OK, so if you have been following my other thread on the rebuild, you know there are problems. Here is a rundown:
Cold engine and tranny: Everything is fine, runs like a top.
Engine and tranny at operating temp: Engine runs fine. Tranny slips, mis-shifts (both under load) and sometimes sets 0742. Also occasionally bangs into gear if gas pedal is tramped while struggling under load (ie...going uphill). Sometimes downshifts, only to upshift then drop out of gear then downshift again. At highway speed (65mph) will seem to run fine until a hill or dropping out of the gas at which time the engine will rev with no forward power. If allowed to slow to 45mph it will go into gear and proceed just fine.
I am now noticing a browning of the fluid and a slight burned smell (obviously from the slipping/mis-shifting). Something is very wrong here.
Vital info:
Fluid: Dexron/Mercon
Brand New: MAF, TPS, MAP sensors
What, in the tranny, is affected by heat that could cause this type of activity?