Problems with rebuilt manual tranny
Doesnt matter man. I, personally, think the OP is full of crap.
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His roommate works for LG and yet him AND his roommates get screwed by LG? Something not right here. Good thing he calls LG a bunch of dumbasses. Another good thing he is taking his car back up there
If you are going to bad mouth a company, dont expect them to work with you much.
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His roommate works for LG and yet him AND his roommates get screwed by LG? Something not right here. Good thing he calls LG a bunch of dumbasses. Another good thing he is taking his car back up there
If you are going to bad mouth a company, dont expect them to work with you much.
Last edited by DSIM; Sep 13, 2007 at 03:13 PM.
Originally Posted by NickcZ28
duhhh Justin, But this was "warr" not retail, if they wanted to help him out since the "RACE READY" tranny crapped out they shouldnt of marked it up 300%.. He never Tore into the tranny..
Hence why he was charged $500+ in parts with free labor.
Not free labor and parts.
Originally Posted by Black2001z06
Obviously the conclusion was...it was not covered under warranty.
Hence why he was charged $500+ in parts with free labor.
Not free labor and parts.
Hence why he was charged $500+ in parts with free labor.
Not free labor and parts.
Originally Posted by Louis
I buy a borla catback for 100$. I sell it for 200. How much Do I make profit?
If I make 7$ by the time Im done, Ill be happy. Someday you guys will understand. Its not about ******* people, its about charging whats fair. I paid x from GM, he paid what I paid. If thats not fair, Im not sure what is.
Originally Posted by Louis
If I make 7$ by the time Im done, Ill be happy. Someday you guys will understand. Its not about ******* people, its about charging whats fair. I paid x from GM, he paid what I paid. If thats not fair, Im not sure what is.
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Originally Posted by Louis
So now we have turned this into " LG Cant build trannies" to " LG is OK, but Didnt buy it cheap enough, so that they can give it to us cheaper" ?
That is LS1Tech for ya!
Some of you folks need to
before replying. 
He should of taken it back to LG the minute he thought there was a problem with the build.... that is rule #1 when working with "local" performance shops. Kinda common sense!
Originally Posted by Louis
Here are the list of parts that were needed to fix the issue-
379.75 for the 1st gear syncro assembly
96.00 for the gear itself
15.00 cone
15.00 washer
9.50 bearing
We charged him cost, and no labor, thats 515.75$ for something that we generously repaired. We dont know the reason for failure, but it looked like it was put in first gear going down the highway, however, not letting the clutch out. It was severely trashed. If this was our fault, it would have occured from the get go.Louis
379.75 for the 1st gear syncro assembly
96.00 for the gear itself
15.00 cone
15.00 washer
9.50 bearing
We charged him cost, and no labor, thats 515.75$ for something that we generously repaired. We dont know the reason for failure, but it looked like it was put in first gear going down the highway, however, not letting the clutch out. It was severely trashed. If this was our fault, it would have occured from the get go.Louis
Originally Posted by Louis
We rebuilt transmissions on the World Challenge cars for 3 years. Every race, they came apart and were inspected. We worked with Rodney at RPM and got his parts in there and came up with a very reliable setup that we could do in house. We did not have time to ship the tranny back and fourth so we did it in house. Louis
Originally Posted by Louis
Now remember, this is a race program and there were ZERO tranny build related problems in 4 years that this program has been going. 4 car team in 04, 2 car team in 05, 3 car team in 06, and 3 car team in 07. We know how to build a tranny. We dont know how it is used after it leaves here.
Louis
Louis
Last edited by GMCHammer; Sep 13, 2007 at 07:39 PM.
Everyone makes mistakes and at times more than one, quite a few major mistakes happened on my car during this one build. Any shop with little to no experience should have avoided them or at least stood behind there work.
I spent near $20,000 with LG only to have a car that was a pain in the *** to drive and have it puke anti freeze on my floor every time I drove it.
I said my .02
I spent near $20,000 with LG only to have a car that was a pain in the *** to drive and have it puke anti freeze on my floor every time I drove it.
I said my .02
I totally understand, LG is not innocent of making accusations towards their customers. I purchased a cam from them, the next day I decided not to install since my wife told me she was pregnant, so I called to return it. If they had stated their policy was no return, I would have understood, however, they told me to bring it in and they would refund me by my original payment method. So, the following day I took the cam to Bobby for the return and right off the bat he was making accusations towards me such as regrinding it; which obvioulsly was completely untrue. He then told me it would take at least a week to get the check, which was fine. After one week I called and they indicated with an "oops" that my check was never mailed, but it would be taken care of. A week later I placed another call to which they stated "a check was in the mail". Well, it has been nearly 4 weeks and still no check. So I totally understand your point of having to deal with LG.
LG is one of the best shops in TX i dont care who you are these guys know what they are doin!everyone makes mistakes so dont make a big deal out of it!LG has been around forever you thing they just got lucky and kept the doors open?NO they busted *** to do that so give them some respect!
thomas
thomas
Originally Posted by Camaro_Zach
Im the douche nozzle cause you didnt read my post, the one RIGHT ABOVE yours where I said the following...
Sounds to me like I knew exactly what was goin on...then you tell me to read...after not reading my post...
Spend some time on this site instead of ls1tech for a while...all of you in fact... http://www.starfall.com/
Sounds to me like I knew exactly what was goin on...then you tell me to read...after not reading my post...
Spend some time on this site instead of ls1tech for a while...all of you in fact... http://www.starfall.com/
Lou is a very business saavy guy, and thats why he does what he does. I understand this because i have had a couple small but successful business' in the past and realize business is business.
Run one however you like, but if you are not out to do superior quality and workmanship, and always help the customer, you will most likely fail. 
Originally Posted by Louis
So now we have turned this into " LG Cant build trannies" to " LG is OK, but Didnt buy it cheap enough, so that they can give it to us cheaper" ?
Quick question..... Was the trans built to race? If so why is it not holding up. If not then why is op under the impression that it is and why charge more for extra parts in the original build. The bs lines your people gave him over the phone suck. Run down exactly how the front seal would start leaking from a bad/wrong install. You seem pretty shady to me but maybe I've got a bad impression.
Originally Posted by cammin z
LG is one of the best shops in TX i dont care who you are these guys know what they are doin!everyone makes mistakes so dont make a big deal out of it!LG has been around forever you thing they just got lucky and kept the doors open?NO they busted *** to do that so give them some respect!
thomas
thomas
If you spent the amount I did only to have to pull the engine to fix a coolant leak due to them installing the heads completely against my instructions. If the rear plug wasnt installed right and the $1800 clutch that you bought from them and had them install got oiled down and they wouldnt stand behind it? If you spent the amount I did to correct these problems and more?
Im glad your experience was better than mine as was others. My car was left with them based on there reputation and the end result was a mess.
I will end my rant with this post.