[Shotimes] tranny question... it's on topic, christina!

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Jason:
 Without a picture posted somewhere it's impossable to even take a guess!
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> Hey all. I got my tranny completely flushed today... fluid was
disgustingly
> brown; it was long, long overdue for a flush.
>
> Anyway, the problem is this. The magnet cought an extremely (for a tranny
pan)
> large chunk of metal that looks like it came from the edge of a valve
shim...
> but that's impossible... anyway, the chunk appeared to come from a concave
> piece of metal about 1mm thick, about 2-3 inches wide, and with about a
7mm
> concave offset. I'm not sure on these values, just using trigonometry and
> memory (the piece got lost) to get these values. I'm afraid it's part of a
> band. I know it's bad that anything that big would get caught on the
magnet,
> but *how* bad is it? the tranny still operates just fine. Shifts great.
>
> //
> Jason
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