understandable. chucks tranny is being built at the shop. its really not as hard and complicated as it looks upon first glance. the parts all look pretty good.
fwiw, my trans was something like $2100 with my core. intended on being the usual syncro, slider, forks, viper output shaft build, but ended up needing to add a 2,3, and 5 gear because the originals were rounded off, and some other little things. the customer service was real good. end product works well.