Transmission needed. Dire need

[Ejrdist5]

Took my 97 explorer to the trans shop yesterday to hopefully have what we ( trans mechanic and I ) thought was a blown valve body gasket replaced. My truck slipped in D but if you put it in 2 and got up to speed you could put it in drive and was fine. Until you came to a stop. After some dio time he found that the valve body was fine. He concluded its a front or rear roller sprag that is bad. This means my trans is a ticking time bomb lol. With 145000 on the speedo I don't wanna part with my beloved x. He quoted me 2600 for the rebuild.

Does this sound ok for a price?

Does anyone have a 5r55e trans for sale in the south jersey area?
I'm working with a limited budget as I'm getting married soon. If anyone can help its greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[svt4cam]

If he's a reputable rebuilder and offers a good warranty then I'd say it's not a bad price. I purchased and replaced a rebuilt 5r55e from Jasper for about the same money and installed it myself in my 2000 with 175,000 at the time. Now at 210,000 and still humming. The thing with a boneyard or used trans is you really don't know if your going to have the same problems again soon. With a good rebuild alot of the issues that created problems in the first place have been fixed.

 

[DAT05EXPLODER]

$2600 would buy you a decent vehicle that would be considered an upgrade up here.

 

[corkey]

look on craigslist for another that year or close that is cheap, use the trans out of it, a few years had the same trans,

 

[LUVITLO]

Thats why I don't do automatics unless I have no choice and just gotta have new wheels, I might burn a clutch out, sincros may even go bad but not that much to get fixed ;b

 

[Ejrdist5]

Found a good shop that will do a complete tear down rebuild with a new torque converter and a lifetime warranty for 1900. From what I have heard I won't find a better price then that.