hard shift after having it in park.

Don't know why but I just got notified there were more posts here.

Yes it's possible the governor is sticking.

So you called John and he said to ship it back after he sent you a valve body to try? Dealing with someone out of town does make it difficult but it seems like he's trying to make it right and $345 to send it back for repair is a whole lot less money than $755 for another transmission when you have a new transmission. I realize it isn't working right at the moment but I'm sure if repaired by Cope it'd be right.

I agree it does suck when something like this happens. I wish I wouldn't have been involved in recommending anyone to you but that's how it goes here. You asked who we'd recommend and when we did we're the bad guy. I also don't understand the mentality of spending over twice as much for a different transmission when it sounds like John is trying to make it right. He doesn't sell junkyard transmissions but you have to realize we live in an imperfect world where unfortunate things can happen, such as the 1 in a thousand transmissions that don't work right after being rebuilt.

Again, I'm sorry I got involved in recommending someone to you. Good luck getting it sorted out.