AOD downshift question...

When cruising in my 93 LX 5.0 (AOD), the car shifts slow and smooth. When I am at a stop and let off the brake (no gas) the car accelerates quickly. On a flat surface, it will shift into second after it gets up to the proper speed.

When I am cruising and in third gear or second, it will NOT downshift. It just accelerates smoothly. If I mash the gas to the floor, it will NOT downshift. It just goes faster in the gear its already in. When I do get it to downshift, it shifts early. Is there a way I can adjust it????????

Is this normal????

Thanks for the link. I believe this is the problem. I started last winter with a tear down of the upper half of the engine. Once it was all reassembled, I found that the little black tab on the bottom of the t/b was broken.

I did not know where to buy one, so I fashioned a fix with some wire and routed it back to the original position as best I could. The problem started after that. It loooks like it is back to the same spot, but off by a little. Would this make a huge difference?

Also, while I was tearing the car apart, the car was on front jackstands. I had to cut the trans. lines in order to do the oil pan gasket. After that was done, I re-routed the trans cooler lines. Once this was done, I added an after-market transmission cooler. I then re-filled the transmission with fluid. I did so by a funnel going down the dip stick tube on the passenger side. I have done this many times and have never had a problem. This time, all of my fluid poured out near the trans. pan on the drivers side. It was an instant leak! I could not find out where the leak originated!

When I got the car up and running again and on the ground, I added fluid and nothing leaked out. Could I have damaged something???

Your help has been much appreciated!