This issue is GEARS Magazine’s silver jubilee. It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since we first started publishing GEARS.
It’s common when...
September - 2017
In previous issues of Keep Those Trannys Rolling, we looked at the Magna Performance MP3010 transfer case control system and the diagnostic routines needed to...
One of the first you need to know when diagnosing and fixing any transmission is to understand how it works. Once you understand what does what and when it’s...
Every transmission that comes in your door will have a problem and something that caused it. Sometimes the problem is outside the transmission, sometimes its...
Many technicians today still don’t have to deal with ethanol. Others do, but they aren’t usually the ones who get caught with their pants down when it...
We’re all looking for information to help repair the vehicles we face. Often the key to a successful repair is simply a matter of experiencing the symptoms...
This year — 2017 — marks a milestone for i. It’s our silver jubilee — 25 years! — a quarter of a century since GEARS first appeared in the mailboxes...
Up Your Business is an exclusive GEARS Magazine feature in which I share stories, insights, and reflections about real business and life challenges.
This past...
Dr. Spencer Johnson, author of Who Moved My Cheese? and co-author of The One Minute Manager , once invited me to collaborate with him on a new book titled Yes...
You get things done. You make things happen. You figure it out and solve problems every day and you’ve been amazing people for years. You diagnose problems...
Erich Bockelie and Kevin Owens are the owners of KC Martin Transmissions and KC Martin Automotive, two shops in Lynnwood, Washington. The general repair shop...
As we reflect on all the modern transmissions that we now deal with on a daily basis, and look back on the old 2- and 3-speed automatics that most of us cut...
Admittedly I am not very familiar with transmissions. In fact, the first time I even saw one; was when I spoke at ATRA in 2015. But that’s OK – it’s...
