As Colorado digs itself out of yet another historic snowstorm, vehicle owners find themselves driving on streets with a foot or more of heavy snow. While winter driving presents its own set of unique challenges to the driver, it is important to remember … Read More…
Each year automobiles continue to get more complicated. There was a time when it was common (and fairly easy) to maintain and repair your own vehicle. Today, the increased sophistication of your vehicle’s various systems, especially the electrical components internal to transmissions, makes … Read More…
Advanced Transmission Center Earns 2020 Angie’s List Super Service Award Award reflects company’s drive for customer service excellence Denver, Colorado – Advanced Transmission Center is proud to announce that it has earned the home service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award (SSA). … Read More…
The two most iconic American vehicle manufacturers are competitors and yet still partners. As economic instability motivated companies to find ways to increase efficiency and meet new governmental fuel economy standards, Ford and General Motors have found it beneficial to work together. This has occurred a few … Read More…
Westminster, Colorado – The team at Advanced Transmission Center is proud to announce it is relocating its North Denver operations to Westminster. The new facility at 3686 W 72nd Ave is very familiar to many in North Denver as it was the former … Read More…
In 1999, General Motors introduced the GMT800 full sized truck platform. This platform was used through the 2007 model years and included the Chevrolet Silverado / GMC Sierra pickups, the Chevy Tahoe / GMC Yukon SUV’s, and the Chevy Suburban / GMC Yukon … Read More…
History of the Torque Converter Early transmissions required some “manual” operation in order to work. The engine was directly connected to the gearbox and the rest of the driveline, the vehicle would stall any time that the vehicle came to a stop. In … Read More…
Originally, automobiles depended on basic mechanical and hydraulic systems to operate. However, the demand for better fuel economy in the ’70s and the need for increased emission controls of the ’80s saw the development of onboard computer systems to monitor and control the … Read More…
The valve body and its solenoids serve as the heart and brain of the automatic transmission. Why are they so important and unfortunately SO costly to repair or replace? Since the invention of the automatic transmission in 1921 and the first hydraulic transmission … Read More…
General Motors has been a leader in pushing for additional gears in automatic transmissions and there has been both success and failure. How did we go from 3 and 4-speed transmissions from the 1960s through 2000s to 11+ speeds in units today? The … Read More…