I'm home.
*The banana represents how happy I am to make that statement.
After doing the necessary stuff to get the car unloaded, put the not so cold stuff back in the fridge, the dirty clothes in the laundry pile, and hang the clean ones back where they came from..I changed into some clothes that I didnt care if I got trans fluid on, and went into the garage
Spent an hour trying to get the studs cut to allow me to mount the trans to my engine stand. Once done,..I mounted it, not knowing if the bellhousing bolts would support the weight of the transmission hanging all out there an sht..
But it did..
Once confident that the transmission wasn't gonna just snap off and hit the floor, I spun it upside down and hit the pan bolts with my recently purchased HF 3/8" 20v li-ion cordless impact.
I love this thing.
Those pan bolts couldn't even say " What-tha" before that impact hammered all 14 bolts back out.
Then..I pull the pan...
AND..I don't have a clue what it tells me.
I don't know what burnt fluid vs fluid that never been changed smells like.
( I believe that trans fluid in later model transmissions is supposed to be "never changed" in 2007 and later vehicles)
The pan has no tell-tale funk in it, and the pan magnet only has black funk sticking to it.
I pry open the filter, and there is very little funk there too...just some small pieces of what look like gasket material..with no evidence of clutch or friction material...( at least what I think might be gasket material)
SO... whadya gonna do then?
The trans looks ok...it supposed to be a low mile unit...and I guess maybe it is?
THE red dude on my shoulder says leave it the fck alone...while at the same time, The white dude wants to be sure its OK by taking it apart and inspecting the internals for heat/neglect...
Im so conflicted.