Found AutoZone, Bought Cheap Tool WAS 016 Hex Plug...

[Robert M]

Gear oil smells like crap when new, so don't read too much into that :)

Fines on the mag plug sound perfectly normal to me as well; I always get 
some out of the crankcase of my Miata and it's on 5k changes.

Robert

>From: akowalsk at comcast.net (Alex Kowalski)



>I caught all the fluid, it was a dark chocolate color and the smell was, 
>er, yucky.  I now have all plugs out/loose and am letting the transmission 
>drip dry for a while before refilling through the engine compartment with a 
>long tube and a funnel.
>
>The magnetic drain plug at the rear of the trans. has caught some metal 
>filings.  Very fine, no big bits in either the flow or around the magnet.  
>I would guesstimate the total mass of the material to be <  0.5 gram, 
>enough maybe to fit in one of those tiny stirring spoons McDonald's used to 
>give out with their coffee.  Sound relatively normal at ~50k miles?  Geez, 
>I hope so.