Guess who got his AOD transmission to change gears? Me!! After a total going through on the valve body, checking every valve port and spring and plunger and finally reinstalling, I got it to up shift. It shifts with some authority as well, but I still have some tweaking to do to make it feel more reliable. Since going through the TB and installing, the gear lever is off a bit and when in Drive it will sort of be in/out of gear. I just pulled back the shifter a bit to give a little more into the divot of the lever. Going to crawl under it again, make the adjustment for sure shifts and then onto the Throttle Valve adjusting which is almost dead on right now. 0 psi at idle in Neutral and immediate climbing as soon as the gas peddle is touched.
I had no funny trany smells or warning signs after the test drive so I think things are going to be ok I hope. I romped on it a few times and it is going to be different then I am use to. I got to hold back until I get comfy with this extra power under the foot for sure.

Anyway, just posting a status update. if I can find my damn video camera, I'll document the drive.