> Car: 1999 LX Town and Country. 3.8L engine. 120K miles. Transmission
> place pulled pan. Showed me the magnet in pan. It had metal slush and
> metal pins that looked like 1 inch long needles. FLuid was still rose

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The slush is normal and to be expected as long as the whole pan wasn't
full of it. That's mostly worn friction material from the clutches.
The metal pins are not normal and would be a cause for concearn. I
think I would take those pins around to a few good independant
transmission shops and see if they have any idea what they are from.
It isn't unheard of in the transmission industry for the shop to have
added the pins after they pulled the pan in order to scare you and
sell a new transmission. Hopefully that isn't the case here but I
would be a bit skeptical until an independant third party identified
the parts.

Steve B.