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O Gurus of Rocdom




Al,

You FFs will be there by Friday midday. :-)

Eric


On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Allyn wrote:

> Ron,
> Im gonna try on the tranny thing. Kinda sketchy since the trannies are coming to cincy (i've got
> eric bringing 2 ff's and 1 or 2 additional ones from Jasin (urgti)). The thing is that those
> trannies may not be there until saturday.
> Al
> 
> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
> 87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
> 86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX ('it has begun', rocco #7)
> 87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch, driveshafts, wheels :)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> To: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>; "Wes Brockway" <kywes@bellsouth.net>;
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Cc: <vwtype53@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:56 AM
> Subject: Re: O Gurus of Rocdom
> 
> 
> > --- Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > The aforementioned tranny experts (Ben Harder & "Cheapass"
> > > Ron Pieper) both live in Cincy, so you might be able to
> > > work a deal with them to get the tranny rebuilt.  Maybe a
> > > tech procedure weekend is in order?  :)
> >
> > Somehow, I knew I'd been implicated when I saw two replies from Daun to
> > Wes's original posting.  :)
> >
> > AFA "expert"...if that means one who has torn down 8 - 10 and
> > rebuilt/repaired four or five (and all of those have worked well) then
> > I'm qualified as "expert."  Those are thin criteria, though.
> >
> > A tech procedure at Daun's is do-able, but frankly I get a bit freaked
> > out by not having all of my tools etc. immediately available to me (as
> > I do here in the comfort of my own garage) esp. if my performance will
> > be public.  In front of merciless listers.  I also have a lingering
> > committment to Big Al on one of two of his...don't know if that's still
> > a go or not.  Maybe a Friday June 7? tech/work session at my house,
> > then head up to Dauns?
> >
> > Anyway, Wes, get with me and we can work something out either before or
> > during the weekend gathering.  Hurry though! I may get a job soon and
> > that would ruin my currently open weekday schedule.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Cheapass Ron
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> > "Teufelhasen" '93 Cabby <-For sale
> >
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> >
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Eric
Northglenn, CO

76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
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