I've had it with this 904, about to give up!

The transmission, yes. Now, at the expense of being overly optimistic and also at the expense of my own pride, I let it warm up good and re-checked, the fluid was about 3 quarts low. So...maybe I'm just dumb. I drove it a bit since I posted this and it seems ok, but the shift flaring is really nuts. Now what I'm wondering is if the spring I put in the accumulator was the right one. It's got yellow paint, it's big, between the VB and piston..I was pretty good about labeling everything when I tore it down but it's possible I screwed up. The 1-2 shift flares up pretty nasty. 2-3 will also. I may pull the spring out all together and see what happens. I've been hesitant to do this but I figure it's worth a try and I won't have to disconnect the linkage etc, just drop the VB down a bit to get it out.

I thought it might have been something wrong in the VB, but since I did another, and it acts and drives exactly the same, I'm starting to think the VB is fine. Since the accum is supposed to cushion (just the 1-2 shift, right?) I'm wondering if that spring is just too stiff or something.