RBT

Hey Ron.
I heard Quella is a ZF master as well. Ever considered him?
Will

I lived about 5 minutes away from RBT and stop by there once in a while. Lloyd is a straight up guy aways willing to help. My mechanic friend that is fixing my ZF had some questions about the trans and Lloyd was more than happy to help even though we didnt buy anything from him. Lloyd even help put the transmission together for us since he had some of the special tools. last time i was there about 2 weeks ago, Lloyd had 3 transmission on his work station waiting for the case to come back from the polisher. I talked to Lloyd for a few minutes and he mention summer is usually his slow months so now might be a good time to send them to him.

Dean,

Hey thanks for the info .. yes I said Lloyds name wrong .... so what the best way to communicate with him. I need the trans for 6476 beefed up a bit to accept the motor .. do I just crate it and send it with a note .. or call him ..email him ..fax him ???

Will I'm considering that option also. But Lloyd has the rights to all the ZF parts.

Ron

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Will I'm considering that option (Quella) also. But Lloyd has the rights to all the ZF parts.

And Dennis can easily get whatever parts he doesn't already have in stock.

His backlog may or may not be less than Lloyd's. He IS closer to New York, and his reputation (in my book) is just as good as Lloyd's.

My 2¢

Larry

thanks for the input .. and I know for sure I can get Dennis on the phone. He has helped me setting up my car since he has racing experience.

Ron

hey ron, i will try to give Lloyd a visit this week and ask him what is the best way for you to get in contact with him.

Dean thanks. Basically if he is very busy I can crate the 1st trans and send it to him with a discription. This one I need for some seriuos horse power and want to consider some upgrades.

Ron

hey ron, i talked to lloyd today and he said to fax him with what you want to do with the trans and your name and phone number. he will call you back. the problem with his answering machine is that people called him with their life story about their cars and used up the whole answering machine by middle of the day. let me know if you need more assistance.

Thanks a Million .. fortunate for Lloyd and I we are in the same boat .. I run an HVAC Business and hate voice mail. That sound like a great plan ... again thanks for your help ... if you ever need anything in the New York area dont hesitate to call ..

Ron

Well I;m still waiting for a return call email or fax ....2 weeks now ?

Ron

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Well I;m still waiting for a return call email or fax ....2 weeks now ?

At this point, the obvious answer is....

Quella

Hey Ron,
I ordered some Synchros sometime in March...and Im still waiting for them.
Its not RBT's fault...but apparently ZF from Germany not delivering....So if any of yours are shot....well..you know...its waiting time!!

Hmmmmm...I thought ZF sold all the rights to the transaxles to Roy Butfoy and Lloyd was manufacturing everything now. I didn't think parts were still coming out of Germany, although I've been proven wrong on many an occasion.

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I didn't think parts were still coming out of Germany,

ditto

I dont mean for this to be any type of bashing post .. I;m just venting, confused and fustrated on something that should be so simple ..a transmittion .. and hopefully I resolved it when it went of to Quella today.

Ron

Lloyd is totally swamped....and then swamped some more.

Between the Pantera and GT-40 crowds, there isn't enough time in the day.

Dennis is almost in the same boat.

Both are great guys, do great work and by far the best at it. I've rebuilt 3 of them so far and it's no easy task.

Take care of them ZF's and drive them nice !
There getting harder and harder to get and more and more expensive all the time...

This is one of the new ZF's. Look where it's made.

So what does a new one cost ? Is it improved ... are they in stock to buy ?


Ron

I understood the casings etc. were all being cast in Texas, however Lloyd is still responsible for the final assembly. Going by the comments on the GT40's forum, it's a 9-12 month wait for a new box, hence the scarcity of used ZF transaxles at the moment.

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Originally posted by accobra:
So what does a new one cost ? Is it improved ... are they in stock to buy ?


Ron

I don't know. You'll need to check with Lloyd.

How SMOKE SIGNALS ???? I'll have to go tomorrow to the Ramapough Indians up here in the mountains of NY to learn the code first ?

LOL

I seem to recall a price of $12,995 being bandied around on the GT40 site, but it's not about money so much as the wait....about a year from what I hear.