[V8] Limp mode sort of

[Mike Del Tergo]

Oddity du jour, take the V8 into the mouth of a blizzard for a 300 mile biz trip. All is well till 200 miles in, tranny seems hesitant to pick a gear and a bit clunky, I chalk it up to very changing road conditions. On a straight @ roughly 60 MPH I feel the tranny down shift to 3rd and stay there, confirmed by the tach. This happened once before, my tach was not working at the time and I wasn't sure what I was feeling, so I pulled over and checked the tranny fluid to find it down a bit, 1/2 qt later all was fine.I did the same thing here, added 1 pint and all was fine for about 10 miles. (no CEL ever)This time the car dropped to 2nd gear. I put the other 1/2 qt of tranny fluid in and checked for (all well as I could in a blizzard) for signs of catastrophic tranny fluid loss and saw none. Gear selector goes through all gear positions, reverse works fine, forgot to check for a 1/2 upshift. All gears are not lit up on dash, SEM position makes no difference. Only thing I notice is RPMs seem about 50 low at stand still in drive. I should have oppty for a local place to drain and fill tranny in case I over filled, but no way to check for faults etc 300 miles from home in almost noo mans land. Ideas? Should it not fix itself, HA!, safe to drive at 50MPH and 3,0000 RPM for 300 miles?
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