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If no gimmicks and no surprises is what you want then this is the place for you to buy. There is no extra shipping cost. There are no added costs. What you see is what you get. This is the place to find all your replacement transmissions, SUV transmissions, and truck transmissions. We not only warranty our parts but also guarantee that you will not find them cheaper anywhere. You know you are getting the best transmission at the lowest price anywhere. Because of our network we can ship at very low cost and we pass that savings on to you.

The inventory of used transmissions changes by the hour. If you can’t find it on our site, let us know and we will do the searching for you and provide you the part. To top that off we will provide you with a confidence building guarantee. We have an extensive network of salvage yards nationally, so that we can pass huge savings on to you when you buy your used transmission from us. We know what parts are coming on a daily basis. Because of our network of recyclers and salvage yards you can find it all here at GotTransmissions.com.

Check out our full transmission line here online. If you don’t find exactly what you are looking for, then give us a call and we will find it for you and have it crated and delivered ASAP. We know you have to get back on the road, and feel comfortable with your decision. Call 866-320-1182.

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Mitsubishi Transmission Problems and Solutions..

It seems the Mitsubishi line of transmissions has an extensive list of problems. I can attest to that since I have been on the repair and rebuilding side of transmissions for over 30 years. 26 years as a shop owner and operator. I stay up to date on transmissions because I enjoy writing, fixing and helping people out with transmission problems.
Below is one of the many transmission complaints, and what seems to be a typical Mitsubishi response:

I purchased a 1996 Mitsubishi Gallant from Rick Case Mitsubishi, which had about 15,000 miles on it. In June of 2001, I had a flywheel replaced, which cost me close to $1,000. But still, this is not the reason I am complaining.

The transmission in my vehicle is gone, leaving my car inoperable. The odometer only reads 50,216. I do not feel that a car with so few miles should have such a major problem. I have done everything required to maintain the condition of my Gallant, such as routine oil changes, wheel alignments, transmission fluids, etc. Ive called Rick Case Mitsubishi with this complaint and was told that I am one year too late to complain. In other words, if the transmission had went out in 2001, they would have repaired it. But now it will cost me approximately $3,000.

I purchased a Mitsubishi Gallant based on advertisements, which indicated that in 1997 or 98, it was the best selling car and I desperately needed a reliable vehicle. After talking with past and present Mitsubishi owners, I have learned that they too have had problems with their transmissions.

Read more: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/mitsubishi_transmission.html#ixzz0RqNn93H1

In a situation like this, about the only thing one can do is bite the bullet and buy a good used transmission or a rebuilt transmission that has been upgraded to eliminate the wealth of problems with these transmissions. When I owned my shop, which I sold 3.5 years ago, never did a Mitsubishi transmission, or any rebuilt transmission leave my shop without the most current updates.

When we were too busy and needed a replacement transmission in a hurry, we always purchased our rebuilt Mitsubishi transmissions from GotTransmissions.com. There was no question in my mind that they were properly updated after speaking with the representatives at GotTransmissions.com, but the proof was in the extended guarantee and the fact we never had even the slightest issue with any transmission we purchased from them. Another bonus was the cost, prices were unbeatable. I don’t shop by price, I shop for quality, when you get both from one company, why call anyone else. Trust me, call 866-320-1182.

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I was hanging around my Buddy’s repair shop…

Actually I went over dump my waste oil. Man, he was upset, to say the least about the cash for clunkers program and all of the “gas guzzlers” that were trashed. Good old cars, most of them in really good condition. He was telling me that once you trade your car in for new one, your old car becomes the property of the US government.

Business has been picking up he said, but then the cash for clunkers comes out and we lose a good source of income (repairing clunkers) and good used parts, especially the transmissions.

Now the folks who had their clunkers fixed here, can’t afford to fix them now, since so many good parts have been taken away from the recycling parts business, and, my customers who traded their old cars in for new ones, I’ll never see them again. How does that help me out?

