Vacuum Leak

Well, I was right about the vacuum leak, but that apparently was a coincidence and totally unrelated to the transmission issue. I found a cap that had come off a vacuum port on the intake. Replaced the cap and the car runs fine.

I took it down the road and it acted like it didn't want to shift into 2nd at first, but then it did and then it went on into 3rd. I think I'll go buy some fluid and a new filter and see if that makes a difference. It's been a couple of yrs since I replaced the transmission filter. Also, the other day when I checked the fluid it was a quart low. I added fluid, but then the vacuum problem happened so I wasn't able to test it out. I think I might have a fluid leak somewhere. It's never lost much fluid over the 5 yrs I've been driving it. I used to check it on a regular basis, but admit I've become neglectful recently since it had never been a problem.

Thanks for the help. I hope I haven't burned up my tranny due to my neglect. It's still shifting at the moment, so hopefully not.