trans fluid dirty / metal shavings ?, how much is normal ? Options

[Culpable04]

I drained my transmission today and found this






as you may be able to see, there are some brownish / bronze shavings floating around, not big enough to be felt by hand, and are not attracted to a magnet.

how concern should I be ?

trans drives fine, there is a little play from standing to get going, this is known as preload on drag racing and I've read that some play is normal, again not sure how much is normal.

I daily drive the car 90 miles a day, no issues.

it used to pop out of 4th gear and used to grind a litttle on 3rd gear, but I adjusted the clutch engagement point and pedal high and it all went away.

let me hear your input.

[Culpable04]

it's been in there for around 10K miles ( since Sept last year I think )

before that, the trans was sitting at an engine / trans importer


I'm at work, drove the car here and feels normal, a little smoother, but no big difference on the driving, so I guess I'm in the clear for now.

I also measure the fluid drained to make sure I wasn't running low and I got exactly 4.2 qts out of it, so it's not leaking fluid in any way, which is a good thing.