Return-Path: Received: from gs74.sp.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13446; 1 Apr 92 8:48:29 EST Received: from gs74.sp.cs.cmu.edu by GS74.SP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16661; 1 Apr 92 8:48:18 EST To: bovik@CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Transmission Shops Date: Wed, 01 Apr 92 08:48:07 EST Message-ID: <16659.702136087@GS74.SP.CS.CMU.EDU> From: Dan Morrow Dear Harry, I received the following information in response to a post about good Transmission shops in Pittsburgh. I hope you can update your files with this information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sanjiv.Singh@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: transmission Dan, I have used a couple of places. Amco on Baum, seemed to be OK. Bruno's in East Liberty is good but they are very busy. I recent;y found a mechanic who seems very competent. His name is Frank Guerico and he is Hazelwood. It is a scummy area but he has a good shop and very good prices. I don't have his number handy but his garage is called AutoMart. Let me know if you have any trouble- I'll track it down for you. Good Luck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: transmissions Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 11:34:36 EST From: Clifford_Mercer@MATISSE.ART.CS.CMU.EDU We had some transmission work done at AAMCO in East Liberty last year. I'm not sure what their nationwide reputation is, but they seemed competent. The most impressive thing was that a couple months after the work had been done, we had some car trouble that acted like transmission trouble, so we took it over their to check it out. They verified that it was not a problem with the transmission or clutch, and they found a loose vacuum hose and fixed it (which cured the problem). We haven't had any trouble with the work they did. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Transmission Shop Recommendations Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 11:38:58 EST From: Wilson_Harvey@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU Dan, Check out Parkway Transmissions in Monroeville (on 22 across from Ted McWilliams; in the old Scuro's place). They seem very competent and very willing to please. Their phone number is 829-1151. -Wilson -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Transmission Shop Recommendations Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 12:41:55 EST From: goddard@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Absolutely do check out Dwayne Hiers in the South Hills (561-4490). He rebuilt our 5 speed Toyota transmission, came in under estimate, showed me the extracted transmission and explained the problems, and no problems since (18 months). His warranty was better than most other shops. Others have had work done there and been happy, e.g., Ben Brown I think. He's also near a T stop so it is trivial to get into CMU when you drop the car off and to get back there to pick it up.