Performance Torque Converters
Kings Transmission Seattlenow offers Power Adder torque converters that have been tailored to fit the requirements of the 2012 Chevy Camaros and the 2005-2010 Ford Mustangs. Perfect for stock or radical street/race machines, these converters feature furnace brazed components and heat-treated splines, sprag races and hubs for increased strength and durability. They have a durable [...]
Transmission Cooling
Automatic transmission have become one of the more complex systems in the vehicle. It runs a relatively high risk of difficult and expensive repair issues. A faulty or poorly maintained transmission can overheat, damaging or even destroying itself in the process. Regular inspection of the system’s transmission fluid rubber parts and filters. Kings Transmission Seattle [...]
Value of a Good Mechanic
I sincerely regret buying my car from the dealership I did. The car is decent enough for the price I paid, but I’ll never use the dealership’s mechanics again. Just shy of a month after driving my pre-owned vehicle off the lot, the check engine light came on. The car started shaking so violently I [...]
Bad U-joint? How to tell
It is most common to find driveshaft u-joints on rear wheel drive automobiles. You may also find them driving the front wheels on 4 Wheel drive models with I beam suspension like on some older Ford trucks. In some cases this flexible joint will have a grease fitting and will require regular service. In other [...]
Mini Cooper 6 Speed
Picture of what a Mini Cooper looks like when you have to pull the transmission. Kings Transmission Seattle is now rebuilding a six speed transmission in a 2006 Mini Cooper S. Alot of shops won’t take on a project such as this as parts are a real problem to find. The dealer told this customer [...]
Transmission Warranty
Kings Transmission Seattle is a proud member of ATRA. ATRA stands for Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association. Through ATRA we can offer up to a three year warranty nation wide.
Mini Cooper
Had a customer arrive today with a 2006 Mini Cooper S. Car came in with a noisy 5 speed manual transmission. He was told by the dealer that all they could do was replace the transmission for a cost of around 6000 dollars. Dealer said parts were not available and that all they could do [...]
Snow Damage
Thank goodness the snow has finally melted in the Seattle suburbs! My apartment complex did not get dug out until several days after the storm and the side streets weren’t much better. Though I did my best to stay off the roads, eventually I had to get into the office. The slush and ice did [...]
Foreign Transmission Repair or Rebuild
We at European Transmission Repair want our coustomers to know that we offer rebuilds or repair and even replacements on all foreign automatic and manual transmission. Alot of the owners of European cars such as Mercedes, Audi, VW, Volvo, Saab, Volkswagen, BMW, Jaguar and Land Rover think that only the dealers can work on their transmission. We [...]
Isuzu NPR, NQR, NRR, GM, Mitsubishi FUSO, UD: Prevent Transmission Failure & Overheating Problems
There are three types of automatic transmissions in the Japanese imported midrange trucks. This includes Isuzu’s NPR, NQR, NRR, FRR, and FTR as well as GM’s W3500, W4500, W5500 and W6500 models, Chevrolet’s W3, W4 and W5 trucks, Mitsubishi FUSO’s FE, FG, FH, FK, and FM trucks, and UD’s 1200, 1300, 1400, 1800, 2000, [...]
