Yeah, you have summed up exactly what symptoms seem to be. I took the truck to a local tranny shop a while back to see if it the problem was something small and easily fixed, and the owner recommended a complete overhaul.

I shied away from that because while there are quite a few miles on this rig, there haven't been any other tranny issues that I recalled. I am no mechanic(obviously !), but it seemed that if the transmission was actually that bad, we would be seeing other problems as well.

Since that diagnosis from the shop we have put a couple thousand more miles on the Suburban, sometimes upto 70 miles one way at one time, and this is the only tranny problem that crops up. Sounds like that place was trying to reel me in with a hook in my mouth.

Thanks for the good advice TyphoonZR, the wife and I appreciate your help in saving us some cash. Regards...