Since moving down to Houston , I have started having problems with shifting into first and reverse after the car is parked for a short while and the engine /transmission gets heat soaked. The problem is intermitent as well to make things more puzzling.

On the new tranny replacement problems, one of the guys in Canada had a theory that the transaxle alignment had a lot to do with the shifting problems. Those with problems after a new transmission should check with your service advisors to see if an alignment was done. It requires a special Ford tool to do properly.

I'll try the clutch pumping to see if that helps my situation.