Date:         Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:11:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
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From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@RCN.COM>
Subject:      Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes Trans
              Malfunction, 88 Auto
Comments: To: John Lauterbach <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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Did they tell you what the problem had been and how they fixed it?

Larry A.


John Lauterbach wrote:

> Rob, around 2001-2002,  the AT in my '84 started doing strange things,
> popping seals, burping, slipping, etc.  One of the techs at what is now a
> Tires Plus store suggested I get the van towed to an AT shop on the other
> side of the city.  He and his boss arrange the towing and a couple of
> days
> later the AT shop called me up and said my van was ready.  I asked how
> much
> and I was told to bring $125.  I had a buddy drive me to the shop, which
> from the outside looked worse than a bad junk yard.  Inside the
> building was
> a different story.
>
> In any case, I was glad that I took the van to some real AT pros,
> people who
> were doing AT for a living and had their own shop, not a franchise.
>
> John
>