within a week in a BOX that YOU use to ship back your core.  I do this ALL the time and I’m in Almonte (Ottawa) Ontario, Canada.
> Way further plus boarder restricted than you are in Alibama !  I saw this one coming way back when John first reported the tranny problem.
> 3~4 slider gear hub broken.  Common as chicken !  EVEN though he said it was rebuilt, by WHO ?
> Someone who used an old original 3~4 slider gear hub instead of the new updated, more robust one.
> Look at whats recently been made available for these trannys:
> <https://weddleindustries.com/transaxles/vw-transaxles 
> <https://weddleindustries.com/transaxles/vw-transaxles>>
> and <https://weddleindustries.com/products 
> <https://weddleindustries.com/products>>
>
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