Kings Transmission

Renton Transmission Rebuild just did a upgrade to the most beautiful 1968 Chev Camero we have ever seen.

Our customer who has not spared a dime in the restore of his Camero wanted to update his vehicle transmission.  He was looking to build a transmission that would handle the horse power that his 500 ci engine was putting out.

Our advise which he took was to build a performance 4L80-E transmission with a high stall converter.  This replaced the T400 tranmsission that would handle the horse power but at 55mph had the rpms to high.

We used the Hughs electronic package which took a bit of time to wire in and adjust but was well worth the investment.

Doing Seattle-Transmission-Maintenance in this area for the past twenty years there is one thing I have learned.  We as car owners do not do the proper maintenance on our automatic transmissions. 

Oh we change our oil, we change lights and fuses when they burn out.  We spend hundreds of dollars on wheels and stereos to make our cars look and sound good.   Be what we lack it that simple maintenance of our transmission.

Each car is different it what they require as to when the fluid and filter should be changed in the transmission.  But a good rule of thumb is to service the transmission every fifteen to twenty thousand miles. 

For most drivers this is once a year.  

Almost never does a fluid change fix a transmission once a problem starts. But with regular servicing it could keep a problem from ever occurring.