It's not a good thing to find metal flakes on that magnet especially for an automatic transmission! Those flakes are from the gears which mean they are grinding and wearing out. I don't know if it's one of those "Normal things" for the D, but if it were on another car it's a sign of a problem. Is you trans computer shifting properly? <SNIP> Since I noticed that the magnet on my filter had more > particles on it than were in the filter, I added a few extra small > high-energy magnets from Radio Shack around the perimeter. The next time I > take the tranny apart, I'll find out how effective they are. > <SNIP> Mirror, mirror on my car, who has the coolest DeLorean of them all? > Walt Tampa, FL