Thanks Peter,

I have a copy of the vacuum diagrams posted here. Mine seems to match one of them (except for the egr hookup). The car seems to shift pretty well with the switches bypassed. I took another look at them..the actuator ends are badly worn, and they seem to leak badly..think I'll order new ones, then worry about it. It seems that the variable action of the vacuum modulator alone should be enough to cause the proper shift action (hard or soft).
Perhaps it is not fast enough. If one is forcing a down shift by pushing the accelerator to the floor...you want a hard shift to avoid clutch slipping in that situation. (vacuum =0) I'll let you know how it works out.

D

__________________
D