i used fantastic finish marine in ohio who have a really good reputation with velvet drive rebuilds, shipped from CT. took the trans out myself (with some friends) which was easy, put it in a large hard plastic tote and shipped it to them for around $90 IIRC. they rebuilt it in about a week and sent out a new damper plate as well, i think all told it was around $1400 shipped back to me. it requires help putting it back in because lining everything up is the hard part, but it probably only took around 2-3 hours. much better than the $2500 my local shop was quoting me!
'88 Sunsport, 2250lbs ballast, automated surf system, home made surf exhaust, surf flap, ACME 913, Krypt 6.5 HLCD's, Perfect Pass Stargazer
2007 Centurion Typhoon to be upgraded this winter!