Not sure about the earlier autos, but I know with the later ones, if the temp sender is bad or disconnected off of the thermostat housing the trans wont shift into OD. It is designed not to shift to od while the motor is cold. When your car is up to temp, the green resistor should read somewhere around 200 ohms. When I swapped to standalone, I just placed a 180 Ohm resistor on the harness, that solved my OD issues.. Good luck and let us know how it turns out..