I am not so sure my tranny is shot.. I feel the main problem is early
shifting. I can shift the transmission manually and it seems ok.. when
its in drive and I take off it seems that it does shift too soon as well
as when Shifting from second to third it makes a groan and then shifts
and slows the vehicle slightly before shifting...

Now when I shift manually. if I shift from second to third too soon it
will make the groan if I shift it at the right speed it will just
shift...

So any ideas what the problem is or if you had this problem before ??

Chris