I was experiencing tranny trouble. Checked yellow pages, and the Cottman ad caught my eye. Free trans. Check. Road test and external inspection.
Drove the vehicle to service location with some difficulty. Trans. Slipping and not upshifting. Serviceman took it for a spin around parking lot, then drove it inside. Another serviceman proceeded to hook up diagnostic tool. After some time and some conversation between servicemen it was decided that the computer chip had been fried in diagnostic tool by using wrong connection cable.
Replaced chip and found the right cable. Serviceman told me that diagnosis had determined that transmission had a problem. They would have to remove and dismantle transmission to fix it. Weren't really sure what was wrong, but probably clutch pack.
I asked how much would it cost. He said around $1600.00. I told him I couldn't afford that much right now. He said I could finance it.
I told him thank-you for his time, but I would need to think about it and drove out of there.
The vehicle set for about two months while I waited for a chance to work on trans. A friend and I were going to pull transmission ourselves and try to find the problem. He asked his mechanic friend for some advice. He told him that the symptoms pointed to a dirty filter.
Yesterday, my friend pulled the pan and changed the filter. Put new fluid in and the trans. Works fine.
Saved about $1550.00. I wonder how many others have only needed a filter change?
Rastas
Orrington, Maine
U.S.A.Q
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