I did not disassemble the valve body. The transmission was extremely clean and free of sludge of shavings. I may have to do that later. I have never been into a transmission in my life, and the fellow that was helping me (he has done many trannies on Ford / GM products years ago) said that he usually didn't take the valve body apart unless there was some reason to think an issue existed within the valve body. Therefore, I did not open it up. However, reading some of the threads has given a level of confidence that I did not previously have, so it might be something that I do in the near future.

I will keep your comment about the K1 spring upgrade kit in mind. That may clear up ALL my little issues.

thanks Fred (I assume that is your name), and BTW, were you born in 1948 - so was I.

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