Project "Budget Prelude" pretty much done...

[RyanA]

I'm pretty sure it's a sticking solenoid, Mike. Low throttle, it will flare a little bit. If you get on it where the trans line pressure is up a little more, it shifts fine. Almost like the solenoid is sticking but the pressure makes it snap open when you drive aggressive. If I could just find someone with one of these trannies that would let me swap solenoids around, I could probably pinpoint the problem then just get that noid and it would be fixed....

Otherwise, we'll drive it until it dies then get another trans.