So, out came the valve body again. I bought 3 gaskets (plates) for the valve body sections, and another new filter plate for the solenoids. I also put in a 6f50 sonnax zip kit. It's a nice kit, and something to think about adding if you ever have the valve body out anyways. I got mine on amazon for <$150
https://www.sonnax.com/parts/3743-zip-kit
I disassembled the valve body entirely, and cleaned it. Then I added the zip kit parts and re assembled. The valves/bores had some minor wear, but 2 of the end plugs had significant wear, which surprised me but the new o-ringed ones in the zip kit fix that.
There's a lot of parts in here. If you do this, you need a large work area that is clean, a pick, a magnet and patience. It took me about 2 hours to clean and add the kit and reassemble.
The result? Shifts really quite nice. I still feel like there is something funny/ laggy about 3-4, but minor now, my wife says I'm crazy and does not have any issues with it. I'll take it to the dealer to see if there is a pcm/tcm update for it in the near future.
