998 troubles

998 troubles

Oh well that is something else, then

Ok so I'm confused; So lets start over.
Firstly you say

keefer73dart said
And yes reverse works fine as well.

Then you say;

keefer73dart said
What I meant is I can feel all the positions through shifter.

But then you say

keefer73dart said
If I manually shift to second from first I have nothing.

and in the beginning

keefer73dart said
I don’t feel a 1st to 2nd shift. But I can let off gas pedal and car free glides with out nose diving like it’s in second But when you push back into gas pedal the rpms shoot back up like it’s in first. I know it’s not the band because when in third I can nail the gas and it down shifts into second. Any ideas?

So, I'm gonna key in on this;

I don’t feel a 1st to 2nd shift.

So let's recap;
reverse works fine. and
third works fine,
you cannot upshift into second; but you can kickdown into second from third.
Ok so far?
Now; I did not hear you complain about sluggish take off, so I'm gonna assume that the car takes off normally in DRIVE; meaning first is fine.
Is that right?

Ok, the most important thing,believe it or not, is that reverse works. This tells me that both the L/R band and the hi-drum are working.
Next, if the car takes off in Drive, then the Forward clutch is working, and the rear sprag is working.
The 3-2KD works so the KD servo and band are working.
At this point I would say that there is nothing wrong with your trans; all the major players are working.
Well except for the 2-1 manual downshift.