Wholly cow!!! That is scary. But, that does explain the sound I was hearing. I'm wondering if I should do a tranny fluid change? Some say don't do it with this many miles...I haven't. And you're right, anyone I talk to just wants to throw a new transmission in it but I remember someone saying it can be repaired. I'd be willing to take the repair chance but then, it runs fine and doesn't kick very hard when going into gear, just a .5 sec delay and a slight "uhh" and it's engaged. I usually back up very slow and/or coast so maybe I should not worry about it. Thanks for the replies and visual aid. Pictures tell it all.