Automotive News & Information - Paine's Garage, LLC

Your drive belts are simple but integral components to the function of your car, truck, or SUV. At Paine's Garage, LLC in Sinton, TX, belts are one of the first things we assess when looking over a vehicle, as they alone are in charge of operating your AC, water pump, alternator, and power steering.

At Paine's Garage, LLC in Sinton, TX, our mechanics have diagnosed and repaired every transmission problem in the book. We’d like to pass some of our knowledge along to you, in order to help you understand your transmission a little better. Here, we discuss the synchronizers in your manual transmission, and how to know if one of yours is faulty.

Awareness and safety are at the top of our list of concerns here at Paine's Garage, LLC, even more so with all the recall scare that happens in the news. We think a well-maintained car is a safe car that can also save you money in the long run. Here are our top ten tips for keeping your family safe, saving you money, and keeping your car running smoothly.

If you drive a vehicle with a manual transmission, you know that clutch replacement can be an expensive and time-consuming job. Paine's Garage, LLC in Sinton has some tips to keep your clutch replacements as infrequent as possible.

At Paine's Garage, LLC in Sinton, TX, we know that the life of a transmission is solely dependent on the quality of repair and maintenance it receives.

At Paine's Garage, LLC in Sinton, we understand that safety and driving comfort are largely dependent on truck maintenance. Driving in the rain can be a hassle, especially if your vehicle isn’t prepared.

Essentially, there are a few things you can do to ease the burden of driving in the rain. Keep good quality windshield wipers installed, maintain a clean windshield, and regularly coat your windshield with Rain-X or comparable water-resistant chemicals. If applied properly, water-resistant coatings will dramatically increase visibility on rainy days. Quality windshield wipers, in good condition, are equally effective.

If your wipers don’t completely wipe away water with each pass, get them replaced. Driving in the rain is hard enough; inadequate equipment to deal with the situation only makes it that much more difficult. A clean windshield also goes a long way...rain won’t wash off the dirt that has had adequate time to adhere to your glass.

If you need new wipers, bring your truck to Paine's Garage, LLC and let one of our experienced technicians get you fixed up. No matter your repair or maintenance needs, our team has you covered.

Checking the fluid level on your transmission is fairly easy, but a bit more complicated than checking your oil. Firstly, this only applies to automatic transmissions, and secondly, some modern vehicles don’t have dipsticks or dipstick tubes to check and add transmission fluid. With that in mind, here are some tips from Paine's Garage, LLC in Sinton, TX in regard to checking your transmission fluid.

Transmissions, while generally durable, can be highly complicated devices. For this reason, they are also expensive to replace, and maintaining one will save you a lot of headache and money in the future. This article from Paine's Garage, LLC in Sinton, TX discusses how your driving habits affect your transmission. While automatic transmissions are by far the most common, there are still a considerable number of manual transmissions on the road, so this article covers both.