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Hard thing for me to quantify "how much". It's your car, if you feel like taking a hack at it, why not? If you feel intimidated, take that in to account. The worst thing I can see happening is you can't get it back together and at least being able to drive it to a shop, in which case you are out the cost of a tow. It's kind of a messy thing to work on, especially when the trans is in the car, with the pan off they just drip "forever" from the guts of the tranny. What I mentioned was the command valve, this is in the valve body, which is easy to unbolt once the pan is off, so you aren't underneath getting dripped on, but the tranny will still be dripping on whatever is underneath it! The valve body is a pretty complex piece of construction, with a dozen or two of tiny little ball bearings that can fall out, so you need to keep everything pretty contained and not lose or misinstall ANY of them. There are charts that show where they all go, and I can probably direct you to the command valve that needs to be checked (to see if it's seized). and remember it could be the clutch in the tranny too, so all this work may be for nothing. THERE! Feel up to it?
Gilly
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