The bottom line is:
the outer accumulator spring serves only to cushion the application of the front clutch and has no function on any upshift.
With this in mind what was causing the harsh shift I had in my 2000 Ram ? I had a billet acc piston and blocker rod, and the shift was really harder than I liked, when to took out the blocker and put the spring back the hard shift was gone? I can't remember which shift it was , want to say it was 1-2 , I haven't driven that trans in a decade but it will be finding a new home in the Ram I bought earlier this year when I turn the Cummins up a little in this one.
