[shorod]

What did you disconnect, the cruise control or the VSS? Disconnecting the cruise will not take the VSS out of the circuit. Also, if the VSS is faulty, disconnecting it may not cause a change in the shifting since the part is already bad.

However, if the cruise works and holds speed just fine (with the cruise and VSS connected), I would suspect that the VSS is probably working properly.

Depending on the degree of fault it may or may not cause a trouble code to be stored. With a 1995, a good OBD-I scan tool may be able to access the datastream from the PCM and display vehicle speed. This value would come from the VSS in most cases and help you troubleshoot.

-Rod