I guess it depends on what side of the pancake you are standing on. Both sides have a point. I can’t believe both sides could not work out a fair agreement. Well, maybe I can see how they could not work out a mutually agreeable deal. If they could, we would never be in the economic and automotive failures.

One thing for sure is that their will probably be a shortage of good used transmissions for clunkers in the future. That is bad news for clunker owners, because the price goes up when the supply gets smaller. Their is good news too. That means their will be more transmissions from clunkers rebuilt, reconditioned, remanufactured or overhauled. Call it what you want, all of the above are the same. More transmissions means the price will go down on transmissions.

That is good news, especially if you were going to buy a rebuilt transmission. Realistically speaking, an affordable rebuilt transmission may end up being the best choice of all. What ever comes of above situation, one thing for sure is that GotTransmissions.com will continue to go the extra mile to sell you the best transmissions for the most affordable pricing, making a rebuilt transmission from GotTransmissions.com a great value. Call now @ 866-320-1182.

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The Right Replacement Transmission increases fuel mileage..

For many of us driving older cars, referred to as ‘clunkers’, is how we get around. The fact that a lot of these cars are US government property now (C4C), thus depriving the folks who can afford a new car or get credit for new car is a step in the wrong direction for them. A lot of the parts they might purchase cheap at a salvage yard will cost more. Transmissions, for instance will go up in price.

The bright side to this is that a lot of cars came equipped with 3 speed automatic transmissions and, non overdrive manual transmissions can have an overdrive transmission easily installed. I’m going to stick with automatic transmissions of the overdrive nature, not manual transmissions in this post. Transplanting an overdrive transmission to replace a worn out non overdrive transmission is not as big of a deal in most cases as one might think. Warning: Let a qualified professional do it.

The payoff will be from 3 to 6 miles per gallon difference. Which is quite significant in any case, and a real bonus for the folks who literally did not or could not buy into the cash for clunkers program and have to keep their ‘clunkers’. BTY: I have an immaculate collectible 1988 GMC truck, I don’t like the word clunker, it is insulting to purveyors of clunkers.

I already have written about “my engine plan” for improving fuel mileage and performance in several articles at this URL http://www.gotengines.com copy and paste the URL and read “My Plan”.

I have the most experience with General Motors products when it comes to transmission swapping. But being in the transmission business for over 30 years, I know that many other large engine American Clunkers can be upgraded too, from a 3 speed automatic transmission to an overdrive transmission with factory parts. Factory parts makes these transplants direct bolt ins.

In essence if the government plan included credits for people who can’t afford a loan payment on a new car, don’t qualify for a loan or don’t want a new car, I have the plan.

For qualified clunker owners that fit the above description, the government should issue credit vouchers up to 4500 dollars. This way the people can take the car to a qualified transmission shop and buy an overdrive transmission and have the shop install it properly with factory parts.

First off, it should not even cost half of the 4500 dollars to perform this operation, and look at the savings in fuel I mentioned, 3 to 6 miles per gallon.

Another excellent side effect is that since the engine turns slower in a car with an overdrive transmission ( slower turning engines get better mileage), your engine lasts longer too. So, please take my advise, if you have a clunker and want to keep it, or simply modernize it with a newer automatic overdrive transmission, trust me, GotTransmissions.com has what you need in stock at affordable pricing. Call @ 866-320-1182.

For anyone interested in the other parts that are needed for a transplant, before I write a post on it, feel free to ask me in the comment box.

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Used JDM transmissions are a cost effective and reliable solution.

When it comes down to needing a replacement transmission, I would take a good long look at one of the low mileage used JDM transmissions for sale. When you get down to brass tacks, a used transmission offers a great deal of savings, and in many cases you can get a perfect low mileage used engine, especially for foreign cars at ridiculously low prices.

