Too much fluid usually won't keep a trans from working, they usually start
puking fluid from the vents.
What fluid did he use? the biggest problem I have seen is at a trans fluid
change, the new fluid, being a high detergent fluid loosens up crud in the
trans and it gets flushed into the passages and valves causing the problem.
This normally happens with high mileage vehicles that have never or seldom
had the trans fluid changed.
It will probably need to have the pan dropped, and the valve body cleaned
from the bits of dirt and stuff causing the problem, it probably doesn't need
to be rebuilt
Wild