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On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 08:37, Jim Adney wrote: > On 24 May 2005 at 9:10, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > There was nothing like that those big bits. There was a layer dark coloured > > dust in the bottom of the pan, and some tiny metallic shavings. > > I think the dust is just wear particles from the bands and clutches and is > completely normal. I suspect that a small amount of metallic wear bits is also > normal, but I'd like to hear what Russ has to say. You can pull the pan off a newish automatic, and you will find those metal bits. It's from break-in of the thrust washers, and such. That is why the screen is there, to filter them out, and they fall back into the pan. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~