Transmission Shops in Richmond area

VCULee

VCULee

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I put my 1985 Chevy Blazer in gear over the weekend and it would hardly move. Does anybody know of a good honest transmission shop or "guy", preferably Henrico or Richmond? One they will swear by? It has a TH400 transmission and worst case scenario is a rebuild.

I want my truck back!
 
You should call Gearbox Transmissions. According to a bunch of sources this guy is the best transmission guy in Richmond.

Last year 2 dealerships told my buddy he need a new $5000 trany for his Acura. He took it to this guy for the afternoon turns out the transmission was fine, the issue was he needed a new battery. Not only did he save him a pile I think he only charged him like $50 for the diagnostics.
 
Nah, the truck is already at Weavers but they want a boatload of money for a rebuild ($1700-2000) or remanufactured tranny ($2200-2300 from Jasper). Some people are saying that's too much and some people are saying that's about normal.

In the meantime, I'm still making phone calls.
 
VCULee said:
Nah, the truck is already at Weavers but they want a boatload of money for a rebuild ($1700-2000) or remanufactured tranny ($2200-2300 from Jasper). Some people are saying that's too much and some people are saying that's about normal.
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You're gonna hate me, but that's about normal.

canadianram said:
He took it to this guy for the afternoon turns out the transmission was fine, the issue was he needed a new battery.
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LOLwut? That doesn't even make sense, and I know nothing about cars.
 
Lee, the vehicle is over 25 years old... maybe it's time to think about hospice care.
 
canadianram said:
He took it to this guy for the afternoon turns out the transmission was fine, the issue was he needed a new battery.
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ShoeSh1ne said:
LOLwut? That doesn't even make sense, and I know nothing about cars.
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I know next to nothing about cars as well, but apparently the issue was the computer in the vehicle wasn't shifting properly and it was cause the battery wasn't holding a good enough charge. I thought it was weird too but it saved my buddy $5k and it's been running fine now for almost 2 years.....
 
It's not just a truck, it's a badass piece of military history. And I've only had it since September. :oops:

artRAMinMN said:
Lee, the vehicle is over 25 years old... maybe it's time to think about hospice care.
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