That was exactly the problem. I had the transmission upside down and that caused exactly what you said. Thank you very much for the reply. It worked fine once flipped right side up. That's a load off.

You're correct about the cable. I didn't do a very good job of describing it. In my mind, the reason a person disengages the overdrive in many areas here would be because of the hills, because in overdrive the engine freewheels under 28 mph when it is engaged, so in my mind the disengaging of the overdrive is connected to the disconnecting of the freewheeling function of the overdrive, but I realize isn't a real correlation or good way to describe what I meant.

Thanks,
Brandon