Well, after tearing into the valve body, I now know why I will never ever let another human work on a vehicle I own. This tranny is less than 3 years old and less than 20k. It's a ford reman. cost the previous owner over 5k to put in. Though the updates were done to the valve body, they were done incorrect. the dimple one the one valve was sideways. Along with its retaning clip was bent all to hell. There was also another retaning pin that had its end filed to a point.

Would any of that cause the no forward engagement? I find it hard to belive that theres hard parts broken. But after seeing the valve body, who knows..

p.s. is anyone even reading this thread anymore?