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Automatic
Transmission
Service and Repair Definitions
as defined in the ATRA By-Laws
Rebuilder members of
ATRA agree to re-process and to label and identify and to represent
goods and services which they produce and market, to consumers and to
other firms, under the following terms, for as long as they remain
Association members:
AN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SERVICE shall consist of accepted
external and internal adjustments and minor corrections in keeping with
good industry practice; fluid change; new pan gasket; replacement of
filter where applicable and appropriate; together with an internal
inspection to determine the amount of contamination and debris in the
pan.
A
TRANSMISSION REPAIR ordinarily consists of the minimum parts
replacement and labor operations necessary to correct an immediate
automatic transmission malfunction, and the true cause is seldom removed
or corrected by a repair being performed.
For this reason, a repair shall only be
undertaken upon the insistence of the customer and with his full
knowledge, and with any guarantee on such work spelled out in writing by
the shop, in advance of the work being performed.
EVERY
ATRA MEMBER WRITTEN REPAIR ORDER shall carry a specific and
legible statement describing work performed on behalf of the customer.
WHENEVER
A MEMBER SHOP EXTENDS A WRITTEN WARRANTY to a customer, then
the customer shall be fully informed by the shop as to the
specifications of the warranty before the work is begun.
ASSOCIATION
REBUILDING STANDARDS: no member or
person or firm shall represent that any reprocessed automatic
transmission has been "rebuilt, according to ATRA
specifications", unless such transmission has been reprocessed in
the following manner; and members further agree to extend Association
inter-member cross-country warranty coverage only on such transmissions
as have been reprocessed in the following manner:
 | All internal and external parts
shall be dismantled and thoroughly cleaned and inspected, including
the case and bell housing. |
 | The following parts shall be
replaced with new, each time; all lined friction clutch plates; all
gaskets and rubber parts; metal sealing rings as are used in
rotating applications; disposable type filters. |
 | All bands as are used in dynamic
applications shall be replaced with new or re-lined bands, each
time. |
 | The valve body shall be thoroughly
cleaned and inspected; all dirt and varnish and foreign substances
removed; all non-serviceable parts replaced, and new gaskets
installed where applicable. |
 | The torque converter shall be
considered to be a part of the transmission; and any torque
converter which is installed along with a rebuild transmission shall
be internally cleaned and inspected for wear; externally checked for
leaks, cracks, weld failure and hub wear; and starter ring gear
wear, where applicable. Any converter which is judged as not capable
of delivering new converter performance and life shall be replaced
with a new, used, or rebuilt converter which will; and any converter
which is installed along with a rebuilt transmission main body shall
be guaranteed by the member along with the rest of the transmission. |
 | Any and all other impaired,
defective, or substantially worn parts which are not mentioned
above, but which would not be expected to deliver new part
performance, shall be restored to a sound condition, or replaced
with new, rebuilt, or unimpaired used parts which will. |
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