Ok. 3 weeks and a couple of hundred bucks poorer...I'm happy to report I think we've fixed it. Put last of everything back together. When we first drove it, it shifted VERY hard. We tried to be very easy with it and it did up and downshift through EVERY gear. When warm we checked the fluid it was a little over full (due to a problem of the solenoid gasket leak and we added more) but we drained out about a quart and 1/2. Drove it again starting and stopping and everything things seems to be ok. We checked the fluid again and all seems well. My husband and I think that the output speed sensor started the trouble and when we replaced it the brittle wires broke without us knowing it and caused some of the other things along with the bad battery and cables. Not sure what was going on with the battery but when we got to looking it looked like it had been boiling over and had burned a spot on the "felt" type stuff on the inside of the hood. But any way I just wanted to say THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE. I would have never been able to figure any of this stuff out without ya'll and I really appreciate it. (
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=920482) I'm cross posting this to my original thread which is the link above. Again thanks soooo much to you all.
Beth