I turned the plastic screw fully clockwise as you suggested, Brian, and my shifts did firm up some but still I had flaring. I teed into my vac amplifier where the line goes to the tranny and measured 13.5 inHg at idle 750 rpm. Under light acceleration i measured 13.5 inHg and shifted with a very slight flare. Under lt-mod acceleration I measured 9 inHg and got a 2-3 flare which shot my rpm from 2750 to 3250 before completing the shift. Under moderate acceleration I measured 7 inHg and got the same 2-3 flare and engine racing from 2750 to 3250. Under heavy acceleration I got 0-4 inHg and my shifts were soft with the 2-3 shift being slightly long but no engine racing. My vacuum control valve appeared to be turned fully counterclockwise, so I adjusted it clockwise as the manual suggests, in park at full throttle until some resistance is felt. Once I completed this adjustment I noticed that a little line on the vcv lined up with a line on the injection pump almost as if someone had adjusted the vcv and marked this as the correct spot to be in. This adjustment improved my shifts further, and I don't get the same 2-3 revving flare but all the shifts do still feel a bit soft. I checked my orifices/restrictors and none of them appear to have been drilled out. I feel the car is driveable now, but I have read that these cars are supposed to shift more firmly than other cars and I worry that soft shifts are bad for my tranny in the long run. Should I adjust my vacuum control valve again to make sure I got it right or look for something else? I will send some test drive data on my vacuum now that I have adjusted the vcv. Thank you for the help! P.S.- what did I do when I turned that little screw on my vac amplifier fully clockwise? It seemed to reduce the vac output to the tranny. Is that where the screw should be or am I compensating for some other problem (too much vacuum from the vcv?) by doing that?

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