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Thanks Bill.
I've had time to more or less digest my own info, and let my fingers uncramp. MAN I hate copying stuff down, much better not trying to copy down someone elses "stuff".
So what does this all mean? They say "filled for life", yet refer to this condition counter which they STILL haven't come up with the "magic number" for, and have even stopped putting into the newest control modules. It's alot of good info, but too many unanswered questions, such as why did they start installing magnets in the pan if a little metal is normal, and put the plastic shields over the electronic solenoids? And as a contradiction, they also stopped installing the torque converter drain plugs, so you can't, in my opinion, even do a proper trans fluid change. Unless you want to do a flush of the transmission like lot's of other cars have done, but I'd be really leary of doing that unless the flushing machine is dedicated equipment for the 722.6 fluid (don't want to get the wrong fluid into it somehow).
My opinion, and the reason I guess I don't really recommend doing a change, is that it just seems like if the transmission is going to "cash in it's chips" early, it just "is". Maybe I seem like some sort of "fatalist" by saying that, but that's how I feel about it. If there is/was something inherently wrong with the transmission (some tolerance set wrong for example, or an out of spec part), then it's GOING to fail, trans fluid replaced or not. Removing the pan may be a way of seeing it "coming", but I don't believe it will truly extend the life of the transmission.
Gilly
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