Check out http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops/

and my personal bias would be Todd at volkswerks transaxles, especially
with a synchro and even with the shipping to the left coast.

My personal experience with trannies(especially 4x4's) has led me to the
experts, those that do this "particular" job more then once a decade,
year.

Keep in mind that the synchro trans is fairly rare and few shops have
experience dealing with their idio"synchro"sies!  lol

peace

mike
87 westy

Vicki Derrer wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/2/99 1:52:05 PM EST, dliberal@bellsouth.net writes:
>
> <<
>  Greetings,
>
>  I am in desperate need of help.  I own a 1990 Vanagon (syncro) Camper
>  and I am in need of someone to work on my transmission.
>
>  The local VW dealership wants $3,900 for a rebuilt transmission plus
>  $1,500 for labor.  I can't afford that price for a transmission. Do you
>  know anyone on the east cost of the U.S (Florida to Virginia or
>  whatever) who can work on my Vanagon transmission?
>
>  Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>  I live in Ft. Lauderdale but moving to South Carolina in the middle of
>  July.  I will travel almost anywhere to get the transmission fixed.
>
>  David R. Stack
>
>   >>
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: CamperVW
> Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 14:51:04 -0400
> From: David Stack <dliberal@bellsouth.net>
> To: Vicary2U@AOL.com
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am in desperate need of help.  I own a 1990 Vanagon (syncro) Camper
> and I am in need of someone to work on my transmission.
>
> The local VW dealership wants $3,900 for a rebuilt transmission plus
> $1,500 for labor.  I can't afford that price for a transmission. Do you
> know anyone on the east cost of the U.S (Florida to Virginia or
> whatever) who can work on my Vanagon transmission?
>
> Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I live in Ft. Lauderdale but moving to South Carolina in the middle of
> July.  I will travel almost anywhere to get the transmission fixed.
>
> David R. Stack