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November 2024 by Jeff Honeycutt
As an FYI: I have a 2012 RAM 3500 4x4 with 68 RFE tranny. That I had tuned and set up to pull my big RVs at around 90k in 2017. I pull several different trailers but the heaviest is our 45'ft Cyclone which loaded I am probably pulling 24-26k. In April 2024 the Flex plate broke pulling a 20ft trailer. I knew it was time to rebuild the tranny with 244,000 miles on it. I had the truck Taken to Mike's Trick Shift outside of Weatherford, Tx. HERE is where the nightmare started. My truck is TCM tuned and Mike knew that, BUT built the new tranny and put Trans Go's No Tune Kit in it, KNOWING my Truck was tuned. When I picked the Truck up, I asked Mike if everything worked good with my tune, he said "We never touched anything to do with your tune. You can pull anything and it will work like it is supposed to."
In June we headed from Texas to Northern Montana pulling our RV. I Noticed the tranny didn't seem to downshift or shift like it did before the rebuild. I called my Mike again from the road as we got into New Mexico starting up some smaller grades and it wouldn't downshift, and again and Mike swore "he never touched anything to do with my tunining" and told me to manually downshift it. I thought that was REALLY ODD but I did that the entire trip, i had try to call Mike back several times after that to ask why I was having to manually shift the truck and the truck was "lugging" so bad, I could never get an answer. We stopped in UTAH and I began talking to other Tranny builders about the issue I was having. All kept saying it sounded like he did something in the valve body but Mike kept denying he did ANYTHING to mess with Tuning. After getting back to Texas and taking the truck to Two More highly recommended Transmission shops and spending tons of time trying to figure out what was going on. One shop put the truck on a computer (not just a scanner) that showed Everything the truck was doing from fuel, air to transmission, it showed everything tbe truck was doing, which showed the transmission was going in and out of lockup and low line pressures causing this. With this info I called Mike's and they Still denied doing anything blaming it on my truck "being down on power", so I even had the Turbo Replaced and illiminated all the excuses by Mike's Trick Shift. With the info I had, I went to another top rated shop who took me back and showed me the valve bodies, and told me they had also had dealings with Mike's Trick Shift and knew Mike personally. They told me they could pull tranny and fix it but would have to go back through it. Mike's Trick Shift told them that "If They Touched my Transmission, they would not do anything for me!" AT THIS POINT IT HAD BEEN 5 MONTHS DEALING WITH THIS! I had learned through all the diagnostic info and calling and talking to Trans Go with my info, that Mike HAD IN FACT put a NO TUNE KIT from Trans Go in the transmission! Once Mike knew he was caught, he finally had to admit it BUT, HE KEPT TELLING ME TO "Get Rid of my piece of crap Tune and his transmission would work fine" I let him know that My "Piece of Crap Tune" had worked Flawlessly since 2017 pulling all those miles with the stock transmission until he got ahold of it!
Finally, The Trans Go engineer helped the most by explaining Everything to me about these Transmissions and how they work and how and why they developed the No Tune Kit! He also told me that Their NO TUNE KIT was NEVER DESIGNED TO BE PUT IN A TUNED TRANSMISSION! You can have a trans tuned with electronic tuning or have the No Tune Kit BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE BOTH!! THE NO TUNE KIT AND THE TCM TUNING FIGHT ONE ANOTHER!!!
I knew at this point that Mike didn't have a clue what he was talking about regarding the Tuning of these Transmissions. All he kept doing was Deny, Deny, Deny, and blaming everything and everyone else, AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE HONEST AND DO WHAT WAS RIGHT.
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June 2024 by Bel Cantrell
Amazing place to have your ride souped up. There are custom options on transmission here.
Friendly, helpful and get er done attitude!
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June 2024 by David “Lost highway” Varley
The second time that I've had work done by Mike's .
Very good shop.
This man knows transmissions.
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March 2024 by Josh Loper
Mike will never let you down. Good knowledgeable professionals doing good work for people. Thanks guys!
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March 2024 by J Daniel
Great service, happy with the work that was done and good people to do business with. I would recommend Mike and his team to anyone needing transmission work!
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February 2024 by TJ Christian
Good and quick. Most excellent experience.
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December 2023 by steven shanley
Went in thinking that I needed a rebuild! Ended up being some other code problems! Mike was very helpful and polite to explain everything! Was very happy with the service and I will return if I ever need to! Thanks Mike ?
