Heres a abbreviated update. Reassembled the transmission and installed it. Its stuck in second gear. Dropped the pan, and checked the wiring harness because thats typical of a electrical problem. Replaced the shift solenoid. Checked the internal wiring harness and it had power. Reassembled what I had taken apart. Took it for a test drive and its still stuck in second gear. So I drove it to an excellent trans shop near me. Im working with their head trans tech and he's going to look at my valve body after I pull it out because we think thats the culprit. So hopefully after this weekend I will have a proper diagnosis and I can provide a accurate completion to this write up. Because I dont want to give bad info to anyone.