722.1 Transmission help???

[cooljjay]

I have an issue, a rather bad one...I was letting my buddy drive my car to get more driving experience...I was telling him, don't be afraid to floor the car and the kick down switch under the accelerator...It seemed like he was playing speed racer in it...didn't think much of it...I then noticed the speedo needle jumping....odd...I went to run my mom out and the transmission is acting up....just driving normally it drives fine but out of the blue it will drop the gear and the speedo needle will go to 0....

I unplugged the kickdown switch, problem persists, fluid level is right at the max mark, took in on the freeway....no change...I finally just parked it, to dark to do anymore investigating..

Its an odd issue because, it feels like it does when you hit the kickdown switch to drop a gear but your foot isn't pressing the peddle down to hit the kickdown switch....maybe the solenoid is sticking?