Re: junk in ATF pan :( (was Re: [T3] AT "prefers" to not shift into 3rd)

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

This cant be good.
Any chance that your car was in a flood at one point?
They sure could mess things up... question is what is still in the valve
body somewhere?  you may want to do another flush if things arent working
properly when your done.

Keith



> I spent some time with the car today.  I dropped the ATF pan,
> and found more than I expected to see.  Pictures here:
>
> http://69squareback.nannynannybooboo.com/200412_AT/   (slow link.)
>
> Basically, I found...
>
> o very fine metallic dust suspended in the fluid;
> o very thin metallic flakes, mostly < 1mm diameter;
> o crumbly pieces of nonmetallic, reddish, flat strips, about
> 1cm wide; and
> o some small stones. (!)
>
>


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