Why you ask? The term is JDM. JDM is an acronym for Japanese Domestic Market. The JDM are the used transmissions and engines that come out of cars in Japan. There is no catch. It is just that the Japanese emission standards are very strict and most engines with the transmissions in Japan need to be replaced at about 40,000 miles to continue to meet the standards in Japan. In the majority of cases, with no regard to what the car owner does in terms of cars or transmissions and engines, those transmissions get sent along with the engines to the USA. Once they get here they are fully inspected and modified to meet US standards, then resold in the USA as low mileage used transmissions.

This is a wonderful method of buying used transmissions. If you went to the dealer, your choices would probably be a new or transmissions. Which is the most expensive way to go. In the USA, 40,000 miles on a transmission means it is just barely broken in, so in essence, you are getting an ‘experienced’ proven commodity when you choose a JDM transmission as a choice in transmission replacement. Unless you have an agenda that a good used engine will not fit, there is no more reliable and cost effective way to buy a used engine for sale, especially for your Japanese, foreign car.

One of the biggest bonuses for a transmission from a JDM supplier is that transmissions don’t have to meet emission standards per say. Therefore, few if any modifications would be necessary to be used in a domestic car. The most competent suppliers like to test every transmission, including JDM transmissions with some expensive invasive tools to put a guarantee on your product that would build your confidence level. JDM is a real bonus for foreign car owners, it is too bad we don’t have a competitive program for domestic cars here in America.

No one wants to replace their transmission in the first place, but if you run into a situation where you need to replace your transmission, take a good look at the better transmission suppliers and check out the JDM products if you have a foreign car. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed. Your affordable car will stay affordable if you take my advise.

Fleets services like Florida Power and Light, Fed-Ex, UPS and more companies, keep fresh JDM transmissions in their inventory, so when they need to replace a transmission, they get the job done fast and reliably, getting their money making vehicles back on the road. If big companies like one of the companies above feel good about using this method of transmission replacement, then you know it is a viable resource that can easily exceed your greatest expectations.

Transmissions for sale cheap @ GotTransmissions.com–866-320-1182

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Chrysler 5 Speed Manual Transmissions for sale cheap..

There were a number of Chrysler five-speed manual transmissions used in EEK cars. Some, such as the A-568, were assembled by Getrag, but were actually designed by Chrysler (though they are commonly called “Getrag” transmissions). These were generally used in more demanding (turbo) applications. (Information source: 1987 service manual). Others were assembled by Chrysler itself.

One common source of odd noises is the throwout bearing (“clutch release bearing” in official language). They can whine, they can rattle, and they can do like mine did, which was to sound like an old-fashioned locomotive. They can be noisy with the clutch released, engaged, or both. I don’t know for certain, but from appearances, the throwout bearing used in the FWD Chrysler products isn’t a tremendously stout piece. Comparing it to the big hefty unit used in RWD Chrysler’s.

Fluid choice is of utmost importance for proper shift and noise features. In 1991, the factory fill and recommended service fill was 5w-30 engine oil. Some people think they are smarter than the factory and switch to products like RedLine MTL…wrong. The A568 manual transmission hates it. Hard shifting, lots of noise…Get it out of there ASAP and put in Mobil-1 10w-30, which this transmission really likes a lot. FYI: 5W30 was recommended for all five-speed transmissions available with the Sundance, Shadow, Duster and Neon.

One last word of advise, make sure you buy the fluid from the dealer or a reliable and knowledgeable source, or you may end up needing a replacement transmission. Don’t listen to the ‘parts guy‘ they dragged off the street that says “this stuff will do it”. It’s up to you to be an educated consumer, read our blog, there is a bunch of useful educational material here to help your transmission last longer. If “it” happens, and you need a rebuilt Chrysler manual transmission, trust the people that know what type of fluid it uses, GotTransmissions.com @ 866-320-1182.

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Buy a Quality Rebuilt Transmission for Sale Cheap…

We already know how easy it is to be ‘taken advantage of’ in the automotive repair world. Regardless of your situation, how do you find an automotive transmission supplier, a car dealer, or any automotive related business who is on the level. Especially on the service work side. Parts come in all sorts of quality levels, but then again, how do you know you got the “best transmission parts”?

