“I sure hope that whoever looks at it looks at EVERYTHING before tearing it down because what you call “Trigger happy mechanics” give us good techs a bad name” Sounds like you (t-man) think very highly of yourself. ’
This is just killing you, isn’t it?? Stop stressing and move on.
A touch on the brakes would unlock the converter …
It surely would unlock the converter but the OP probably never thot of hitting the brakes going uphill. However that still would not prove that the clutch was slipping or was still locked in at too low a speed. Where did the OP go? He hasn’t said anything for a long time. Did he have his transmission rebuilt?