Maintenance & Fluids
Transmission Overheating: Why Built Cars Cook Fluid and How to Stop It
Heat is a byproduct of the torque you built the motor to make, and the factory cooling circuit was sized for a number your combination passed a long time...
Transmission Cooler Lines Replacement Cost, and When Patching Is a Waste of Money
Transmission cooler lines replacement runs $150 to $450 per line for parts and labor, and $400 to $900 if both lines go or the trans has to come down partway for...
Car Transmission Repair Cost: What a Built Car Actually Pays
Ask three shops what a transmission repair costs and you get three numbers, and none of them apply to your car. Those quotes are priced off a stock...
How Long Does a Transmission Last? Mileage Is the Wrong Number
A healthy automatic in a stock car runs 150,000 to 250,000 miles. Behind a built engine, that number stops predicting anything, because the loads that...
What Kind of Transmission Fluid Does a 4L60E Take?
The 4L60E has earned its place as one of General Motors' most successful automatic transmissions. You'll find it behind everything from daily-driven...
Transmission Cooler line fittings
For the first tech tip of the year, we are going to cover transmission cooler fittings. On our transmissions we mainly use male -6AN fittings on our...
Preventative maintenance with your transmission