Another Shop Said This Jeep Needed a Transmission?? Let's Find Out! 

Owner deserves an award for not falling for the new transmission rip off.

I love the fact that you are an honest mechanic, honesty ,integrity, I've been a mechanic for 45 years .never once have I screwed a customer ❤

That's what will win you a customer for life.... And everyone they talk to!!

Kenny, honest mechanics like you are gold. I have a very good friend who owns and operates a three-stall garage. He is as honest and forthcoming as you are. He recently sold the entire business and is retiring. Two of his regular female customers broke down in tears when he informed them. Now, I need a new mechanic, too, but, I didn't cry (at least, not in front of him). You guys are gold!!

Honesty and Integrity = WWK I will never stop watching Kenny!

I've certainly seen broken park pawls, particularly in older, fully hydraulic transmissions (C4, TorqueFlites and Borg Warners). It's one reason I ALWAYS use the Park brake. Transmission park is meant to be a supplement to the park brake, not the main means of holding the vehicle. Good work on looking at it a bit more thoroughly than the others.

That other shop would have charged to rebuild the transmission and only adjusted the cable. Good work, Kenny.

I love every video that has the words "another shop" in the title.

The real problem here is the dishonesty and/or incompetence of so many repair shops. Everybody wants a short answer to their problems, and the dishonest shops are more than willing to take their money and perform minor repairs for major prices. I'm glad we still have a few honest guys like you around.

I hate people being ripped off ! I work on fine turf grass machinery and see it all the time. Mainly on oem parts

That be one happy customer there! Must be nice giving good news and maybe gaining a customer for the long term.

Hope they gave you more to do after the money saving fix , and a you are my new go to mechanic -it’s called winning !😅

Nice find. Nice fix

At 6:22 "It's not going to hurt anything" Maybe, but man that would make me Cringe, and like, Oh S_#t!😬 Thanks for saving her from some Predatory mechanics! 👍 Mike in San Diego. 🌞🎸🚀🖖

Good job. Sounds like the other shop was trying to take advantage of the customer. Glad they were smart enough to get a second opinion. Keep wrenching.

Smart owner. You can tell a lot about the owner with a clean, obviously maintained vehicle.

You’re amazing! And this is why people swear by your work and your honesty! 💜

Once again,your honesty has saved the customer a huge amount of money. Your a good person,Kenny.

I pray that the Good Lord will pour out more blessings than you can stand for just being HONEST.

I like how you look at problems from a different view. By going the route you take it saves the customers lots of money

Not many honest wrenchers out there any more 👍keep up the good videos

I wouldn’t touch Stellantis product if you paid me to. But glad you help people who still buy Stellantis products.

The pawl is spring loaded because the engagement is purely mechanical. The transmission is designed to engage the pawl and hold it into position without hydraulic pressure. Engaging in motion will quickly round the edges of the pawl and cog. Same as missing a shift in a manual transmission, that grinding is rounding off the gears.

Building that new clientele Kenny, your honesty will never allow you to retire my friend, and that is a good thing. Keep Wrenchin'

WoW, shop suggested maybe new transmission. No parts fix. Great job

Kenny your knowledge about some things amazes me. I know you have been around the block a few times. Maybe that rock music did something for you. It looks like you are getting settled in and more comfortable with the changes. I bet in some ways you miss the old shop. God bless

Excellent, saved her a LOT of money.

Didn't know that, thanks!

You my friend are awesome.Great diagnoses.

Im sure you made a life long customer.

howdy kenny. your new home is in some town as my sister. in witch i believe she was driving our fathers car in high school 1981 ltd police car and she through it in park as it was rolling and she broke the pawl off. my father being a mechanic fixed it. i enjoy the videos .

Shifter out of adjustment was my first go to

Nicely done!

Great Job Kenny!

Excellent job! I so wish I could drop my 2014 Silverado off with you to check out a few things.

That was easy. Nice work

Saving people money. keep it up!

Super job Kenny

Always go back to basic's good diag !! thanks Kenny keep wrenching and keep making the videos

Always go back to basics

Way to go, Kenny!

WJs are common to have that problem where shift linkage connects to bracket on side of transmission, have someone shift from inside while observing cable underneath.

Excellent

As other people have said, Ken your a true and honest Mechanic who knows customers will Always come back to you AND recommend you to their friends. 'Word of Mouth' is the best advertising you can get. I recently had a dash light come on (again). I knew exactly what it was and it just needed clearing before a planned road trip. My scan tool is a very very basic one so I can't do it myself, (currently researching an upgrade). My car (a Dacia/Renault) has a service light AND an oil service warning light. The oil light reset for some reason is in the Dashboard Display settings? I drove around 4 different shops and the cheapest quote was around $60 just to look at it and a 2 week wait to do it. To Heck with that!! On the way home I remembered a tiny little shop less than a mile from my house. I called in anyway. He was busy swapping a BMW front spring but when I explained what I needed he came straight over, cleared the light and charged my the price of a cold beer to do it. A good mechanic!

You have got a new customer, and she will tel her friends too.

Excellent video sir, I just started watching your videos and you certainly are talented my friend. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I always thought putting it in park while not completely stopped would damage the pawl. This makes me wonder then if backing up and putting it in drive before coming to a complete stop would damage anything. Again, intuitively I would think it might because you are slamming the torque converter in the opposite direction. I have accidentally done it and know some who do it routinely (again, from a crawl, but still moving) but I don't hear of them having to get a new TC or trans because of it.

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I had a Pontiac that was in limp mode and they said I needed a transmission rebuild. Turns out it was just a broke throttle valve cable. Second opinions are a good idea.

