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husker boxster · 11-01-2021, 01:14 PM

It's been a while but I haven't had much to report. I sent my trans to CMS in AZ to be freshened up back in July - 2nd gear synchro retrofit for $2500. A mo or so later I got an email with the damage.

A day or two later I got another batch of pics. Not good news.

The pinion was a bit snaggle-toothed. Oh, oh, the cash register just rang up another $2600.

A while later I get another email with some pics I didn't understand but a desc that I did: the 3rd & 4th gear synchros were on their last legs. Another $2K for those. By now I'm only $1K from a factory reman. Roger from CMS says it will take 3 wks to get a reman from Germany. I'm not overjoyed with the thought of spending $8K when I was budgeting for $2500, but it was the right decision to OK the reman. 5 wks go by and I don't hear anything, so I contact Roger. A wk later he says the trans is in CA and will be shipped to OMA after I pay my bill. I have the option of electronic check or credit card with a 3% penalty. I choose the former. I get busy and a wk goes by. I don't get any paperwork saying I've paid or a tracking #. When I contact Roger, he says the trans may still be in CA (supply chain issue?) but he's confident it will be delivered. Get busy again and 2 wks go by. Contact Roger again via email and text. No reply. I'm getting concerned. Call on Fri, get voice mail. Later he calls back and says the trans was delivered to SLM on the 19th. I hadn't heard from SLM that it was. Of course SLM was closed by then and not open on Sat. A friend said Alex at SLM will sometimes answer emails on Sat, so I fired one off asking if the trans had arrived. He said YES! Whew. Just several miscommunications all around. I stopped down today at SLM and yes, it is here.

What a nice looking piece of equipment. But for $8K it should look nice.

A couple wks earlier I got an email from Alex about my engine at EVO Spec. Alex had been trying several times to contact them about a status but wasn't hearing back from them. Then he received an email from John stating that he (John) had been sick and out for almost a mo. He was now back at the shop. He was sure my engine halves were back from L&N so it was a matter of putting the engine back together. I imagine John has a crapload of work to do, but if all goes well, I might have my engine back in the next 4-6 wks. Which means I could be driving her by year end. Fingers crossed.

11-01-2021, 01:14 PM	#42
husker boxster Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Omaha Posts: 2,908	It's been a while but I haven't had much to report. I sent my trans to CMS in AZ to be freshened up back in July - 2nd gear synchro retrofit for $2500. A mo or so later I got an email with the damage. A day or two later I got another batch of pics. Not good news. The pinion was a bit snaggle-toothed. Oh, oh, the cash register just rang up another $2600. A while later I get another email with some pics I didn't understand but a desc that I did: the 3rd & 4th gear synchros were on their last legs. Another $2K for those. By now I'm only $1K from a factory reman. Roger from CMS says it will take 3 wks to get a reman from Germany. I'm not overjoyed with the thought of spending $8K when I was budgeting for $2500, but it was the right decision to OK the reman. 5 wks go by and I don't hear anything, so I contact Roger. A wk later he says the trans is in CA and will be shipped to OMA after I pay my bill. I have the option of electronic check or credit card with a 3% penalty. I choose the former. I get busy and a wk goes by. I don't get any paperwork saying I've paid or a tracking #. When I contact Roger, he says the trans may still be in CA (supply chain issue?) but he's confident it will be delivered. Get busy again and 2 wks go by. Contact Roger again via email and text. No reply. I'm getting concerned. Call on Fri, get voice mail. Later he calls back and says the trans was delivered to SLM on the 19th. I hadn't heard from SLM that it was. Of course SLM was closed by then and not open on Sat. A friend said Alex at SLM will sometimes answer emails on Sat, so I fired one off asking if the trans had arrived. He said YES! Whew. Just several miscommunications all around. I stopped down today at SLM and yes, it is here. What a nice looking piece of equipment. But for $8K it should look nice. A couple wks earlier I got an email from Alex about my engine at EVO Spec. Alex had been trying several times to contact them about a status but wasn't hearing back from them. Then he received an email from John stating that he (John) had been sick and out for almost a mo. He was now back at the shop. He was sure my engine halves were back from L&N so it was a matter of putting the engine back together. I imagine John has a crapload of work to do, but if all goes well, I might have my engine back in the next 4-6 wks. Which means I could be driving her by year end. Fingers crossed. __________________ GPRPCA Chief Driving Instructor 2008 Boxster S Limited Edition #005 2008 Cayman S Sport - Signal Green 1989 928 S4 5 spd - black 1987 928 S4 - Granite Green Metallic (Felsengrun)