Shop management software for transmission shops
Get the teardown approved, keep a multi-day rebuild organized, and never let a $4,000 estimate go cold.
Why transmission shops run Pitshop
Transmission work is the opposite of a quick lube: few cars, huge tickets, and a sales cycle measured in days. The hard part is the approval. You can't quote a rebuild until you tear it down, the customer flinches at the number, and a $3,500 estimate that sits for two days usually dies. The job itself spans a week of sublet machine work, core charges, and a customer who calls every afternoon for an update. Pitshop is built to keep that high-stakes, slow-moving ticket warm — clear staged approvals, texted estimates with teardown photos, and automatic follow-up on the rebuilds people walk away from.
The problems Pitshop solves here
You have to teardown before you can quote, and customers balk at authorizing diagnosis without a price.
Stage the job: text a diagnostic-authorization first, then the full rebuild estimate with teardown photos, so the customer approves each step with a tap.
A high-ticket estimate goes cold over the two or three days the customer 'thinks about it.'
Declined and pending rebuilds get scheduled follow-up texts, so a $4,000 estimate gets a nudge instead of silently dying.
Multi-day jobs with sublet machine work and core charges are hard to keep straight.
The repair order holds the full job — labor, sublet, cores, parts — on one record, so nothing is lost between teardown and reassembly.
Customers call every day for a status update and tie up the phone.
Proactive status texts from the RO cut the 'is it done yet' calls, and the AI receptionist catches the ones that still come in.
How it fits your shop
Questions transmission shops ask
Can I quote in stages — diagnosis first, then the rebuild?
Yes. You can text a diagnostic authorization, then build and send the full rebuild estimate with teardown photos once you know the job. Each stage gets its own tap-to-approve.
How does Pitshop keep a big estimate from going cold?
Pending and declined rebuilds get automatic follow-up texts on a schedule you set, so a high-ticket estimate that needs a few days of thought gets a reminder instead of being forgotten.
Does it handle sublet work and core charges?
The repair order captures sublet machine work, core charges, parts, and labor on one record, so the full cost of a rebuild stays organized across a multi-day job.
Can customers get status updates without calling?
Yes. You can text status updates from the RO, which cuts down the daily 'is it ready' calls that tie up the counter on long jobs.
Run your shop on Pitshop
AI receptionist, texted estimates, declined-repair recovery, and the repair-order system in one app.
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