2017 - Volume #41, Issue #6, Page #36
[ Sample Stories From This Issue | List of All Stories In This Issue | Print this story
| Read this issue]
His Online Videos Teach Transmission Repair
Jim Williams teaches automatic transmission repair to anyone who wants to learn at no charge. Courses include the most popular GM, Ford and Chrysler transmissions. The 8-hr. training programs can be found on YouTube as well as on Williams’ website where he also sells the parts and accessories needed to repair or rebuild transmissions. The videos are professionally presented with the actual transmission front and center. Williams shoots them in a studio with no distracting background noise.
He is trying to do for others with video what he said was done for him decades ago. When he was 17, his transmission broke down. Unable to afford the $500 repair costs, he bought Peterson’s Big Book of Auto Repair with a section on transmissions. Black and white photos and step-by-step instructions helped him make the needed repairs. That led to a 30+ year career in transmission repair, including running his own transmission repair shop for 25 years.
“I want to show people how they can do it themselves,” says Williams. “If they run into a problem or have a question, they are welcome to give me a call to discuss it.”
Each video starts with an introduction that encourages the viewer that they can indeed repair their transmission. Each transmission or transmission group has its own 8-hr. presentation. They are broken down by Part 1 Assembly and Part 2 Disassembly. Each part is divided into lessons, making it easy to watch in natural segments, drop back and review, or pick up where you left off.
While Williams likes teaching people about transmissions and empowering them to do their own repairs, the videos also serve a commercial purpose.
“If they find the videos on YouTube, hopefully, they will link to my website for any parts they need,” says Williams. “If they find them on my website, I hope they will stay and order parts there.”
Parts in his online store range from a $1 E-clip for a parking rod to a $399 deluxe super kit for rebuilding a transmission.
“People who don’t have a good internet connection can order the course on a thumb drive,” says Williams.
Thumb drive collections of individual or multiple collections can be ordered by phone or from the online store. Prices generally run around $39 for individual courses.
To find his videos, just search at YouTube.com for “Transmission Bench Videos.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Transmission Bench, 157 Greensprings Ct., Martinez, Ga. 30907 (ph 706 414-9945; transmissionbench@gmail.com; www.transmissionbench.com).
Click here to download page story appeared in.
Click here to read entire issue
To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.
