Had a similar problem, ending up with a new tranny frown in my old 95 NA AT. It would start to shift weird. It would shift at higher RPM than normal. One day, it got stuck in 2nd or 3rd, probably a safety feature ( pretty fansy for dsm wink ).

$960 for a rebuilt with me R/R the trans

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