727 with 2/3 overlap

Have a big block 727 with a cheetah 17156 reverse manual vb and when i bought the car it had a bad 2/3 overlap. Took it to a mechanic and told him just to rebuild the trans and fix the overlap. When he did he put a restrictor in the trans and it fixed the overlap but every now and then would slip going into 3rd gear at higher power. I assumed that it had a 5.0 lever in it but when we opened it up you could not see the number. I purchased a 4.2 to put in it and when we opened it back up sure enough it had a 5.0 lever in it. Now the 4.2 is in the trans and the restrictor gone. Now it has an overlap again. Originally the overlap was only at lower power/rpm, now the overlap is all the time. The mechanic nor i have any ideas what to do with it. Has anyone ever ran into this problem before and if so what is the fix?
What servo do you have up front? Paul at Cheetah, is pretty sharp if you can get him on the phone, or call A&A.