trans going into gears hard

bsinmich wrote:
What is your idle speed? A high idle will cause that also.

once it comes off of high idle, its around 5-600. I found a bad vacuum line tonight which tees off to the mod valve on the trans, clipped it back to some good rubber and put it back on, seems much better now, thanks for the vacuum tip. Actually all the vacuum hoses will need replacing, they are really starting to dry rot