my local shop that would pull my tranny said the transmission shop they use, NorthGate transmissions, Cincinnati, ohio told them $2000 for rebuild; sounds like that's plus take out and re-install/fill; gonna talk to local salvage yards and see how they guarantee their transmission, there are dozens of used one available in Cincinnati, mostly out of TROOPER 2 ; car-part.com, a used parts search service defaults to Trooper 2 as the same transmission, those are 4 wheel drive, and I think some people have said those are the same engines even; cause the used ones are cheap, I might go that route, I gotta get back up and running without taking a bath!
Nothing like paying for the same part twice.
3" suspension lift, shocks: Rancho 9000, tires 33"x11.5", wheels 16"x8", offset= 0, no front sway bar