Re: Pan gasket (was:Re: Governor o-ring (was:Re: [T3] Passed test - good and bad news))

["Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>]

<x-flowed>>> Anyway, the pan had quite a lot of dark sludge in it, and what looked 
> > like a
> > small amount of metallic filings. Thankfully there were no big lumps of
> > burnt brake band or whatever.

No I don't. It looked like a layer of dark sludge, with a few tiny silver 
coloured shavings floating in it.

> I'm not sure that I can see the tear in the strainer.

It looked torn to me, but I didn't take it out and take a closer look. In 
the photo the tear is at the edge nearest the camera, where there is a dark 
stain on the strainer.

> BTW, don't be afraid to touch things, just touch them with clean fingers. 
> I get
> the impression that the things to be concerned about are grit and lint.

Those are precisely what I don't want to get into it, and why I touched it 
the least I could.  I almost always use paper towels to clean things, and 
this seems to be a no-no for the tranny, even though I used them to clean 
the pan (I couldn't really see how it could do any harm). What kind of cloth 
is completely lint-free? Also, lying on the floor under the car it is quite 
difficult to be sure that no grit from the floor will get inside. That's 
also why I put the pan back on as soon as I knew I wasn't go to get any 
further today.

Daniel 

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