yupp make it a fun little project for yourself could probably get it done for under easy but it will probably take you a couple weekends get yourself a transmission jack and some good jack stands and get to work otherwise due to the high miles and all the major maintenance and repairs probably coming in the near future suspension stuff i would say post it on craigslist and see what you can get and whatever money you get from it put it towards the note good luck edit if you get a tranny from a junkyard or an engine for that matter get it from a car that was wrecked that means it was at least driving when it was junked and the mechanicals might be in decent shape