My wife has a 1990 S-10, automatic, 2wd, 4.something liter V-6, over
200,000 miles.. A few days ago, she told me she had transmission problems--I drove it, and found that when it was time to go into third, it would almost disconnect, and you'd need to race the engine fairly severely to get any speed at all--you'd get more speed with fewer RPM by switching manually to second. Trans fluid was below the dipstick, took 4 quarts (taken in park with engine running) to get to the low end of "ok" range. problems continued after filling. She drove home racing in third rather than downshifting to second.Is there any realistic chance that this can be fixed for under $500?