Your 904 didn’t have one what? Are you talking about torque converters? If so I don’t think I’d ever ever pay $1595 for someone to rebuild a torque converter! Yikes.
We are talking differential Center section I think? Which by the way I doubt anyone would sell a core 742 or 489 case suregrip for $100.
That $1595, plus maybe 500 for a core (if you’re lucky) and shipping both ways will not be 1595 for long….. so essentially they are charging you $1595 for gears and bearing and labour? What’s actually included in that price? And what exactly were you talking about?