Quick follow-up/re-cap...
Driving down the road and the CEL/4-lo light started flashing; found a P2714 Pressure Control Solenoid code. I changed the fluid three times (driving around the neighborhood in-between) and the code cleared on its own. There was never any driveability issues during all of this. About 2-weeks later, CEL again and rough shifting. Take it to a transmission shop and they find metal in the pan
No rebuild parts available anywhere... no new transmission available. Because its disassembled in the shop, now everything is time-sensitive and I'm faced with two horrible options: a used $8k transmission or reassemble it as-is for the $1,500 diagnostic fee 
The shop was gracious enough to give me a couple of days to see if I could find anything better. I did find a $5k used transmission (albeit with more miles than the $8k). I had posted here looking for advice and @Acrad saved the day with a recommendation to OEM Vehicle Parts. Matt messaged with me all day on a Saturday and my shop had the transmission the next Thursday. The swap went well and I completed a 4-hour round trip in it yesterday > FLAWLESSLY
As an aside, the A/C had an error message so we took it directly from the transmission shop to an import specialist; pressure switch was replaced and A/C works again. They noted the front pads were low (rear had just been changed from a catastrophic failure right after we bought it) so new pads, rotors and calipers for the front as well.
All that's left now (that we're aware of) is LCA's.... We put tires on it right after we bought it and tried to get an alignment but were told the LCA bolts were seized and we needed TRE's. I'm going to have to recover from the $10k week in repairs but plan to change those myself this summer. AFTER THAT, I *NEED* this thing to go a million miles to get a return on this investment
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to let everyone know what happened and thank you guys for all the help!!
Driving down the road and the CEL/4-lo light started flashing; found a P2714 Pressure Control Solenoid code. I changed the fluid three times (driving around the neighborhood in-between) and the code cleared on its own. There was never any driveability issues during all of this. About 2-weeks later, CEL again and rough shifting. Take it to a transmission shop and they find metal in the pan
No rebuild parts available anywhere... no new transmission available. Because its disassembled in the shop, now everything is time-sensitive and I'm faced with two horrible options: a used $8k transmission or reassemble it as-is for the $1,500 diagnostic fee The shop was gracious enough to give me a couple of days to see if I could find anything better. I did find a $5k used transmission (albeit with more miles than the $8k). I had posted here looking for advice and @Acrad saved the day with a recommendation to OEM Vehicle Parts. Matt messaged with me all day on a Saturday and my shop had the transmission the next Thursday. The swap went well and I completed a 4-hour round trip in it yesterday > FLAWLESSLY
As an aside, the A/C had an error message so we took it directly from the transmission shop to an import specialist; pressure switch was replaced and A/C works again. They noted the front pads were low (rear had just been changed from a catastrophic failure right after we bought it) so new pads, rotors and calipers for the front as well.
All that's left now (that we're aware of) is LCA's.... We put tires on it right after we bought it and tried to get an alignment but were told the LCA bolts were seized and we needed TRE's. I'm going to have to recover from the $10k week in repairs but plan to change those myself this summer. AFTER THAT, I *NEED* this thing to go a million miles to get a return on this investment
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to let everyone know what happened and thank you guys for all the help!!
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