How long has your maddog tranny lasted?
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Hello to everybody watching this thread. This is John Tsikouris, and I am here to set the story straight on MR. MADDOG LOU.. I ran Maddogs for years, and taught LOU everything he knows about the internet and Ebay. The real reason I left Maddog's and started Goodfellas was because unethical things were going on there. He was putting used clutches in supposed brand new transmissions, old parts, and was not even testing the units. He was dumping fluid in them and shipping them out. I am sorry I did not want to asscociate myself with that. That is the reason he had so many dissatisfied customers. That is why all you were talking about how bad his product was before he jumped on here. Everybody knows I ran that shop perfect and made MR LOU a lot of money. The truth was he was never there, and never inspected any units himself. That is why he had BOZOS running his shop after I left, and that is why he went out of business. He defaulted on customers that had warranties, parts companies, and the shipping companies. If anybody doubts me I can supply numbers and references to his old customers that got the shaft from LOU.. One of the true builders at Maddog was Greg Little form G-Men transmissions. Give him a call and see what he has to say about MR MADDOG LOU.. Lou knows the real truth, and so does everybody that did business with him. That is why he had to change his name and had to get off EBAY. He had so many complaints it was not funny. Obvisouly some of the people on here got screwed by Maddogs. Hey Lou if you are such a straight shooter you should warranty all those bad transmissions you sent out. I will make sure to forward your number to all your old customers that call me. If anybody has any questions you can contact me direct at 727-234-0641.
Thank You,
John Tsikouris
Thank You,
John Tsikouris
Last edited by jtsikouris; 10-31-2007 at 03:40 AM.
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Re: How long has your maddog tranny lasted?
I read through this and all I can say is, I am GLAD I build my OWN transmissions.
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Re: How long has your maddog tranny lasted?
I guess I was one of the more fortunate ones that decided not to buy my trans from ebay. There were all kinds of cheap and too good to be true deals, so I guess the old saying holds true. "You get what you pay for".
I bought a TCI trans and would recommend everyone to avoid those deceiving ebay shops. I would think twice about buying from any company named GoodFellas or Outlaw anyway, their names kind of speak for themselves if you ask me. lol
I bought a TCI trans and would recommend everyone to avoid those deceiving ebay shops. I would think twice about buying from any company named GoodFellas or Outlaw anyway, their names kind of speak for themselves if you ask me. lol
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If you want a no name trans go local at least then you know where to find the guy (and have a bit more leverage) otherwise go with a name brand.
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Re: How long has your maddog tranny lasted?
I had a local guy build me a 4L80E a while a go. Go to their shop, walk around, talk with them. You can usually tell the honest, good guy just from talking to him. You will also find out something about his knowledge of the transmission you have. If he doesn't atleast have a working knowledge of it, don't WALK, RUN! Like if you mention 4L60E or 700r4, he shouldn't go HUH? Also talk to some of the larger commercial vehicle fleet guys. The guy that built my 4L80E, builds them for the local school districts "SHORT" buses.
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Re: How long has your maddog tranny lasted?
Okay, I think everyone got their story out as well (as the confusion of who owned what) and now every one can decide for themselves. This thread has more than served it's purpose and will still be available via search. If you have a new problem with one of their transmissions you obviously may post a new thread, but this one has served its purpose.
Personally, I'm staying with Pro-Built where doing a search here on TGO on Pro-Built will find many, many reviews that are positive.
Good luck.
Personally, I'm staying with Pro-Built where doing a search here on TGO on Pro-Built will find many, many reviews that are positive.
Good luck.
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