The price of the tranny is actually $895 the rest is shipping plus taking out the existing tranny and putting in the new. My mechanic thought that was a pretty fair price for a tranny w/ 40k miles, inspected, steam cleaned and warranteed. Sounds like maybe I can do better, maybe the guy selling it will bargain with me some.

Bottom line is that rebuilding my existing tranny is bloody expensive. Is it worth the extra $500 to get my existing tranny rebuilt or would I be better off getting a low mileage used tranny?