Thanks and nope, the Cottman I'm referring to was in PA. Unfortunately not st all surprised to hear of others' horrible experiences with them but I prob wouldn't be building transmissions today if they had done their job right yesterday.Nice work. Any chance the Cottman was in P'ville NJ? They ruined an Oldsmobile 88 when I was in school in the area.
Quick question, how does one know if the bypass has been installed already or not?
Here's an article on the bypass valve. You can take a look at the first pic and compare to see if your vehicle has anything like that installed.