when I run the car in d3 I have no flucuation in my tach. The fluid is a nice red color and smells just fine. the tach bounce and shifting issues happen on flat ground and hills. I haven't noticed it on down slopes but I usually coast those, will have to look next time I drive. I'm not sure when the fluid was last changed. My car has 163,xxx miles on it. As to wires and all, I just replaced my battery last month and all the wires look good running to the battery. I will look more into that. Any help is appreciated as my car is just sitting now and I don't want to drive it and make it worse.