OK. Well, a few more notches down.

1 - Removed the passengers side down pipe and welded in the O2 bung for my wideband sensor.

2 - Reversed the O2 mod and now have all O2 sensors working normally with no CEL's + the wideband

3 - Reset the ECU and the AFR at idle is back to a normal 14.7:1

4 - Installed the Blue Top Shift Solenoids and took it for a SPIN!

Notes: With a standard transmission fluid and filter change it is 5 qts of fluid.

OMG this dropping this valve body is different! If you do this, it is a fairly simple operation but there is a big potential gotcha!

1). Drain the fluid
2). Drop the pan
3). Pull the filter
4). Twist the lock on the primary Transmission harness towards the front of the car
5). Remove the harness
6). Now for the good part - make sure to insert an 8mm socket into the plug in the transmission, remove the bolt, then pull out the connector.
7). THEN drop the valve body

I didn't do the next to last step and when I started dropping the valve body I heard a hellacious metal twisting sound. I then had to perform surgery on the valve body circuit board to bring it back to LIFE!!!!!!!!

Also, my drain plug was stuck in there good and no matter how easy I was, the allen socket still stripped it out. I had to drain the fluid the good ole fashion way, loosen up the bolts and tip one end of the pan down a little at a time.

Note - the transmission pan gasket is a semi permanent rubber style and most likely doesn't need to replace. So don't worry about tracking one down. The filter is available at autozone but they will most likely have to order one in so plan in advance.

Oh well, live and learn. I was very lucky not to cause any severe damage. However, that was a gut wrenching feeling to think that I just cost myself thousands of dollars when I saw what was happening! That is a mistake I will not repeat anytime soon!

That said, on to first impressions. Damn! She shifts nice and quick! It is not too harsh. It simply snaps into gear much more quickly than ever before. The 1st to second is really sweet and everything else is much, much crisper and cleaner. The only negative side effect so far is that downshifting while slowing to a stop can be a little clunky. It is like an old style shift kit but for both up and down shifting. I only have about 10 minutes on it so far so I will put some miles on her and report back how it is going. I am especially curious to see how the kickdown feels!

This pretty much paves the way for getting to the really serious stuff now I want to get some good logs tomorrow then pull her back in the garage and start some of the other fun!