Originally posted by pokat302:
I went up the street to All In One Automotive (a execellent mom and pop place) and they drained the fluid and put me a new filter in, and I've been good to go since.



The filter for the CD4E is located inside the tranny. So if they changed your filter - they would have to drop the subframe, pull the tranny, place it on a bench, open it up (it splits in half), pull the filter and replace the seals, flush each side of the case and TC, put everything back together and fill with new fluid.

In parts, you are only looking at around $30 bucks at the most. In labor, no less then $500, but most likely around $800.

Originally posted by pokat302:

Just think of it this way, tranmission world and amoco transmissions are corproations and just like everything else in this capitalistic world, are out to make money. they don't care about how much you love your car.





It really doesn't matter if it's a "mom&pop" or "national chain". All it takes is one dishonest person in any shop to rob someone.

Rule 1 - Educate yourself on the problem as much as possible. Don't walk into any shop blind!

Rule 2 - Shop around. Make some phone calls and walk into these shops and ask to sit down and talk to the service manager. I have even asked to speak to the person that was going to be doing the work on my car.

Rule 3 - Ask questions. And don't be afriad to ask any question. Don't think you are insulting their intelligence or lack there of. You have no idea who these people are and the same goes for them. If they do not want to understand you or let you understand them, they surely are not going to understand your car or it's problems.

Rule 4 - Cheaper is not always better. It can be, depending on the shop, but most of the time it's not. Neither is the most exspensive. I like to find a good middle ground, unless the shop with the highest bid can conveince me they can earn the higher bid.

Rule 5 - Investigate the shop doing the work. Ask around town. Next time your in a store, just walk up to someone and make mention how exspensive something is. Once the conversation is rolling, ask them about your topic. You would be amazed at the information you can get this way.

I guess I could go on, but these are the general rules that I dealt myself when I was a mechanic. I told myself that I had to earn the trust of the customer and this is how I will do it. It also helped me pin point weakness I had so that I could over come them. Within two years, I had people driving 40 or more miles to get suspension work done on their cars, truck, vans & SUV's.

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