I'm about as handy with a wrench as my wife is with a spoon... The Mechanic I'm using now is ASC Certified, charges $50 an hour and uses the Chilton program to estimate the job. He is installing a rebuilt transmission that I found online and he is backing the entire job parts and labor without marking the part up. I did find a used transmission online this evening for $275. That's almost $800 less than the rebuilt. Mudraider is calling me tonight about an engine with 80K miles since being rebuilt. I may be able to bring this in for under $4K after all.