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Stingray250
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:31 am    Post subject: Quality Transmission Rebuilder 002 Bus Box... Reply with quote

Looking for a quality trans rebuilder at a fair price... I've heard good things about "The Wright Gearbox"... there's also a gentleman out in NC that does it part time for "Monkey Nut" as his full time job is with a Nascar team.... he's logged over 1000 rebuilds to date...

Any other well regarded trans rebuilders out there besides the usual "Rancho" rebuild?

Average bus box rebuild with new 4.57 ring/pinion, welded gears, hardened key's, bushed housing and new syncros, seals and bearings is running $1000.00 dollar bill.

I know ,I know... ya get what ya pay for... I'm just curious as to who's doing the better work these days.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 9:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don's Bus Box in Glendale AZ does great work.
http://www.donsbusbox.com/
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scott at Metalcraft in Sanger, Ca. Built my 091 about 6 years ago as well as a couple buddies boxes.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Think I may have found a good guy... Kevin at KCR Transmissions... seems real nice on the phone and he'll credit my 4.86 against the new 4.57... say's he's built over 14,000 transmissions!!!!

http://www.kcrtrans.com/home.html

Gonna ship it off today... I'll update when it returns...
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stingray250 wrote:
Think I may have found a good guy... Kevin at KCR Transmissions... seems real nice on the phone and he'll credit my 4.86 against the new 4.57... say's he's built over 14,000 transmissions!!!!

http://www.kcrtrans.com/home.html

Gonna ship it off today... I'll update when it returns...


He is very good at what he does, just make sure he packages it well when he ships it back. My good friends Berg 5 speed was thrown loose in a box with a piece of pvc over the shifter shaft and input shaft. It got kind of banged up on the way to him. Not what you expect after putting that much money into a trans. Hopefully it was a one time thing.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cant go wrong with rancho!!Wright is also good too.rancho is 5 min from me and i have had 2 done there.Dons bus box is another too.IMO go with either of these and be happy

My last trans i picked up from another local guy don karraker gave me a price that no one could touch on an 091 with all weddle internals.He took some time to get it done vs rancho but again i was tight on money so no room to complain.
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