I ran my 2000 see for a while after losing 4th gear. Seemed to work ok. Gas mileage just went down to 18 from 24. I drive 35,000 miles a year so the $1800 rebuild was a no brainier. You could just drive in 3rd. Not sure how long it would last that way. Mine went 3000k miles till I had it rebuilt and seemed like it would have from longer. Gas is cheap now.
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