as I do more research on what makes this thing tick (4 speed) what you're saying confirms my latest suspicions with the clues that I have so far. It looks as if I'm going to be out of drag racing for the season which is no real big deal. I mean I would have liked to have made the last race since I've made five of the six races this year but, it was just a learning curve year and also find all my weak spots which hopefully this is the last one for now. I'll probably have to look into a new transmission and then I will have this one to take apart and fiddle with and have a spare in case this happens again which in all likelihood the way I treat the car it will. Thank you for Your suspicions on my problem with the transmission.....