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Bobby Mace
By Bobby Mace

Our best wishes to you all for a successful and happy new year. I know we’re all trying to overcome the challenges of supply chain shortages, inflation and the pandemic. But, every time we see January roll onto the calendar, we have the opportunity to take a fresh look at what we do and quite possibly to make a fresh start at doing it better.

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Over the past 40 years literally hundreds of shops have shared the story of their business, their customers and their families through the pages of Transmission Digest. Our editors have always needed to know about shops that have a story to be told.

If your shop story hasn’t been told or you know of a shop that would make for an interesting read, please contact Transmission Digest editor Alex Crissey. One of Alex’s duties is finding transmission shops and writing about what they do and how they are doing it. Nominate a shop by emailing Alex: [email protected].

Happy New Year!

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Counterfeit parts: Let the buyer beware

There is a Latin term handed down from English common law: “Caveat Emptor,” which means “let the buyer beware” of what is purchased. In this era when purchasing parts and other products online is becoming more common, that cautious approach to purchasing is of particular importance. Recently Transmission Digest participated in a discussion with a

Bobby Mace
By Bobby Mace
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There is a Latin term handed down from English common law: “Caveat Emptor,” which means “let the buyer beware” of what is purchased. In this era when purchasing parts and other products online is becoming more common, that cautious approach to purchasing is of particular importance.

Recently Transmission Digest participated in a discussion with a supplier in our industry. They had been taking perplexing technical calls on their products. Only after some time did they realize the products in question were not theirs. That began an internal investigation that eventually led them down the rabbit hole of online e-commerce sites such as eBay and Amazon. 

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Shop profile: Fryar’s Transmission is keeping up the reputation

His grandparents warned him that the transmission industry was a “tough business.” But Matt Fryar, who grew up around the business, ended up in it anyway. Related Articles – From the ground up: Dunn Transmissions trades on a long history and a strong reputation – Shop profile: Virginia’s AAMCO Transmissions is built on life lessons

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From the ground up: Dunn Transmissions trades on a long history and a strong reputation

The founder of Dunn Transmissions, a shop which has become a staple of the East Texas city of Tyler, was Truman Dunn, a World War II veteran who worked on cars in his spare time. He opened a repair shop called Dunn’s Transmission Shop in 1950, specializing in what was, at the time, the latest

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Shop profile: Virginia’s AAMCO Transmissions is built on life lessons from a family of industry lifers

Mary Gentry has been around transmissions and automotive repair all her life. Her father ran a shop, her brothers are all in the transmission business; she even met her husband in her shop. It pretty much runs in the family. Related Articles – Shop profile: The success story of ACE Transmission – Remanufacturing Is Surging

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Hard parts hunting

Image caption: The diagram representing results from the 2022 Transmission Digest survey of retail shops tracks the various sources those shops rely on for acquiring hard parts. The results don’t provide a breakdown of the original source of the parts. Here we show where the order is placed by the rebuilder. Related Articles – Transtar

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Se habla Español!

I had an interesting phone call this month, one that reminded me that while transmission builders are the automotive equivalent of brain surgeons, they aren’t necessarily possessed with the skills of clairvoyance or telepathy. The caller wanted to know if there was a Spanish language version of the articles in Transmission Digest. Related Articles –

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TeckPak’s Eunice Swenson Passes

It is with much sadness that we report the passing of Eunice Swenson, who, with her husband, Roger, operated Trans-A-Matic, the parent company of TeckPak/Fitzall. Eunice passed after a lingering illness on July 27. Eunice was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Swenson, Sr., who died in June 2015. She is survived by her

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Following The Supply Chain

Transtar Industries has become a significant player in the transmission industry by supplying the parts shops need to rebuild or remanufacture any unit that comes through the door. But getting the parts to your shop in time to service your customer takes a lot of planning and work behind the scenes in the ever-changing supply

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Canadian Shop Specializes in Honesty

The founders of B&N Transmissions in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, have had a journey that few in the industry have experienced. The shop founders are two brothers who fled their native country of Uganda, Africa in the 1970s under pressure from President Idi Amin, known as the “Butcher of Uganda.” Related Articles – Shop Profile: Ed’s

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