Don Buchanan,
Wow, short on cash huh? That was the reason they didn't tune my transmission properly when I paid them to do so? Maybe that's the reason Todd told me I could check the transmission fluid level when the transmission was cold.

Maybe me asking them what they might charge for a particular service implies that I don't have the cash to spare. Did you also ask them how much I spent at their shop. Maybe they forgot to mention that I was interested at looking at a total rebuild. Maybe they told you how I couldn't drive for 2 weeks because of preventive measures that they recommended that I paid to have done.

However irrelevant, how very observative of you to notice that I have the word bio-diesel in my screen name.

When all's said and done. I have nothing against Gary and Todd. They are very nice people. Was I unlucky with a couple of things there? possibly yes. Gary and Todd did their best to help me. Was I upset when I learned about how my transmission was handled? Absolutely. I did not post here to knock them. The more people that criticize me for explaining some unfortunate sequences of events the more I'm going to go into detail of how my particular situation was handled however good or bad. I cannot change what happened.

Don, I'm glad that you are happy with your service and Gary's. I'm now also happy that I have an official shop manual to work on my vehicle myself. I enjoy it, albeit difficult to fit into my 70+ hour a week very well compensated career.