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

mplex2000 said

Hey...so if they bands were way out...maybe? It seems to be ok going in to gear now, but you can never tell. ASSUMING that problem doesn't return, it could be the bands slipping, or am I wrong? Doesn't each band hold the drum while shifting (in it's respective gear)? I'm just trying to be smart and figure out possibilities.

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If the second gear band was that far out it would skip second and shift from first to third.
It takes about 10 seconds of slipping to fry a band, so I doubt that it is actually slipping (You would smell it in the fluid)

The second gear band applies and stops the forward drum causing the powerflow to change paths and that changes gear ratio's and makes second gear.
The rear band does kind of the same thing as in redirects the powerflow through a planetary gear set reversing the powerflow giving reverse.
The rear drum not being held by the band gives first gear.

This shows how it all flows
http://www.carkipedia.com/automatic...saxles/chrysler_torqueflite_transmissions.php