Thanks for the info. Ethan. The pause is after I hit the accelerator, not during deceleration.

Have visually inspected the flex disc, they seemed OK. The car does need motor mounts, I never put the two together. The bad mounts could cause this pause?

Fluid change was done by an indy with the dipstick tool, I doubt the temperature protocol was followed. I checked it at home (I have the tool also) with the car at operating temp, after a 40 mile drive. I assumed (I know) that this would be around 80*C. The fluid was a little low, by my checking so I added about 8oz. If the temp. was off when I checked it, it may still be off and causing my problem? From what I have read we are supposed to keep the level at the full mark, not between the two.

This occurs with the shifter in the normal drive position, I don't generaly shift manually.

So what do you think?

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