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I thought about this while reading [this] post.  It reminded me of when I went to a local transmission place because the truck that I was driving would not shift out of second gear.  The transmission was rebuilt not too long before this problem arose (done by an independent mechanic, and it *did* need to be rebuilt).  After I got to the transmission place, they told me that they would need to keep the truck until the next day so they could look at it.  Fine, whatever, I had my mom pick me up and drive me home.  They called the next day and said that the transmission would have to be rebuilt, and it was going to cost upwards of $2,500.  Fuck that.  I had another car that I could drive until we got this thing settled.  We told them that we would just take the truck home and figure something else out.  The guy chuckled a little and told me that he would waive the inspection fee (about $70) because he *knew* that we would be coming back to get it repaired.  I got it home and plugged in my code reader and it told me that the speed sensor in the transmission went bad.  So I traveled to my local autozone to pick up a new one.   I replaced it and the transmission worked like a charm.  The best part?  The speed sensor cost about $17.  I don't think I have ever been so happy and so pissed at the same time.  I know that I will never, ever go back to that mechanic again.
<bot>: Transmission place tried to charge me $2,500 to rebuild my transmission.  All I needed was a $17 part.