I'll be picking up the lube and the filter in the morning and pushing on with the project.

There is a step in the TVT Service manual that you might have missed, Tim. It calls for a plate about 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" with a couple holes in it. You slip it in between the valve body and the tranny, as you are removing the valve body. You tighten it down with a couple of the pan bolts and it must hold in the springs and servos you mentioned. I'm hoping that I can get the cable to free up, but I am ready to drop the valve body, if need be.

My cable looks to be in good shape at the throttle body end, and it looks like that is where it would be likely to wear, so we'll see. It's $136 and I have to order it from Toyota, but they do, at least, have one.

My cable is stuck in the full throttle position, so I have to rev up to about 4,000 rpm, or something to get it to shift into a higher gear. It is kind of hanging out in the air, out of the linkage track, at the throttle body.

I'll let you know how tomorrow goes.

Thanks,
Scott