To elaborate, I have had weird issues with my trans. One of them was it would go into 4th gear after I drive for a while. It would normally be around 180 degrees but not always. While troubleshooting, would go through the steps. One of them was make sure that the wiring is good. I realized that when I unplugged the trans connector, I would hear pressure release and it would basically reset everything and work again.
Let us note that I said that I could hear pressure release.
Tonight I was driving with my son to pick up dinner and it did it again but it got stuck in 1st this time. After a few attempts, I got it to shift but it then stuck in 4th. We kind of slowly made our way home. I spent the next hour troubleshooting until Something caught my eye while shining a flashlight on the trans (it was dark now). It was that moment that I realized that this thing that I found could be the cause of my issues. Maybe you can guess what might be happening from the photo. Let us just hope that it has not caused more damage to the trans. In the morning I will try to drive it after a long reset. I really need this to be okay. I have been having some bad fortune since I helped my neighbor and I hope it was just a coincidence. One of the bad luck things happened tonight while troubleshooting. My Mom called to tell me that my uncle passed away and another other uncle is having some chest pain. Both men have recently been ill.
I need this bad fortune to pass. I really really do.