Thanks, hopefully I get some good news tomorrow when my dealer has a look at it. I just talked to my big-rig-mechanic buddy on the other side of the country (came in 2nd place in a North America wide big-rig mechanic competition, the guy knows his stuff!) and he said it was nuts that a transmission would die with this little mileage.

BUT, he's also very hopeful that it's just 1st gear that's fucked and thinks the whole job should be doable for less than a grand. Nonetheless, he's not a Nissan mechanic, and isn't a transmission specialist, so who knows.

By the way, I know the stickers I sell aren't expensive, I did that on purpose. I didn't set out to make a profit, I just wanted to share them and recoup my costs. I wish I could sell them for more and make big big bucks ... this transmission job is basically sucking up the last of my reserves and I'll have to sell the truck now. I'm self employed and still in the struggling stage -- this takes me over the top and it's pretty depressing.