Welcome Stephen!

I feel your pain. As you probably know there is 3 days worth of reading in the search feature using "shifting" or "transmission". Just a couple of the ground questions. Have you checked for vacum leaks? Do you have a Miti-Vac or similar tool?

Oh Your are going to love this car

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