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August 2023 by Janie Daniel
Great service, happy with the work that was done and good people to do business with. I would recommend Mike and his team to anyone needing transmission work!
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June 2023 by Asa Henderson
Did an excellent job, very quickly, and at a great price to boot.
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May 2023 by Brian Armstrong
Good people
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May 2023 by Bruce M.
I took my truck in to get the transmission rebuilt. As soon as I arrived I was met with indifference and hostility. The owner seems to be below average IQ and employs rude people who are pissed they have to be at work and do their job. Go else where and save yourself the grief.
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May 2023 by Alix K.
I'm 40 years old and still own my first truck. I dust it off, clean it up, and drive it to town about once a month to keep it fresh. It's not a show truck, but it's clean, and it means the world to me. Recently, the trip to town was not exciting... the transmission began slipping. No panic or worries, the truck is 48 years old, and to knowledge, the transmission has never been rebuilt...it was time. I initially called 6 local shops(within 30 miles) for details, services, pricing, and general information. I wasn't overall concerned with pricing. My old truck was worth making right no matter what. After speaking with them, I narrowed it down to 2 choices. Not knowing the quality or longevity of their work, it was somewhat of a gamble either way. I decided on one, and called back to schedule a drop-off time. The owner himself and I had a decent conversation. The next day, my wife took the transmission in to be dropped off. (I work full-time). The next call I receive is from my wife telling me a horror story of events. Here is her account of the event. I drove up to this establishment and was told to back my truck to the garage door. I said hello to everyone with a smile. Right off the bat one of the guys who unloaded the transmission said in a very smart-alec tone "Don't nobody know how to drain a transmission these days" while I was standing right next to him. I informed him that the fluid was drained as much as possible (we don't own the equipment to do a thorough job). I was instructed to see the lady in the office. I walked in and the lady says flatly "How can I help you". She got my information and I asked when the owner would be back. She said I could wait. I then asked her for a receipt or piece of paper indicating the fact they received the transmission and the price. She answered with "Well I don't know how much it's going to cost!!!" I told her the price that was discussed and she responded, again very rudely, "If that's what he said then he'll stand by it!!" I walked out to sit and wait for the owner. At this point, I am going to speak to the owner no matter what with all the smart-alec and rude dealings I've had. After 10-15 min I went back into the office and asked if we could get ahold of him. Again more rude answers. I walked out and down came the owner. At this point, I'm not feeling like this is going well but I am a 'benefit of the doubt' kind of person, employees are employees. I happily introduce myself and tell him why I'm there and that I just had a couple of questions for him. I asked my 2 questions which he blew off with short answers and treated me like I'm an idiot. I inform him of his employee being a smart-alec and he laughed it off. Then I ask about reinstallation and if there was anything special I need to know and he says Very smart-alec "Well it's gonna need fluid in it". I then ask for the receipt I asked the rude lady in the front for and he laughs saying "Well that's just silly, but yeah I guess". I ask why is it silly and he turns abruptly, gets about 2 feet in front of my face, and says "Lady we ain't in town!" I say that I can see that. He follows up with, "I ain't no crook!!" I told him I never said that. He says "Then why the hell do you want that then?!" I inform him it's for my records, just something I get when I drop something important off. He laughs mockingly again turns and hollers "Yeah let's go make something up for you!!!" speaking to me as if I'm a child. Up until this point I have kept my calm but that was it. I immediately said "Nope! You can load it back in my truck!" He says "Alright then!" I back up my truck and end up having to help another employee get my transmission loaded. The utter disrespect and condescension from the owner was absolutely Astounding!!I'm proud of my wife for having the fortitude to not leave the transmission t
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March 2023 by Brian Tedder
Awesome place took my truck in. bid was 2800 for the transmission, they repaired all that was wrong besides transmission bill was 3200..for everything they did to my truck excellent..thank you all at Mike's trick shift really appreciate you
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February 2023 by Pamela
Awesome man. He knows his stuff and yes it dose take a while first come first serve! People come all across the country to have him fix their vehicle’s. He done an incredible job on mine. I recommend him 100%!
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September 2022 by Steven B.
Transmission better than new with a few modifications...pulls like a new truck! Mike recommended some extra mods and he was exactly right...so happy with the rebuilt transmission!
