First off, sorry for your trans issue. It's never fun to break down on the way to a show.
Who ever installed the trans didn't get the bolts tight enough, i.e., torqued to the correct torque value. Plain and simple unfortunately for you. The starter didn't have anything to do with it.

Keith

 

Really? Because the same shop is doing the repair and acting like I'm bothering them. They're gonna charge me for the repair. They asked me for the torque ratio. They also said they will be using Grade 8 bolts this time. Wondering what they originally used. I had given them the service manual during install of the engine to tranny when they first did it. I won't get out of paying again because they say my car is not something they work on every day so they can't guarantee anything. But does it make sense that the car starting issue may have been related?

Not only that, but the rear seal kit I gave them to install is leaking worse than before and they told me to take it to a tranny shop, when I thought any garage should be able to do that.

 

Incompetence is all I see. Have the vehicle towed to a transmission shop.


That shop obviously does not know what they are doing.

It is a vehicle, older but still a vehicle.

 

I'd guess their statement about using grade 8 bolts this time tells much of the story. Besides not using the proper bolts the first time, they should not be trusted to fix it right this time. I'd get it out of there, and take it somewhere that isn't incompetent, and knows more about cars in general. They shouldn't have taken the job the first time if they can't guarantee what they do.

 

The shop that botched the installation, should be ultimately liable in my book. They either used the wrong bolts or never tightened them in the first place. You are the victim here. I get so P.O ed at shops that do work like this. If you are in business you damn well should stand behind everything you do. If one of your employees screws up you eat the cost you don't charge the customer a second time.

I think that shop owes you. They should have seen what happened and immediately fixed the problem NO COST. I am with everyone else that says "Get your car away from them immediately" this shop does not deserve to be in business. Take it to someone whom stands 100% behind their work!