It can be linkage that is out of adjustment. Po122,. throttle position sensor circuit a, low input

Interesting

I see a phone charger plugged into the dash. I had a Taurus and an Impala of a friend of mine that when you go out and open the door, it is like the battery was disconnected. No dome light, no nothing with both vehicles. Unplugged the phone charger and both would start. Also had a Ford minivan in the 90 or so year, would always refuse to start if the phone charger was plugged in to either of the 2 ports. I figure the Jeep if it had some electrical issue like you have, and I saw the charge cable looks like a dollar store cheap charger, that may create a funky electrical issue.

thats badass

You, sir, deserve a medal!!! And a cake (my girlfriend watching this video with me added:-)

Nice job, as always. One question … how did the owner know to bring the vehicle to you? Was it a referral? Has she benefitted from your service before? Was it purely by chance? Just curious … 🤔

God bless tthis man for being honest people just willing to do anything for money but u only hurting your self n ya shop business remember when u gett over on people God n karma gon make u pay for it rs

Just another shop trying to take advantage of folks. It's really a crime what some shops do. I'm thinking Kenny has a customer for life. Keep the good stuff coming buddy.

Just because the parking pawl is spring loaded doesn't mean you should be exercising it that way - makes me cringe.

Hey Kenny, a question, what happened to the other shop? I have that question?

I just had to do the same thing to a2016 Ford F150 after the bottom holder was removed to move it without the keys.

I would have called out the mechanic that diagnosed that one. I've seen people get fired for less.

Well, IMHO, either lack of knowledge or was a scam in the process, take your pick.

I just a mechanic install a transmission shift cable in a 1999 Honda CR-V and it needs to be adjusted so i can go from park into drive. 5 different mechanics in New Jersey can not figure out how to do it. All keep replacing neutral safety switch with no good results. Very frustrating. I am about to drive from n.j. to Kenny's new shop if he gets me an appointment. Any thoughts from the crowd?

i did one a couple of weeks ago. He was going to scrap the car.

I live in Germany and usually cars with 200,000 miles are scrapped. I'm currently driving an Opel Mokka,I belive that is Biuck Encore in North America(GM engine ECO TEC 1.4 liter) with 210,000 kilometers,year 2011. and I'm thinking that it's a lot and I need another car with less kilometers.😂

Why was parking pawl heard trying to engage while you were in drive creeping forward?

*snort* That's probably why it wasn't spotted and they thought it was broken; guys are so used to everything being electronically controlled, that they don't think (or remember) that there are still mechanical bits :P. That parking pawl saved my butt when I had an emergency. I was heading into town to get my parents an anniversary present when suddenly No Brakes...and I was behind a little Aveo waiting to turn. Hilariously, this was literally *right in front of a dealership*. turns out a weld spontaneously snapped on my rear axle...and the cross line for the rear brakes was attached to it. what caused the brake mess was the fact the vehicle had a single-chamber master cylinder instead of dual (and, inevitably, a seized-up parking brake)

Ken it did have a broken paw or probably stripped teeth off that plastic cam is what it is

Why is the check engine light on?

Either the other shop didn't know what to do or was trying to scam extra dollars off the customer(my guess is the latter.).Cheers mate.

Yeppers just got a customer that's gonna be coming back for other work yep and all over another seemingly parts replacing place who isn't concerned about customers. Quality technicians are hard to find these days and you apparently are one of them . Have a great day .

Makes one wonder if the other shop knew about adjusting the cable or were lazy or plain dishonest. Kenny proves that try the simple solution to the problem first.

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If you name your cat "Felix", you'll get the theme song for free.

Other shop was filthy scumbags or downright incompetent.

I wonder if coswell cogs made the cog who else knows what im talking about 😅

Kenny, I hate to say but the other shops probably weren't lying to her, they really were just incompetent in that area. It really is hard to find experienced reliable intelligent workers today. The educational system is a total failure thanks to the teachers union. Folks home school your kids if you expect them to grow up to be useable humas beings.

JEEP.. Just Empty Every Pocket

I slammed a Jeep like that in park at 60 miles and hour and it broke the paw.

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You never should ever here this 6:09

How dare you be a honest mechanic.

I like to give people the benefit of the doubt if I can. Here I wonder if the diagnosis was made by a service writer, without even putting the car in the air.... Diagnostic time is so poorly paid, especially when news is bad, they tend to shoot from the hip by making a guess to prepare the customer for bad news. I like to think that with a closer look they would have taken the time to rule out the easy stuff right away. But with that bad news the customer pulls the plug and the next guy makes a little more effort to rule out the easy diagnosis. Across all industries we're in the process of a brain drain, with boomers retiring and the drift of young people away from blue collar careers. In a small shop the new guys may not have any mentor to offer guidance.

always get a second or third opinion lady's .

No I think you are wrong Kenny. Throwing your auto into Park while the transmission is turning is a BIG NONO. I thought you were smarter than that.

The 42re is a horrible transmission

Disagree with your comment that putting it into park while still rolling will not hurt it!!! Many years ago I bought a Dodge Van that had a transmission leak. After checking everything else I found that the case around the park pawl had a crack in it. Had to completely disassemble the transmission and have the case welded and that stopped 90% of the leak. My belief is that the previous owner had been putting the Van into Park Gear before they stopped causing the crack in the case.

There is a HAND BRAKE for parking up i do wish you Americans would get real and forget that piece of crap on the transmission and USE THE HAND BRAKE to PARK you have not seen much if you have not seen a broken parking pawl worst idea ever invented

Lol another junk Chrysler product

My ex boyfriend did that to my transmission once! About $1100 later, I can't believe you that it won't cause damage.