Looking at the valve body flow diagrams, there doesn't seem to be any way for the OD to feed the reverse band or intermediate band to apply it.

Those are the only two bands in the front half of the trans that could come on to accidentally bind up the front half.

The 2nd gear servo always has pressure to the apply side. The only way that it can turn on, is when the pressure from the disengage side of the servo is removed. I can't see how the 3/4 shift valve solenoid could cause a removal of that pressure.

The only way the reverse band can come on is through the manual valve for reverse or manual low. If it were being back fed from the rear drum, it would be locking up in 3rd gear also, not just OD. Again, I can't see where the OD circuit could even get into the reverse band or intermediate.

Well I will hook up a test gauge to see what the different
ports have in the line of pressure/no pressure.. I put the
wires back to what they should be... thanks guys

Once you get the pressures checked Mike, it will really help point us in the right direction of what is causing the binding.

Scott... its really not what I thought it was... I ran the
gauge on the front servo... it takes more than I thought to
get into high gear... with the OD OFF... I get no pressure
in first.. no pressure in second... let it go into 3rd/high
gear and it locks the tires and I get a spike on pressure..
I dont know about OD... I havent run the gauge on any of the
other ports yet.. figured I'd report this... seems that the
governor is on the high side to me