One of the more interesting aspects of rebuilding an automatic transmission is that its success or failure often rests on the final step: the installation. It...
This issue marks the 100th article I’ve written under the column heading “From the CEO.”
100 From the CEOs… Wow! That’s a lot of articles. Who’d...
In this issue of Keep Those Trannys Rolling, we’re going to look at one of the most common problems plaguing Allison’s LCT transmission group: inhibited...
There’s an old railroad folk song I’ve always enjoyed about the competition between John Henry — “a steel driving man” — and a steam drill. John...
We’ve often talked to shop owners who got their start in the automatic transmission business 10, 20, 30, and even more years ago. And we’ve spoken with a...
A few weeks ago, I was in Las Vegas for the 2016 Expo. It was a wonderful experience and, even after all these years in the transmission repair business, I can...
If you perform a test drive without a scan tool, you’re wasting your time. If you give a customer a quote on a job without checking for bulletins and...
Most transmission shops don’t have the facilities to cut open a converter to see what’s going on in there. There’s the odd occasion when you send a...
In the January issue of GEARS Magazine, we discussed a change in our industry that is likely to have a dramatic effect on your business. We characterized it as...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges.
Lately...
Remember the Dodge truck we talked about in the January 2015 issue? The 2003 Dodge Ram 3500 5.9 diesel? This is what happened to the front clutch (figure...
Back when the first quick lube facility started showing up, my first thought was that this is going to affect our business. Customers will go these shops to...
Winter has past and all eyes are looking toward the changing seasons, the days getting longer, and summertime adventures.
Your customers depend on you to take...
In the April, 2016 issue of GEARS, we looked at Subaru Gen 2 and tore down the back half of the transmission, and removed valve body and the lower pan. In this...
Cadillacs have always given diagnosticians headaches when it comes to diagnostics. Let’s not kid anyone here: the Cadillac has twenty plus modules, miles of...
First thing Monday morning the call comes in on a Ford F350 Lariat, 6.7 liter dually with all the bells and whistles. It blew the converter while plowing snow;...
In this issue, we’re going to look at what the future holds for the automatic transmission industry.
Fuel Economy Drive the Industry
Since the introduction...
Remember when you’d just started on your career path? Do you recall the excitement… the fears and doubts… the dreams?
Every person who’s successful...
When you think about it, building a modern automatic transmission is a partnership between you, the rebuilder, and several other people. You rely on your parts...
As anyone who knows me can tell you, I love my job. I enjoy working with people from all around the world and I’m proud of what we do here at ATRA. But every...
