On 22 Sep 2003 19:06:38 -0700, jebinc@gte.net (John) wrote:

>Tom: The new tranny arrives tomorrow so it took about a week. I can
>only hope that a day and a half of labor to get the old one out and
>the new one in doesn't create other problems or a really crappy
>looking engine compartment. Does anyone have any experience with
>this??

The transmission on my 2000 EX V6 was replaced shortly after I bought
it. The swap fixed the "clunk in reverse" problem, and other than
that, you couldn't tell that they replaced the transmission. Don't
worry about the engine compartment... it'll look exactly the same.