What I’m about to direct you to is a brief on Deceptive Auto Advertising by the Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Frauds Bureau of New York. The basic idea here is New York law prohibits false, deceptive and misleading advertising. I’m very sure every state has similar laws. Florida does, I know because I live here and owned a transmission repair shop for over 25 years (sold it three and a half years ago) and I had to abide by the laws.

I found that being sincere and honest was the best recipe for doing business. Big time claims, scaring people or forcing sales on people were not even in my book, simply put. I did not feel comfortable and never tried to be elusive or tricky with my answers to people, so I did not. The pure excellence about telling the truth is it attracts the customers who really want quality repairs and parts. Educated consumers should not be fooled by some of the tactics used in the article I linked to above. Good ain’t cheap and cheap ain’t good. Read this blog and you will become educated. At least enough to protect yourself from fraud.

In reality I was selling myself. It was easy to gain a customers confidence for me. I simply told the truth and didn’t candy coat it. I recommenced repairs or replacement transmissions that is in their best interest, in terms they understood, and not in my best interest. And when some body needed a rebuilt transmission, we knew exactly who to buy it from. The truth is we were a transmission shop, and did our own rebuilding. Sometimes, for really good customers we would break our rules and do other work for them.

We did not rebuild engines. We stayed pretty darn busy, usually more work than we could handle. Every now and then I needed a rebuilt transmission ‘now’, so we would call GotTransmissons.com and make an order. We got personal service from well informed experts, the product arrived on schedule, and best of all, we never had a problem with one of GotTransmissions.com’s units. That is the way it is supposed to be, trust me, when you need a rebuilt transmission, GotTransmissions is your only choice. Call 866-320-1182.

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Inside a ZF 5-Speed Manual Transmission..

When Ford introduced the ZF 5 speed manual transmission to their line up of trucks in the ’80s, it started an evolution of light duty truck transmissions towards 5 forward speeds. Until then, except for the huge Semi’s, 4 forward speeds were normal.

This ZF transmission has an aluminum case and designed with heady duty purposes in mind. The other day I fixed a ZF manual transmission for friend. It came out of a 1989 F-250 4 wheel diesel drive pick up, and the only thing wrong was the front bearing retainer had a groove worn in it. I took a picture of the retainer so can see what one looks like.

ZF 5 speed '89 Brg Reatainer

Unfortunately the transmission has to be disassembled to replace the front bearing retainer. While it was apart I also took a picture of the gear set resting in the back case portion.

ZF Gear set pic '89

This is a heavy transmission, it takes 2 good men or a transmission jack to lift it on to the rebuilding bench. Any transmissions larger than this I usually don’t work on. I have rebuilt plenty of them over many years and believe me, they are ‘finger smashers’, but once you get by the pain of smashing a few fingers, it becomes evident at what heavy duty gears look like and that it was designed for doing ‘business’. Most of the ones that came into my shop needed major repairs that cost a small fortune.

I got lucky and someone bought my shop three and a half years ago, so this is the first one I’ve fixed in a while. I enjoy doing transmission repairs. The problem is I won’t be able to rebuild your ZF transmission or any other transmissions anymore. So this is my advise.

As a person who owned and operated a quality transmission shop for over 25 years and was an active rebuilder until the last year. So, if anyone has an eye for really top grade rebuilt transmission, I do. I ran a tight and clean shop, my employees were adults and enjoyed the environment. To say the least, we were the best shop in the area, maybe in the state. That was a fact, I’m confident of it.

Now that I’m on the receiving side of the bill, not the guy collecting the money, I do a lot of homework before I take my cars in to get repaired. For a guy who mechanized all his life, any other treatment than what I gave to my customers won’t work for me. That’s why I fix my own cars at home now. And a few others, that is how I got the pictures.

