Thanks Schludwiller. I leaning toward buying a used one also. As OffroadX implied in his post, I'm afraid that 1st gear failing may be an indication of more trouble to come with the existing tranny. I've gotten some prices in responses to an internet part search, they all seem to be in the $900 to $1200 range. Although I haven't seen any with mileage as low as the one you got. My X has 94k on it and I've been looking for a tranny with 30k or less.