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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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should i be worried???
just changed my tranny fluid at 8k and i noticed metal shavings on the drain plug magnet. Should i be worried about that???
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:46 PM
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no, normal
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 01:52 PM
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Nope! Well, how much?
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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well there was a decent amount, i mean there were no like chunks or anything but there was a bunch on tiny lil shavings
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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normal from what i have read. do you notice any difference after the change?
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my plug looked like a Don King bobble head.................Normal
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 02:21 PM
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ok cool i put the Pennzoil in there shifts like butter now
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normal from what ive heard...
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Shavings should be OK.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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ok hopfully my tranny is good then
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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ok hopfully my tranny is good then
yeah your fine, mine was the same way. Kinda makes you scared though when you first look at it and you see all of those shavings on there, lol. Chances are your t-case plug will look similiar.
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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little bit of shavings good... chunks bad..
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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it should be ok
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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yeah your fine, mine was the same way. Kinda makes you scared though when you first look at it and you see all of those shavings on there, lol. Chances are your t-case plug will look similiar.
yea when i pulled the plug out and saw it i was oh boy
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normal. thats what the magnetic drain plug is for. just be on the look-out for larger 1's.
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