Hey Marc, I know it's not what you want to hear but I had my indy rebuild the tranny in mine just after I bought it. It was $1800 Cdn, about 1/3 of the cost that a transmission shop wanted. The car is worth it, it's just going to take awhile for the appreciation curve to start rising.

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