When I was quoted nearly five grand for a re-built transmission installation, I nearly choked. Luckily, I have friends with greasy knuckles who know a thing or twelve and steered me over to Akron and Rich at America's Transmissions.
He took the truck out for a spin, called me to tell me what the possible problems might be and started working. What the first guy wanted more than anything was to sell me a five grand transmission. What Rich wanted was to do the right thing and fix the dang truck. So?
Broken wire. Couple other bad parts. No re-build. No new transmission. And I save somewhere very, very close to FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. I don't know what your bank account looks like, but I don't typically have four grand sitting around to hand over to a guy who would really just like to have it in HIS wallet, rather than mine.
Tiny little shop, but boy howdy I can't say enough good things about these folks. He even re-scheduled another customer's "any time is okay" repairs to get my work truck back on the road. I'll be telling this "Four Thousand Dollar" story for decades to come.
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