Dear Townshend Act,

Hope you're well. I concur in the two other opinions. With 7,000 miles on it, the parts have "worn-in" as much as needed. It should still be under warranty.

The malfunction likely is due to incomplete cleaning before/during rebuild or improper re-assembly.

Did this malfunction appear on your first day of use, after you picked-up the car from the tranny re-builder? I ask, because this shift malfunction occurs only when cold. Thus, it puzzles me that the re-builder did not notice it, before return of the car to you.

If the malfunction started after you had driven the car for a couple of thousand miles, I'd guess that some dirt - and it doesn't take very much - dislodged by the re-build but not removed, came loose and lodged in the shift valve.

Please post the rebuilder's response and findings.

Hope this helps.

Yours faithfully,

Spook

if it had NOT been rebuilt recently i would argue varnish was the cause of the ball valve sticking. my own 940 exhibited the same symtoms when i bought it years ago. the fluid was black. it took many flushes and months for it to begin to shift properly and even then it shifted hard for a while. no over a decade later its not perfect but acceptable.

bring it back to the rebuilder and have him let it sit overnight so he can experience what you do in the morning then you can you inquire what he did wrong.

maybe the case was not cleaned out properly before it was rebuilt.

I would take it back to the rebuilder.
Dan