That is what I experienced as my transmission got closer to failure.
operates fine once it's warmed up, not so good when cold.
Edward

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, James Ogul <jimogul70@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is further to my previous post regarding the AT in my 85 Westy.  I
> had mentioned that 3rd would kick in at about the 3.2 - 3.5 mile mark.
>  Well this morning we let it idle for about 20 minutes and after starting
> out 3rd kicked in in .5 miles.  Does this tell anything?
>
> We drove about 100 miles after that including a mountain climb and it
> shifted perfectly.
>
> Jim