Gar’s Transmission

Gars Rebuilt my transmission for just under $ 4000 using the top grade parts in order to pull my car trailer and race car at roughly 7500 pounds behind my 1 ton.
From leaving the shop it never shifted right very hard to a point the tire would chirp. Taking it back to them they stated it was my computer and not their shop.
Running across the desert in Nevada they tranny gave up with 45,000 miles since the rebuild at gars. In Elko Nv. there was a big transmission shop and two days later they got me in to rebuild the tranny. All the part were correct and it blew out the valve body, the mechanic shoed me where the shifting plate was drill out too much and they welded over the holes and re drilled them through the welds to a smaller size. Mechanic told me he has seen this in the past but it is very unprofessional, when you damage the plate you should replace it with a new one. After the rebuild it is like a new truck where I run down to santa maria every weekend for the races like the trailer is not even behind me.
I would ask around about transmission shops in the area if you are to have a real truck transmission built which I should have done.
I would recommend the upgraded tranny cooler also

They were all very friendly which is partly why I trusted and waited as long as I did. But I find it poor form to begin repair on my vehicle before being able to do the job at hand.

I won’t be able to write a high enough review for these life savers. We came from out of town and our Jeep went down right as we got to Paso Robles where we were coming for vacation. We found Gar’s, a family owned, honestly run, salt of the earth, transmission shop and we were lucky we did. Sean, one of the family members who own the shop, went through the Jeep and found the problem right away, suspected another problem that he recommended an inexpensive welding job for the repair (instead of buying a new $ 900 part) and also found an issue with my axles. This was on a Friday afternoon. I called back on Monday morning to check the progress and he informed me that the weld job was unnecessary (turns out it was a water pump leak, saving me $), the axles were almost done and the transmission issue fixed (a $ 65 sensor).
I went to the shop to wait for the car to be finished up and while I waited in the lobby I watched the shop dealing with customers on the phone and in person. They were consistently friendly, honest, and sympathetic. A local radio ad saleswoman was there selling air time to them, and once she was finished, she proceeded to arrange to get her car repaired. Another man showed up with his Land Cruiser without an appointment and asked for Sean who proceeded to put his car on the rack and figure out the issue on the spot. I actually spoke to the mechanic who fixed my Jeep and he was this down to earth guy who showed me what he did to fix my Jeep. Witnessing all of these little interactions added up to show me that this was a shop that you want to deal with because people really trust them to do the right thing at a fair price.
Sean told me he often feels like it’s his job is to ruin people’s days by giving them bad news on the expenses of repairs. But, Sean, you made my day by not taking advantage of me and doing a great job on my Jeep to get me going again. The Jeep is running better than it has in years. Thank you Gar’s!
Highly recommended. They will treat you right.

FIVE STARS FOR GARS! (Would be ten stars if I could make it so).
We came in from waaaay out of town and got stuck at Lake Nacimiento on our vacation — huge bummer! But luckily for us, we found Gars — what a wonderful shop! They had us up and running again in no time, and were more than fair in their pricing (when it would have been just as easy to take advantage of a couple of out-​of-​towners instead). Everyone at their shop was so kind, efficient and wonderfult, and went out of their way to make sure that we were well taken care of. They literally saved our vacation, and I couldn’t be more grateful. If you’re in the area and need a GREAT tranny shop, I couldn’t think of anyone else on the planet. I just wish they were closer to us — we could sure use them in Ventura County! Gars, you rock!