The failed governor usually leaves some plastic bits in the pan, the gear comes all to pieces. Green plastic with spiral gear teeth. Stevebfl, I think, has posted some pics about six months or so ago, worth a search to look at them. If it upshifts eventually, it's working as the tranny will NOT leave the inital starting gear if it's broken, the hydraulics "think" the car is stationary,.

1st or 2nd would be determined by which gear the tranny normally takes off in -- my TE starts in 2nd unless you operate the kickdown switch on takeoff, so a similar situation might leave it in second rather than first.

There is a counter spring on the spool valve and on the pressure control valve, either could break and cause the condition you describe, and sometimes spool valves can get burrs on them in normal use that break off and make them stick. I believe there are also a couple check valves with plastic cages that can break that you should probably replace at the same time.

Valve body just bolts to the bottom of the oil passage casting, it' shown in the posted pics as well.

Peter

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