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Originally Posted by banshee350
Well I drove it to town last night. It shifts fine under normal accel it shifts at a round 3 maybe less.It still does not down shift like I would like, it stays in 3 or 4 and uses the stall of the converter instead of shifting down. If this is a common way that they have these trans are programmed I can see why the front pump seal gets so hard there must be a tramendous amount of heat made by the converter that is transfered to the pump .It will down shift but you have to force it by giving it a large amount of throttle.Time to look for a shift kit.
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Yes, what you found is typical. The transmission is very reluctant to perform a part throttle downshift. Once it's in a high gear, it stays there until the vehicle speed comes way down. You can override this tendency by mashing the pedal and contacting the kickdown switch. I do realize that it's a PITA and should not have to be done.
When in high gear doing 30 mph, and requiring an accel to 55 mph, I'll just reach down and drop it into 3rd gear. It's become almost second nature.
As HitMan suggests, if you are driving around town at speeds under 40, just leave it in 3rd.