Thanks for the good info

I contacted the shop that diagnosed the noise the first time and told me that i needed a tranny, he was very reluctant to replace just the valve body and went on a 15 minutes speech about how should i replace the tranny and not just the valve body, at this point i'm very skeptical as to what i should do,

does anyone knows a good mechanic in the WA state area, Olympia, Tacoma, Lacey, Tumwater, Federal Way area, if so the a # that i can call and have my wife take the car in, thank you.