Tips & Resources
Guides, tips, and updates from our team.
Rebuild, Replace, or Repair: Deciding What Your Transmission Needs
Most people arrive assuming the worst. Here is the honest difference between a repair, a rebuild and a replacement unit, and how to work out which one your vehicle actually needs.
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Automatic vs Manual: What Is Different Inside, and What We Service
The mechanical difference between an automatic and a manual, the failures each one is prone to, and a plain answer on what this shop does and does not service.
How to Make an Automatic Transmission Last
Transmissions rarely fail for mysterious reasons. They fail for a short list of predictable ones, and most of that list is under the driver's control.
Signs Your Transmission Needs Attention
Most transmission problems announce themselves before they strand you. Here is what each symptom means, what usually causes it, and which ones mean pull over now.
What a Transmission Diagnostic Actually Finds
Somebody has told you that you need a transmission. Here is what a proper diagnostic checks before anyone says that, and the three very different outcomes it leads to.
Transmission Fluid: When It Actually Needs Changing
The owner's manual says the fluid is filled for life. The transmissions we open up say otherwise. Here is what the fluid is doing, how to read it yourself, and when a change is due.