A lot of people come to the same conclusion Harvey, the excessive heat is caused by the slow slurring shifts. Totally imperceptible, except in your wallet.
In the States some of the members have put in the TransGo shift kit. This is designed to firm up the change. Pretty sure it does not make it go CLUNK like a racing transmission, just takes a lot of the slide out of it.
From memory, they have two kits, one an aftermarket set that can be fitted without a stripdown, the other an Engineer's kit, that can only be put in while the box is being rebuilt.
Possibly Ron Mummert has had this done. I must mail him and see if it works well. My tranny is due a stripdown when I return from the 10th Anniversary meeting in England, and it might be a good insurance to add the kit to take away some of the excess heat cause.
Joe
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