I wish it was an 8 but no only a 6 ,and there was more than one peice of stray parts as well as some metalic grindings , one piece was spring I'm not sure what the rest was, they did tell me over the phone,part of a thrust bearing maybe.
I was present at the sump removal otherwise I would have thought they were taking the piss. It seemed to be working fine but I did notice it kinda changing funny a couple of times in the last week
I could have had the trans patched up for 1650 $ (nz) but had the other option of a full rebuild for 2250 $ with oil cooler fitted and get a 1 yr warranty, I was reluctant to go down the second hand option due to the time factor in tracking a goodie down, I need the car tomorrow, and I need it to be reliable
the transmission people were not surprised by my failure they have done a 3 others under warranty this month for GM one at 40,000k, they did say that is not the norm and I was unlucky.
I did have a good run with my VS 200,000k no problems apart from a leaky boot