I have a 97 Acura cl 3.0 that's pretty mint, but the auto trans is tired. Does anyone have an idea what a dealership would charge if I brought my spare trans and just had them swap it out? I could probably do it myself, but finding time to do it is nearly impossible anymore.

why take it to the dealership? other shops will do it for a lot less

So what do you think would be a reasonable amount to spend?

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shops in my area will do it around 500 more or less. Dealerships in my area will charge around double that.

I live in a small town, so I think I'll be driving over to the city. Acura quoted me $5,000 for a new trans and them to do the labor lol. I just can't part with this car, it went 240,000 miles on the stock motor and trans and still going. The only things ever replaced were axles, alternator and starter..... And I drove the crap out of this car....

There's got to be a better deal out there than forking over 5 grand to a stealership. Shop around.

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it should at most cost you around 1200$ to have the tranny out and to be replaced even within city limits of a garage, i think they are just trying to rip you off to fork over 5g's to replace a tranny