Well I'm not afraid to revive an old thred LOL. Hope you made a good decision for yourself JMiller... I've been off of here for a month or so but just got a $3400 quote for a rebuilt AT on my '02 with only $66k.... For me its the first gear that slips a little.
I won't be paying that, I'll defnitely do a MT swap though if I find someone locally I can trust, just my 2 cents.
(If i had the money for the '09 accord coupe 6 spd I just saw, well then that would happen! )