RE: Dennis' Transmissions & Bad Mouthing?
Eric,
Are you sure you really want to know? Most, if not all of what you posted is bad information. Everything JL said is true fact.
How do I know? What makes me an authority? Well, I'm one of the guys JL refers to. I had a bogus J-spec Reinhart "Bulletproof" trans that was inspected by a well known engineer and tuner of our cars and found to be nothing more than a '94 stock rebuilt trans with a tailshaft lube.
You may have one that is very close to J-spec. You just bought it and DR is under a microscope on these transmissions, and since 100% of all the transmissions inspected so far are bogus, he really needs someone to post about one that isn't.
I don't know where you got your info, but American built way more than a few transmissions. They were DR's first supplier. They built mine a year ago, they built my friend's 6 months before that, and DR only fired them a few months ago when he found out they were not building them properly... Yes, he knew there were problems with American's builds, BEFORE he was told about mine. When I talked to him, he told me so, and put me on a three way with American and they both admitted that DR had fired them because of problems "similar to mine."
I personally have seen two of these bogus transmission's, mine and my friend's the day he inspected it. I know of two others and there is another here in Florida built from a 1994 case that is suspect and needs to be torn down.
I have no personal grudge against DR. I have been a customer for over a year and spent over $5000 in parts and in his shop for labor. We considered each other friends. He helped me out of a jam early on in our relationship. He's given me parts. He actually reimbursed me most of what it cost to replace his bogus trans. It added 3 months to my build, but oh well. I was not looking to smear him when I had the trans inspected, it was suggested by my engine builder after he found a fried thrust bearing in my old engine. I kept silent for over two months about this while the fires raged. If my agenda was to hurt him I could have blasted him long ago. I have witnesses to my situation that also could have, but didn't. I posted first after DR posted, shifting the blame to American and cited their "shipping error" excuse, which I felt to be extremely hard to believe, for the obvious reason that no one puts a tailshaft lube on a stock rebuild trans, and all the bogus transmissions have tailshaft lubes.. like a "disguise".. at least that is my opinion and posted so. DR's next step was to bad mouth me, accuse me of having an agenda to destroy him, and threaten to sue TCCoA and MD for slander where I posted.. Now that really pi$$ed me off, 'cause I do not like the idea of being bullied into silence, and the threats of lawsuit didn't scare me, 'cause the truth is an absolute defense against slander. At that point my only agenda was to inform other of the potential of having a bum trans... that's is still my only agenda..
When I first discussed my bad trans with DR, and he told me that he had already fired American for having problems, I told him then that I was minimally upset that the trans was bogus, but absolutely angry that he did not inform me of the possibility as soon as he knew of American's problem. I told him then that I thought he should contact all the customer that had American built transmissions and let them know, and he chose not to. I personally told my friend and when he checked his an it was bad, I was furious.. I told DR again that he should blow it clean, and instead, he tried to silence the truth with accusations of a plot against him.
Think about this: if DR truly did not know that American was not giving him what he paid for, when this all came to light, why would he not go after American? Why would he instead threaten to sue his customers for posting about it?? Why not sue American for fraud and civil theft, instead of folks like me for slander? Why back his supplier against his customers, instead of backing his customers against his supplier?
As for saying none of this is DR's responsibility because someone else built the transmissions, and he has taken care of everyong, that is bs, too.. DR put his name on the transmission.. he called them, "my transmission" when everything was goig "good," now all of a sudden they are "their" transmissions. He advertiesed them, he took our money, his name is on my receipt.. he is resposible. As for "taking care of everbody".. that isn't true either.. he is not trying to take care of the people that may have bad transmissions and won't ever know it, if he has his way and keeps it quiet.
I can supply links to other threads about this, but most importantly, there is a sticky at TCCoA in the Drivetrain Forum that explains in detail what to look for in your trans and how to find it to know if you got what you paid for.
I will be happy to share all of my story with anyone who wants to hear it, either here in public if the mods will allow it, or by PM or e-mail.
