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An interesting development today. I spoke with Jon and he had contacted a local diesel shop about separating the tranny from the engine. They told him it would be at least 8 hours at $100 per hour. Then they told him they have a rebuilt HT740 on a pallet in their garage right now that is a clients who they did not believe has a use for it any longer. So Jon is contacting him to see if he would sell it and for how much.

I called the garage where the coach is and updated them. I asked them to also source for a transmission in case I need to go to plan B. They are getting me a price from a dealer that is 4 days out and sells them rebuilt transmissions with 3 year warranty. Should have a price on that tomorrow so hopefully tomorrow we will know definitely what we are doing so I can make my travel plans for the 30th or 21st of this month.

Now prior to this I called my local garage and asked what the hours would be to drop and install a transmission so I knew that going in. They gave me heart failure saying that although they were not sure they said the entire engine might have to pulled in order to have the room to remove the transmission. They could not recall how much room was down there. So then I called the shop in Montana and the service manager assured me there is enough room to drop it without removing the engine. He said he thought with 2 full days and no issues they could remove the dead one, install the new one and get things set. That's my update in case you all have been wondering what's been happening.

Keeps your fingers crossed for us !!