turbojimmy
Supporting Member
- Joined
- May 26, 2001
Hi all,
As you know, I have been a member of this site for almost 10 years. I always remain neutral in vendor-customer debates and even when I have trouble with a vendor I never post it publicly. I feel it's better to deal with this things in person rather than 'virtually'. In this case however, my attempts to remedy a situation with a vendor face-to-face have failed. In that vein, please consider the following before you do business with CK Transmission. If you don't want to read the whole thing, just read the words in bold. They tell the whole story.
In April of 2008, I left my GN with him to repair my transmission (the 4th one of his that did not work properly). I drove my car 100 miles to his shop - it was in perfect mechanical condition except for the slipping transmission (again, #4 from CK). Two weeks later I got a call from CK indicating that 'there's something wrong with it'. I drove out there to see what was going on. As soon as I saw the car I knew something was wrong. Back tires were melted, front rims were coated in brake dust. The car was perfectly clean when I left it. Fuel tank was empty, and the alcohol tank was dry (fuel tank was 1/2 and alcohol was full when I dropped it off). The car could barely move under its own power and had the 'death screech' coming from the main bearings. I had it towed 100 miles home.
When the car was returned to me, the engine had 2 blown head gaskets, 2 broken pistons, 2 bent connecting rods and the main bearings were wiped out. The interior had coffee spilled all over the inside (still finding coffee today) and pieces of the car were missing from a sloppy transmission installation job. The entire contents of my console was scattered around the back seat and my LH sun visor was hanging down, missing 2 screws (WTF?). The transmission, #5, doesn't work any better than the one he took out.
All the evidence screams that the car was raced, while it was in his custody, until it blew up. The boost was turned up to 30 PSI and they had run it out of alcohol. I can go an entire season without having to wipe brake dust off my wheels - unless I make a trip to the track. There was brake dust all over the front wheels. My MT ET Streets were brand new, but were now burned down to the wear bars. Molten rubber covered the exhaust system, 1/4s and rear bumper.
When confronted all of this, Chris blamed an apprentice he had working for him and fired him. Chris offered me a new set of tires and thought that made us even. It did not.
Chris has been dodging my attempts to serve him with a lawsuit seeking compensation for the damage to the car while left in his care. He ignored the summons that he received in the mail (one that he admitted getting). He would not provide his location to a process server that I hired. In the grand scheme of things, I'm not asking for a lot of money but I will spare no expense in getting him served. He will be served eventually, and dodging my servers is only going to cost him more. The lawsuit is public record, you can get it from Morris County, NJ or ask me for a copy.
Chris has his own perspective on the events, which I'm sure he will tell. Obviously we disagree on the facts, hence the litigation. Irrespective of what he or anyone else says here, I'm not looking to try the case on the Internet, nor in this forum. This is just something for you to think about before you do business with him.
Jim
As you know, I have been a member of this site for almost 10 years. I always remain neutral in vendor-customer debates and even when I have trouble with a vendor I never post it publicly. I feel it's better to deal with this things in person rather than 'virtually'. In this case however, my attempts to remedy a situation with a vendor face-to-face have failed. In that vein, please consider the following before you do business with CK Transmission. If you don't want to read the whole thing, just read the words in bold. They tell the whole story.
In April of 2008, I left my GN with him to repair my transmission (the 4th one of his that did not work properly). I drove my car 100 miles to his shop - it was in perfect mechanical condition except for the slipping transmission (again, #4 from CK). Two weeks later I got a call from CK indicating that 'there's something wrong with it'. I drove out there to see what was going on. As soon as I saw the car I knew something was wrong. Back tires were melted, front rims were coated in brake dust. The car was perfectly clean when I left it. Fuel tank was empty, and the alcohol tank was dry (fuel tank was 1/2 and alcohol was full when I dropped it off). The car could barely move under its own power and had the 'death screech' coming from the main bearings. I had it towed 100 miles home.
When the car was returned to me, the engine had 2 blown head gaskets, 2 broken pistons, 2 bent connecting rods and the main bearings were wiped out. The interior had coffee spilled all over the inside (still finding coffee today) and pieces of the car were missing from a sloppy transmission installation job. The entire contents of my console was scattered around the back seat and my LH sun visor was hanging down, missing 2 screws (WTF?). The transmission, #5, doesn't work any better than the one he took out.
All the evidence screams that the car was raced, while it was in his custody, until it blew up. The boost was turned up to 30 PSI and they had run it out of alcohol. I can go an entire season without having to wipe brake dust off my wheels - unless I make a trip to the track. There was brake dust all over the front wheels. My MT ET Streets were brand new, but were now burned down to the wear bars. Molten rubber covered the exhaust system, 1/4s and rear bumper.
When confronted all of this, Chris blamed an apprentice he had working for him and fired him. Chris offered me a new set of tires and thought that made us even. It did not.
Chris has been dodging my attempts to serve him with a lawsuit seeking compensation for the damage to the car while left in his care. He ignored the summons that he received in the mail (one that he admitted getting). He would not provide his location to a process server that I hired. In the grand scheme of things, I'm not asking for a lot of money but I will spare no expense in getting him served. He will be served eventually, and dodging my servers is only going to cost him more. The lawsuit is public record, you can get it from Morris County, NJ or ask me for a copy.
Chris has his own perspective on the events, which I'm sure he will tell. Obviously we disagree on the facts, hence the litigation. Irrespective of what he or anyone else says here, I'm not looking to try the case on the Internet, nor in this forum. This is just something for you to think about before you do business with him.
Jim
Unfortunately I have been a victim of his garbage work as well. Interesting to see his same excuses given as were to me.
