Thanks for the reply. I finally got a chance to get in there after digging out 2 feet of snow. Yea the seal looked bad and was hard like u said so looks like that was it. another question if anyone sees this...
before I put everything back together I am trying to adjust the bands. I can get the one that is in the pan no problem. I had a hard time getting at the reverse band. Is it important to do both at the same time or would it be better to just do the one and leave the reverse band alone. I dont work on transmissions and dont want to mess anything up.
thanks