Transmission DIED!!

[Triathlete]

Almost sounds like one of your cooler lines blew. Did the shop tear the tranny down? If not I don't know how they could diagnose internal damage...at a minimum they need to drop the pan.
The rubber hoses that connect the hard lines to the radiator are notorious for becoming brittle with age and breaking/leaking. I would check the lines, replace if needed, fill her with fluid and see if that does the trick. Way cheapee than their "options". Good luck.

[Marlin]

I picked up a used tranny and had it installed 4 years ago. It had about 80K on the tranny, 1200 or 1300 bucks installed IIRC. I vowed to never change the tranny fluid again! Haven't had a problem since.

[UWVX89]

I picked up a used tranny and had it installed 4 years ago. It had about 80K on the tranny, 1200 or 1300 bucks installed IIRC. I vowed to never change the tranny fluid again! Haven't had a problem since.

Changed my fluid last year and look where I am today!! I been checking out all viable options but for now she will have to hangout in garage with her sister.

[UWVX89]

Almost sounds like one of your cooler lines blew. Did the shop tear the tranny down? If not I don't know how they could diagnose internal damage...at a minimum they need to drop the pan.
The rubber hoses that connect the hard lines to the radiator are notorious for becoming brittle with age and breaking/leaking. I would check the lines, replace if needed, fill her with fluid and see if that does the trick. Way cheapee than their "options". Good luck.

For sure not a hose, I had those replaced last year when one blew on me. But they dropped the pan and inspected the fluid which contained a lot of debris from the transmission itself which had new fluid installed last year with the new hoses as well. They dropped it after looking at the fluid and verified the problems free of charge since it was unfixable.