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Originally Posted by Schurkey

I ended it with a period, not a question mark. That is a statement.

>>>>>Your statement on punctuation is 100% correct.
Pardon my mistake. No offense intended. <<<<<<<<<<<

There are some screens for the governor oil, they could be plugged, I guess. Seems to me that'd affect the 2--3 shift, too.

>>>>I did not know about screens for governor. I only removed cover and governor. The governor parts moved freely. <<<<<[/B]

Have you verified the valve body? Governor or valve body is all I can think of PROVIDED REVERSE AND HIGH WORK NORMALLY.

>>>>>>>>I have not removed pan or valve body.
I don't drive the car much. Over the past seven years, I have only been driving it to get smog check so that I can register it. The problem has existed prior to that.<<<<

>>>>>>Reverse and drive operate with the exception of manual low and low in drive.<<<<<




If the trans doesn't start in first gear when the selector is in "D", it's not the shift linkage.

That is correct. Cable was removed from shifter to check movement of transmission linkage at each detent (P R D 2 1)

Yeah, the problem it causes is that the kick down doesn't work. Some guys like it that way.

>>>>>I never had a switch for kick down because car originally had TH 350. Would that have caused the problem?<<<<


The shifter will go into the "L" position, but the trans doesn't shift to Low, you only get second.

>>>>>Yes, the shifter is placed in L position from D while driving and does not shift to low<<<<<<

That's not shift linkage. That's something inside the trans.


Internal to the trans. Not the linkage. As I said...Governor or valve body (or something really weird.)

[EDIT] Awww, waitaminute. If the one-way clutch for first gear failed, I bet it'd "start" in second. And reverse would still work due to the band. But if that were the case, you should still have manual low.[/EDIT]

>>>>>>>I have never found the exact answer for my problem when I search online. Thank you very much for your help.

https://www.yellowbullet.com/threads...in-2nd.606958/

https://nastyz28.com/threads/th400-w...2-shift.19415/

https://www.teambuick.com/community/...st-gear.27697/ <<<<<<