My idle and forward pressure is 80, 120 in reverse. At 1000 rpm the line pressure with the tv cable fully extended is 150 psi. My question is, at the 1000 rpm full tv test the needle vibrates between 150 and 120. Is this normal?? You can feel the pulsing on the guage hose. The trans seems to shift early at wot. I have the high output governor in it with 373 gears.. Tv cable is set up right. The only thing I can think it might be is the pr valve. In the transgo shift kit it said to grind the land flush. It had grind marks on two sides before I did it flush. Could this make the pressure erratic?? Thanks in advance.

Grinding the land seems to lessen the erratic behavior. Which gear did you do the test in?. You should do the test in each gear to get further readings. Grinding the land also increases the lube to the rear planet. Most of the time this flucuation happens only in reverse at pressures above 220 lbs. When I find out something further I will let you know. Hope this helps!!!

I found the problem. It had nothing to do with the shift kit. When I asked the tranny for more line pressure for tighter shifts, trouble started.

It turned out to be a bad pump. It had an internal leak at high pressure.
It was leaking from the line pressure side into the pressure decrease line. The pump would kick down at 160 psi, then bounce back up. When I took it apart it showed signs of sanding on the pump face. The ultimate No No.
Took it back to where I bought it, got a refund and went someplace else and bought a
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mods already done. Those Guy's do nice work!!
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