Put down the crack pipe and run the other direction!!!!!
Seriously, the rod bending engine in that car is way past the mileage where a large portion of them bend a rod.
On the good side, so many of these engines have trashed themselves that a used tranny shouldn't be hard to find.
$6K
I don't think so.........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John