Trustworthy place to buy a g50

[vwbloodline]

Awesome, thank you.

[petevw]

Is there a way to test a trans out of the car?

I bought a 923 trans from German Auto Dismantlers in Atlanta. The transaction itself was stressful as they double charged my credit card, and i got dinged for taxes/duties when shipped on twice its value. They assure me the trans is good because he knows the car(sideswiped write-off), and previous owner it came out of. We'll see.

It's been sitting in my garage for a couple years now. After reading wrenchnride247's story above, i'm going to fill it right up with oil this weekend.

Pete

[Clatter]

i saw that 923....
once you start looking for things, they show up, eh?

On a positive note, i found one 9923) on the Samba...
The car it came from was in a fire,
And it got dropped and bent the shift shaft when they removed it.
And it sat and sat...

-but-

my local shop went through it for around $700.
they said it was in fine shape, and low miles.
923s should be good choices for the reason that they have a lot less power going through them during their life.

Can't account for what some shady PO might do though....
Guess i just got lucky.
(insert Dirty Harry sound bite here)..

[petevw]

Originally Posted by Clatter

i saw that 923....
once you start looking for things, they show up, eh?

You saw it at the scrapyard? or the ebay ad?

[Clatter]

can't remember...
probably ebay.
I looked for like 3 years after hearing about how Shad did his...
hope you can find a throwout for the thing, it wasn't easy for me.
Sometimes the easy way ends up being the hard way!
use a 923 instead of converting a 915, and then end up unable to get any 923 specific parts.
Kind of like buying a used trans on ebay, and eat shat on shipping, to have it end up being junk.

[petevw]

I haven't looked at it in awhile. I'm sure there was a bearing in it. I think only the arm that the cable connects to is missing.

Pete