Bad Transmission / just bought car Options

[kingtut12]

Hey there - I am brand new to this site and really like what I am reading. I just bought a 95' Celica GT (Iris blue color) for $300.00. Yep, $300. My brother in law was just gonna junk it after the transmission went out and I looked at it and found a perfectly "fixable" car. Interior is immaculate, paint and body are almost perfect. The engine had no noticable issues as I remember him driving it recently. The dealer told him it would be $3500 for tranny replacement - hence, his "junking" it idea. So I bought it.

My question is this - Is the used transmissions I see on ebay really worth it? They are like $300 bucks and I have a transmission shop here in town quoting me $450 for an install. That is far from $3500, which sounds great and almost too good to be true. What do you guys think? Secondly, I come from the STI/WRX world and have participated in block swaps, front mount IC installs and turbo/ext.wastegate installs. I have never tried to install a tranny before, but with my limited but somewhat experienced skills, is this a do-able project?

Thanks for any info you can give me.

[joehernandez]

the price is extremely good for the car men,, the transmission, well thats the regular price for an used transmission, but you better post the link sowe can check it and so we can tell you what we think about it,
and about the other thing,, i don,t know whats a tranny jejejeje