TJ Johnson

snap ring pieces in pan

basegrinder

so that's not just gasket?

TJ Johnson

Man I wish!
I first thought some thing had been caught by the magnet, only there isn't a magnet in the pan and when I got the pan drained,hoo boy!!!!!!

basegrinder

I was changing oil in my VW beetle once...found half a nut in the oil. ignored it.

93_xjcherokee

Looks OK to me.

czettlera

I think it's time for some transmission overhouling.

Turbo X_J

So what is/isn't it doing?

BLKXJ 96

Chunks of a snap ring that hold one of the clutch assemblies into the housing.

dave1123

Chances are it's the forward clutch snap ring. It's in the overdrive housing and when it breaks, it doesn't hold the clutch pack tight and allows it to run up against the O/D sprag gears and eventually will start slipping. Check with your local trans shop, but I think this can be fixed without pulling the whole trans out, just the O/D case.

TJ Johnson

Thanks for the replies everyone.
The fluid when I dropped the pan was in really good condition. I was expecting to find a bunch of sludge and gunk in the pan and valve body but all was pretty clean. I could wipe it off with a rag, no metal shavings or baked on crap other than the snap ring pieces.