Mr Kunkel, thank you for all your input..it is always appreciated and accurate..... I got to drop the trans pan just now , and besides the usual small dots of metal. in the pan,..but more than usual...I found a few pieces of a copper looking metal about 1/2 inch long stuck in the filter and a more in the bottom of the pan... Yet when I was using the car it was shifting just fine..once I got it to move from sitting..as I asked about in this post earlier.. Toast ??