2nd gear gone in Auto 95 V8?

[RotorDemon20B]

Dont know jack about automatics but story goes. Transmision was working flawlessly one day, drove home got some sleep... Woke up the next morning and the car WILL not shift into second (Cold or Hot) Just stays in first till about 30mph and just slams into 3rd and then overdrive..

Although I can manually put it in second but it almost dry revs with little acceleration, there are no absurd noises, vacuum or whatever. and I rely on this car to tote the Family around and crap.. Found a tranny with 30k miles on it for $850 minus core, made another post about the possibility of mating a T-5 or what they used in the SC's (Considering the SC's have an optional 5spd)

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
-Mike

 

[Ball_Z_Bird]

Its most likely that valve cylinder a fairly common problem<<Did it start shifting into 2nd a little hard or firmer?.The five speed as far as I know can be an extremely difficult swap especially into a v-8. As far as the 95 goes I'm not 100% but pretty sure the tranny problems can be resolved fairly inexpensivly, but if mechanics aren't your thing I'd recommend just a swap out or a garage doing work before planning to tackle an auto tranny yourself. Try this for some info>>> there is an article on what to look for if you are looking for a new tranny Hope this helps a little.

 

[Ball_Z_Bird]

Did it start shifting into 2nd a little firmer or harder than normal before 2nd went out?

 

[RotorDemon20B]

Car was shifting just fine, nice stiff positive shift into second time and time agian.

Like I stated.. it was fine.. and the next day.... poof.