William Hoffe
GoogleMy 1977 Mustang II began to suffer from some serious transmission issues back in April of this year. It would pop out of gear, grind when downshifting into 1st gear and was obviously on it's way out. I brought it up to my local shop who've been fixing the car…
Read full reviewWilliam Hoffe
GoogleMy 1977 Mustang II began to suffer from some serious transmission issues back in April of this year. It would pop out of gear, grind when downshifting into 1st gear and was obviously on it's way out. I brought it up to my local shop who've been fixing the car up with me since I purchased it in March. They sublet the job to National Transmission here in town. I'm willing to bet that my transmission fluid was sparkling like a Christmas tree when they looked at it! After a few days, my shop phoned me and let me know that the transmission was apart and that the problem was most likely the main shaft bearing (I think?) and that it was causing my car to pop out of first gear. I gave them the go ahead to let the guys down at National Transmission fix it and rebuild the transmission back up from the bottom. My mechanic reinstalled the transmission, phoned me and let me know the sad news: it still wasn't fixed and it was still popping out of gear. So, the car goes back down to National Transmission. I'm pretty wary at this point since I owe them $2200 at this point and that's a LOT of cash for me and the issue still isn't fixed. Apparently, it ended up being a synchro issue, if I recall correctly, and was an easy fix. My shop spoke to them and came to the agreement that I would pay the initial $2200 and that was all. The transmission was reinstalled, runs great and was given a 5 year/unlimited mileage warranty which is very impressive. National Transmission had to source some parts to replace since the vehicle is 39 years old at this point and has over 90,000 miles on it. While I never dealt with National Transmission face-to-face, they demonstrated solid workmanship, customer care and good business ethic by fixing the car without any additional cost. Thank you again for getting this old car back on the road and running smoothly!