[kevinande]

Sounds like the drive bands are dying. Nothing short of a rebuild will fix that. I had that exact same car, with a very similar issue. I just got a low mileage junker tranny and it worked fine until I sold the car. If you confirm it is the drive bands, you can throw some Lucas in there and that will usually give a few hundred perhaps a few thounsand miles of life, won't hurt it at this point though. Could be something else, but sounds like the bands.