There were some fragile seals around one of the main drive shafts in the Mazda tranny I rebuilt. When I re-assembled it, I crushed the two new seals - they weren't fully seated and, as I said, they were fragile. It may be something that simple causing the problems. I re-installed the original Mazda seals & I was fine from there.
I know this isn't really helping, but my point is; the symptoms mimmic a bad TC, so the TC may not be the problem. Far more likely to be a goofy seal. Soooo much fluid pressure, heat, & mechanical stress, yet some tranny parts are very delicate - tricky work.
Why did I even post. Shaddap Jim...
