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I am going to bitch a little. If you dont want to hear it, I understand. here goes.
Transmission!!!! Most of you know that I haven't been able to keep an AOD in my truck. I keep breaking hard parts like sun gears and planetary sets. My first trans was supposed to have all the fancy good parts in it. I was charged over 2K to have all the upgrades done to it. When it broke(under 200 miles on it)I took it out and went back to the transmission place to get it fixed. After about 5 weeks the transmission was finished and I got it back. They charged me $200.00 I was not to happy about that but I paid it. The second AOD also broke the same way, it only 25 miles on it. I called the shop and the owner and I agreed on a plan to build a C6 instead of the AOD.
I have a 400 engine in my truck. I went to great lengths to find a block that had a small block bolt pattern on it. I did this because I wanted an AOD trans and they only were made with small block patterns. Now going to the C6 I no longer have to have that special block so the extra money spent there is a waste. problem is the c6/205 combo is very very hard to find in a small block. The combo is getting hard to find at all, even in a big block. So I had to bring the trans shop a small block c6 and a big block c6 core. BB was set up for a 205 and needed to be put into the SB to fit my truck. I spent $ 300.00 on cores and took them to the trans shop. I got an e mail today saying my trans is ready. I called them and they told me I owe them $ 600.00 WTFYMFB's!!! I asked the guy why it was costing me anything at all? He said if I give them the AOD converter they will knock off $ 150.00
I again asked him why do I have to pay anything? He said the boss told him that was the price. Well, I know the boss and I told him to have the boss call me when he wasn't too busy. I also sent this e mail to try and help them see my point of view. I really got worked up over this and would like to say typing this all out helps me vent. your such good listeners. I wonder if court is in my future? love Bax.
E mail----
Eric, The more I think about this whole transmission deal the more upset I get. I look at it like this. Someone buys a product from a store. That product doesn't work and is taken back to where it was bought. The store is given a chance to make it right. The store replaces the product at no charge to the original purchaser. The second replacement is also bad and is brought back to the store once again. At this point I believe the purchaser has every right to ask for his/ her money back. Another option may be for the store to offer something else that will work for the purchaser.
Wow that is easy. I think that is about what we did. How about you give me my money back for the AOD. I will pay you your full price for the C6. Or Give me the C6 as a replacement for the non working AOD. I paid the first time, the second time and now the third? Not to mention the 3 oil coolers , 2 cases of oil, and 3 cores, forget labor. The additional $600.00 is not going to work for me. You say if I give you the AOD converter the price will come down? If you exchange the AOD for the C6 you will get the whole thing.
This transmission BS has taken over 2 months to come to this?
Please tell me what your final answers on this will be. I still need to move forward on my transmission issues.
Thank you for your help
Roger Baxter
On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Eric Secaur wrote:
Everything dynoed fine, the transmission came up this morning, its a
paperwork game now, and should be ready for pick up later this afternnoon at
which point we will give you a call.
Thanks,
Eric Secaur
Account Representative
J.W. Performance Transmissions
(321) 632-6205 ext.18
www.racewithjw.com
Transmission!!!! Most of you know that I haven't been able to keep an AOD in my truck. I keep breaking hard parts like sun gears and planetary sets. My first trans was supposed to have all the fancy good parts in it. I was charged over 2K to have all the upgrades done to it. When it broke(under 200 miles on it)I took it out and went back to the transmission place to get it fixed. After about 5 weeks the transmission was finished and I got it back. They charged me $200.00 I was not to happy about that but I paid it. The second AOD also broke the same way, it only 25 miles on it. I called the shop and the owner and I agreed on a plan to build a C6 instead of the AOD.
I have a 400 engine in my truck. I went to great lengths to find a block that had a small block bolt pattern on it. I did this because I wanted an AOD trans and they only were made with small block patterns. Now going to the C6 I no longer have to have that special block so the extra money spent there is a waste. problem is the c6/205 combo is very very hard to find in a small block. The combo is getting hard to find at all, even in a big block. So I had to bring the trans shop a small block c6 and a big block c6 core. BB was set up for a 205 and needed to be put into the SB to fit my truck. I spent $ 300.00 on cores and took them to the trans shop. I got an e mail today saying my trans is ready. I called them and they told me I owe them $ 600.00 WTFYMFB's!!! I asked the guy why it was costing me anything at all? He said if I give them the AOD converter they will knock off $ 150.00
I again asked him why do I have to pay anything? He said the boss told him that was the price. Well, I know the boss and I told him to have the boss call me when he wasn't too busy. I also sent this e mail to try and help them see my point of view. I really got worked up over this and would like to say typing this all out helps me vent. your such good listeners. I wonder if court is in my future? love Bax.
E mail----
Eric, The more I think about this whole transmission deal the more upset I get. I look at it like this. Someone buys a product from a store. That product doesn't work and is taken back to where it was bought. The store is given a chance to make it right. The store replaces the product at no charge to the original purchaser. The second replacement is also bad and is brought back to the store once again. At this point I believe the purchaser has every right to ask for his/ her money back. Another option may be for the store to offer something else that will work for the purchaser.
Wow that is easy. I think that is about what we did. How about you give me my money back for the AOD. I will pay you your full price for the C6. Or Give me the C6 as a replacement for the non working AOD. I paid the first time, the second time and now the third? Not to mention the 3 oil coolers , 2 cases of oil, and 3 cores, forget labor. The additional $600.00 is not going to work for me. You say if I give you the AOD converter the price will come down? If you exchange the AOD for the C6 you will get the whole thing.
This transmission BS has taken over 2 months to come to this?
Please tell me what your final answers on this will be. I still need to move forward on my transmission issues.
Thank you for your help
Roger Baxter
On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Eric Secaur wrote:
Everything dynoed fine, the transmission came up this morning, its a
paperwork game now, and should be ready for pick up later this afternnoon at
which point we will give you a call.
Thanks,
Eric Secaur
Account Representative
J.W. Performance Transmissions
(321) 632-6205 ext.18
www.racewithjw.com
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