Thank link didn't work fore me, but I googled and found this - - not sure if the latest news of bankruptcy is true, but if I read this correctly, they've been there before.
It's hard to say what this actually means. Bankruptcy doesn't necessarily mean that they will cease to exist, but it may. They may restructure and continue to operate.
Edit: - - It appears that the most recent filing is Chapter 7. Thanks to GW for pointing that out below.
Hard to succeed in a business when you are the middle man. I think Keislers problem is they were very vulnerable to their supplier. No transmissions to sell, no customers to buy. Take people's money and don't deliver the product for MONTHS! gets you a bad reputation quick! Less sales and lost sales...Ouch
These manual transmission places must be the worst business to have. How much money can you really make selling a badazz transmission when you have to pay someone else to make them and sell them competitively against Tremec and STILL MAKE MONEY???. Not to mention the 6 speed is a much more popular swap. Places like APT and Keilser try to sell the customer service BS, but it even isn't that great. Being that APTs employees are ex-Keisler employees no wonder its like dealing with the same company.
Now that Keisler is out of the game, I discourage service with APT too.
Give your money to someone who is more reliable.
Now makes me wonder.....what am I going to do when my Keisler slave/bearing goes bad....
Now makes me wonder.....what am I going to do when my Keisler slave/bearing goes bad....
I did not like the idea of being reliant on them and they acted like they had figured out cold fusion in terms of sharing information, so I redid the hydraulics on my transmission to use a GM bearing I can buy anywhere.
I still have the unused one from my kit, PM me if you're interested in a spare.
Hard to succeed in a business when you are the middle man. I think Keislers problem is they were very vulnerable to their supplier. No transmissions to sell, no customers to buy. Take people's money and don't deliver the product for MONTHS! gets you a bad reputation quick! Less sales and lost sales...Ouch
These manual transmission places must be the worst business to have. How much money can you really make selling a badazz transmission when you have to pay someone else to make them and sell them competitively against Tremec and STILL MAKE MONEY???. Not to mention the 6 speed is a much more popular swap. Places like APT and Keilser try to sell the customer service BS, but it even isn't that great. Being that APTs employees are ex-Keisler employees no wonder its like dealing with the same company.
Now that Keisler is out of the game, I discourage service with APT too.
Give your money to someone who is more reliable.
Now makes me wonder.....what am I going to do when my Keisler slave/bearing goes bad....
Man I am on the same boat as you are. I have recently installed my Keisler slave cylinder kit and gor read of the crappy Mcleod TOB that failed,
Now I am wondering if that bearing fails, then there is no spare for it
Yep, that'll make it tough to get your money back. I'd be contacting my credit card company if that's how you paid, at least for those of you that ordered recently.
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