Going rate 727 rebuild.
Back to the original poster's question $2k rebuild and R&R; rebuild properly and to customers need (shift kit or manual VB), adjust kd if required, and guaranteed or warranty, seems reasonable. I still R&R and adjust my trans because I can, (for now at least), but when I put them in I need them to work for sure, because I don't have enough umpf to do it again right away (ie. the same month), so I have an old friend that did them for a living do the rebuilds. I figure the R&R properly done is worth about $400 to $600 by a legit business in a big city, so $2k for a complete job done right is probably about right.