Okay, so I have the new valve body installed, along with the new channel plate and all that. It has a pretty harsh shift into 2nd, but I'm hoping that is the PCM adapting and\or the valve body lubricating itself again. I'm going to disconnect my battery and leave it tonight to see if that changes anything, if not a friend of mine has a Tech II. Other than that occasional harsh shift, it shifts noticeably faster and behaves quite a bit better, but I'm convinced that it's fixed. The TCC oscillation is damn near gone if it is even there, there has only been 1 or 2 times that I think I might have felt something. If I did feel something, it is a small fraction of what it was. I have been posting questions and such about the issue in another thread, it has more pics and info in it:
http://www.grandprixforums.net/threa...-freshening-up
In total, I have a new EPC and TCC PWM solenoid I don't even need, swapped out my subframe to an aluminum one for no apparent reason (causing the need for an alignment), and tore into the transmission 3 times to get to the point I'm at now. Here's some pics of the valve body, channel plate, and inside of the transmission:
