so i pulled her out of storage, fired up instantly
was very impressed, threw it in neutral let it all get warm
when i went to put it in drive. i had nothing.
reverse is instant and nice like how its always been.

giving her some rev engages forward motion.
almost as if its not getting proper pressure.
trans level is good. but i drained the oil anyways.
nothing on the magnetic drain plug. filled it back up.

reverse is strong, forward feels like a burnt out clutch on a manual.
requiring some revs to make it engage.
i decided to take her for a small spin, after the initial "slip"
or lack of engagement in first seemed to be ok and goes to second.
then feels like going neutral to drive etc as if it was out of fluid.
third does the same.

its only got about 40 hours of driving on the rebuild and was fine at the end of last season.

i would assume one of the bands are out of spec?
would it be the exterior adjuster or the one in the pan?
or am i looking and pulling it out again and redoing seals/clutches etc?

another note cooler gets warm and the fluid never got hot enough to burn me.
(180F or under) always feels like a hot oil change.