As a transmission man, so to speak, I did my footwork on who I can buy a rebuilt transmission from that has a great warranty and I fell comfortable with. GotTransmissions.com has proven to me that they provide a great product, but the experts are friendly and patient and the product lives up to it’s billing every time. In essence, it would be like doing business with myself! Enjoy. 866-320-1182

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BMW Transmissions: What is a Steptronic transmission?

Steptronic is the name BMW gives its automatic transmissions that have a manual shift function, which is pretty much any automatic-equipped BMW. Even though it’s an automatic, you can upshift and downshift on command when the gear selector is in a separate shifter gate, which can be accessed by pulling the gear selector to the left. You then push up on the selector to upshift and pull down to downshift. BMW’s Steptronic transmissions also feature steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters on some models.

Steptronic is different than BMW’s automated manual transmissions, which BMW calls the Sequential Manual Gearbox and M Double-clutch transmissions. Those transmissions are limited to high-performance M cars, including the M3, M5 and M6.

FYI: BMW M, also known as M-Technik or just “M” (for Motorsport) was initially created to facilitate BMW’s racing program, which was very successful in the 1960s and 1970s. As time progressed, BMW M began to supplement BMW’s vehicles portfolio with specially modified higher trim models, for which they are now most known for to the general public. These M-badged cars traditionally include modified engines, suspensions, interior trims, aerodynamics, and exterior modifications to set them apart from their counterparts. WIKI.

I have mixed emotions on all of this super complicated shifter activity. For all practical purposes the fancy shifter is for show and glamor, it does not make the car faster, but it makes it more complicated, which owners of BMW cars like. I like a shifter that has: R-N-D-3-2-1 on the sticker. Nice and simple.

Speaking of simple, if you ever needed a rebuilt BWM transmission, it has never been easier and hassle free to buy the transmission of your choice at GotTransmissions.com @ 866-320-1182.

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Foreign car makers made out on Cash for Clunkers..

Government calls Cash for clunkers a success. What I see is a glut of good used foreign cars and used foreign transmissions, including other valuable components flooding the market either from the recycle yard or people simply selling the car in 5 to 7 years.

Every morning, like clockwork my dogs and I take a 45 minute walk, no matter what route we take, we see plenty of ‘for sale’ signs on homes and and another abandoned home, I also see more of the Foreign cars like, Toyotas, Kias, Hondas, Huyndais, etc. in driveways. I wrote about making foreign car makers happy last month.

I did not look for any statistics to prove it, but seeing is good enough for me, and I see a few New Chevy’s and Fords and Chrysler products, particularly trucks. I don’t see the big difference between foreign and domestic cars since all of them are at least manufactured on American soil with the bulk of technicians being US born. But I do understand sticking with the foreign cars, especially with Detroit on shaky ground. Perhaps people are worried about local dealers closing in their town or service work becoming hard to find for the American cars.

I like in a small town in Florida o the eastern coast. There are no more Dodge or Chrysler Dealerships in town now. If you want to buy a Chrysler or Dodge product or get the one you currently own serviced under warranty, you have to go either north or south 15 to 20 miles now to find a dealer. Our dealership closed.

Obviously people are concerned about American car companies. I would be too, they talk a lot, but never full fill what they say. The unfortunate part is we build good cars in America. General Motors is my choice.

My thoughts on the glut of foreign cars that were sold under the C4C program is that there will be a lot of very cheap foreign engines for sale and other valuable car parts in the future. The smart consumer will take head and instead of selling a perfectly good car and rack up debt load, buy a good used low mileage transmissions for their foreign car when the transmission needs replacement.

I say transmissions because GotTransmissions.com has outperformed the competition for years in the transmission replacement field by having first choice of the best used foreign transmissions, or, pick/s of the litter, before the second tier transmission suppliers arrive.

With that in mind, consider replacing your worn out transmission for pennies on the dollar of what a new car costs. Don’t let the excitement and bright lights of a ‘new car‘ sway your logical-rational thinking patterns. Stay debt free, purchase a good used transmission from GotTransmissions.com @ 866-320-1182. You will feel better about yourself, trust me.

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