Before I pull it may be some one can give me an idea of what might be wrong. The cars in great shape, 180K miles. Changed fluid each 50K.

Felt a shudder starting from a curb up a hill. started getting a whine like an impeller rubbing. Got damn loud thru 3rd into forth. Sounded like maybe a water pump squeal. As I nursed it home, the wine dissipated and it runs fine in forth. Reverse pulses a bit at idle. The whine is soft but I know its there.

Pulled the pan and valve body. Not too bad, the filter has a 100K on it and it is a little crusty on the intake side. Found one shift spring broken, the biggest, 3 to 4 shift piston. I know thats not the problem.

That's as far as I've gone on one of these. Is it straight forward to pull it apart and rebuild??

Gary