So.....in light of the costliness of downtime, it sounds like a new tranny from Sun Valley could be a great deal.....

I've been roundy round on transmissions on both cars; regular fluid and filter changes are a must. One thing for sure, transmissions are a science unto themselves, it practically requires a degree in engineering just to open one up.

I come from a family of engineers; that said, growing up we never tore down a V8 or a transmission to see what was actually going on with the internals. I've been thinking I need to take an automotive engineering class to do just that so that I better understand how these babies work.