Last weekend I started rebuilding my first TL. Its a '66 WR main housing. Unfortunately it had a D0 big block tailhousing on it. So I rang up Mr. Williams. He says send it to him and he will swap it out for me. Ok, cool. Now I didn't want to send it in the condition it was, so I bead blasted it and cleaned it as best I could. He said he would hot tank it anyway. It needed a new rear seal and general rebuild...obviously, that's what I was doing. So off to Fed-Ex and $18.00 later it was off to DW. I called him when I received the delivery notification because I realized I included everything he asked me too...except my freaking address. Whilst on the phone, i offered my CC for any expenses for the swap and at at a minimum the return shipping. He declined. I thought wow...that's nice.
FF to today.
I get home and there was a box from DW. I thought cool...will be getting back to that this weekend. Took it to the garage and opened the Fort Knox sealed, taped, and stapled box. Dug out at least three Sunday news papers and there it was. Wow!!! I was shocked. Spotless clean inside and out, fresh coat of paint, new rear seal installed, new Stewart Warner breather installed...and a freaking new transmission mount to boot.
What an absolute spectacular individual and even better customer service. Now I wish I had just sent the entire transmission to him, but I did want the experience of rebuilding it. Now I just have to make the main housing and rest of the transmission look as good as the tailhousing.
Anyway, don't hesitate to use Dan Williams Toploader Transmissions. I'm sure Mr. Kee offers similar service. I just wanted to share my experience with Mr. Williams.
