Hi ThunderB,

Anyone tears this tranny apart it will be me... I'm just fishing for
info so I can modify-alter-correct the problem. Like I say, I doubt visual inspection will lead to any repair, only someone who knows why these suckas do this. I put no faith in a factory manual as two of these trannies have had the EXACT same problem which shows the factory doesn't seem to have a clue. As a kid I took out and tore entirely down, the tranny out of a Lincoln Continental five times in two weeks because ALL the factory gasket sets were defective! I finally traced the entire hydraulic logic system out with air. The gaskets were all lacking a hole which blocked a critical logic circuit. I have seen many factory designed mistakes... It's hot rodders that figure them out.